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Notes from the land

Monthly notes on the plants, the property, and the build-out

Colored-pencil sketch of a cutting tray under August rain next to a rooted plant in a one-gallon nursery potAugust 2026From Clipping to PotAfternoon storms keep the growing yard wet. Cuttings that would have dried out in April sit there and root, then move into a pot.Colored-pencil sketch of a potted coontie with an open cone of bright orange seeds and handwritten text that says beware poisonous seedsAugust 2026Coontie in the Parking LotCoontie is so pretty, and it does so well, that you see it in parking lots all over Florida. The seeds are poisonous. Here is how we handle that.Colored-pencil sketch of a tall slash pine with rows of container plants growing in its shadeJuly 2026Clearing the First Growing YardWhy the pines stay, and what gets planted in their shade.Colored-pencil sketch of saw palmetto fronds beside pink muhly grass with a low marsh horizon behindJuly 2026What the Marsh Edge TeachesThe south line of the property runs to the marsh of Sawpit Creek. The plants that hold that line are the toughest things on our list.Colored-pencil sketch of a seed tray with coontie seedlings next to a young plant in a one-gallon nursery potJuly 2026Starting from Seed vs. LinersEvery plant in the nursery starts one of two ways. The trade is time against control, and we take both sides of it.
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