Today we had no choir duties, so we went out on the land and did stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Transplanted water irises out to various wet spots, hoping they’ll naturalize and be beautiful and also provide a place for spread-wing damselflies to lay their eggs (they oviposit into emergent vegetation of the right kind.\u00a0 Irises are ideal.)\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Worked on trails…mostly trimming with lopping shears, but also noting that the Deer Ford trail isn’t safe (I found that out by slipping and having to scoot the rest of the way down\u00a0 on the seat of my jeans), the Gravel Ford bank needs some reinforcement,\u00a0 the seasonal\u00a0 “spring” is still running at Deer Ford.\u00a0\u00a0 Richard mowed out the entrance meadow, which is one of our “pocket prairie” remnants, and a seed source–it gets mowed once a year, midwinter.\u00a0 Did some birdwatching, some moving-water-listening and looking,\u00a0 some noticing of what plants are showing “springward” behavior (winter forbs in the sunnier areas–already on the move.)<\/p>\n