Today I planted...

Three Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon holly) trees, one Mayhaw tree (Crataegus sp.- a kind of hawthorn), and several black berry bushes (Cherokee and Kiowa varieties- according to the USDA, those varieties are good for the area). I'm really excited about them. Yaupon holly is related to Ilex paraguensis, or Yerbe mate, and as such it has caffeine. If the world goes up in smoke and I have to subsist from my yard, I will at least have a caffeine source. The mayhaw is a really cute tree whose fruit are edible (in the way persimmons are, you have to cook them and sugar them but they are supposedly tasty). The black berries... I'm not sure about them, I couldn't figure out the perfect place to plant them. We'll see how they do. They were cheap, so worse case I get some more and try a different spot.

After I get my order of bulbs (I'm trying to keep most things I'm planting edible, but I can't resist bulbs) and stick them in the ground I'll be done with the planting for this season. Erg. I say that and then I remember I wanted to get a witchhazel in the ground if possible. Hm. Most likely done with planting, but if I find a good witchhazel that'll go in.

The next projects will be building some garden beds and fencing them, which is big, but the deadline is by the end of February, so I think it'll happen.