erikahollister's Journal, 25 Aug 21

I'm working on a long term project. I'm planting an all native-plant pollinator garden along the roadside at my property. It's almost 300' long and ranges from 10-30' wide. It will have bushes, trees and lots of wildflowers and grasses. Here is a picture of me planting plugs that I purchased from a native plants nursery in my area. The plugs were mostly grasses and echinacea and bee balm. I killed down the weedy turf with black plastic that stayed on most of the summer. The paper shown here, goes under the mulch to block light that might allow weeds to germinate. I'm a Master Gardener and this is a multi year project. I'll try to post some pictures of some of the more established plants. Most of my exercise comes from crawling up and down the slope, hauling mulch, soil and water and lots of squatting and standing. My home and yard are in the greenway of the Connecticut River with thousands of migrating birds passing through, so I figure it's important to feed the insects and birds in a world where they're losing so much habitat. It's important for gardeners these days to plant native plants, because the insects need them to reproduce. They just don't do as well with plants that have been imported from some other part of the world.

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1397 kcal

Fat: 96.90g | Prot: 97.71g | Carbs: 45.82g.   Breakfast: Peaches, Heavy Cream, Heavy Cream, Cocoa Powder (Unsweetened), Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Heavy Cream, Peaches. Lunch: Pork Chops (Top Loin, Boneless), Salmon, Sir Kensington Avocado Oil Mayonnaise, Wild Harvest Mixed Greens & Spinach Salad. Dinner: Butcher Box Grass-Fed Beef Ribeye Steak. more...

2436 kcal

Exercise: mowing on a riding lawn mower - 3 hours and 30 minutes, Cooking - 1 hour, Resting - 11 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...