- Installed purple martin house, 12 units, gourd style, played martin songs, saw some martins looking . Worried about butterfly garden too close to Martin house. Will observe in Feb. 06 when Martins return
- Installed new bird feeder near house
- Maintained river trail with weed eater to clear trail
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2005 Journal, Habitat, Shelter, Food
- New plantings:
- 100 square feet seedball mix, sage rage seed balls around house and septic field
- Big blue sage
- Engleman's sage
- Mealy blue sage
- Scarlet sage
- Texas sage
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2005 Journal, Habitat
- Planted:
- Cenizo sage near house
- Rosemary near faucet at edge of bed to begin perimeter protection
- Black cherry (did not survive summer)
- Lavender
- Lemon thyme
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2005 Journal, Habitat
- Planted around house:
- Pink salvia
- Rosemary
- Butterfly bush
- Creeping rosemary
- Continued rock walk on trail to river
- New septic feild plantings topped with potting soil and bat guano
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2005 Journal, Habitat
Planted wetland fringe mix and other seed packets in septic field and approximately 182 square feet on countour in stripe pattern.
Collected dirt from watering hole in draw, forked in with hard pan soil, watered in with Medina soil additive, topped off with a sprinkle of sand and caged 62 feet long and 3 feet high.
Wetland fringe mix includes these species:
- Clasping coneflower
- Cutleaf daisy
- Scarlet sage
- Plains coreopsis
- Illinois bundleflower
- Black-eyed susan
- Pink evening primrose
- Maximillian sunflower
- Obedient plant
- Pitcher sage
Other packets added:
- 2 grams gayfeather
- 5 grams purple coneflower
- 500 mg yellow columbine
- gloriosa sunflower
- 1 gram butterfly weed
- 1 gram western ironweed
- 500 mg texas bluebells
- 1 gram passion flower
Planted lantana seeds along rock edge of road at the edge of septic field
Good weather conditions for newly planted seeds - forecast high 50's for 2 days - rain, high 60's for 3 days - sun
- Increased size of berms in Tipi field
- Began rock trail from barn to river trail
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2005 Journal, Habitat
