This first year in our new house, we established the front yard pretty well, but there are sections in our backyard that need some love. We want to make the space more inviting to birds and pollinators, and so we’ve purchased some fuchsia, ferns, and bunchberry to enliven a few sections. Near the house, where it’s a little shady, we have a hummingbird feeder and rose bush. Hopefully the hummingbirds will enjoy the Fuchsia Golden Herald and the Fuchsia Debrons Black Cherry I planted nearby. I also added two ferns and a bunchberry bush; it’s the start of a cute little space! The bunchberry was an impulse buy. It’s native and only grows a foot high, and I hope it provides nice ground cover for beneficial insects.
Good ol’ Barry made us a pot stand, too. I planted a Fuchsia Debron’s Smokey Blues and hope to see the blooms cascade down the sides next year. It towers over pots filled with sage, thyme, and mint.
We bought two wine barrels at Portland Nursery and need to drill drainage holes in them. They smelled like a wet dog mixed with fermenting wine. We drove home with the windows open, breathing through our mouth. Eventually the smell became somewhat tolerable and started reminding me of old dogs and wine bars. I kind of miss the smell now…
