A Clean Burn

The “milkweed river” swath stands out from the newly greened grass. The roundish area in front of the round sculpture was the burn pile. When the pile is well built, everything burns so much more thoroughly and efficiently. After burning, I raked wood chips over it, so it’ll be ready for cover crop seeds. Logs in the foreground await a second life as edging.

Nannyberries

Three Viburnum lentago shrubs were recently transplanted here from other sites nearby that seemed a bit dry for them. Here they’ll have plenty of room to spread out and plenty of water. Because this is a new planting area, we threw on a ton of wood chips to help keep weeds at bay. You can’t see them, but I also planted a few purple asters here.