The Wordsmith's Forge

These pictures follow the walk back to the house. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.

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These pictures mostly show the south lot. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.

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These photos are mostly from the prairie garden. These photos are mostly from the savanna. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna, and Prairie Garden.

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These are pictures from the south lot. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna, and Prairie Garden.

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Today I collected some microfauna and added them to the antique jar terrarium. I think I got about a dozen isopods, which are locally called pillbugs, and in other places may be called woodlice, sowbugs, potato bugs, roly-polies, and so on. I also caught a couple of tiny millipedes, two earthworms, and maybe some springtails. See Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier, Part 2: Mixing Substrate, Part 3: Adding Mosses, Part 4: Dead Wood and Leaf Litter, Part 5: Microfauna.

Note: This post contains pictures of small creepy-crawlers. If that's not your idea of fun, skip it.

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Today I added the mosses to the antique jar terrarium. See Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier, Part 2: Mixing Substrate, Part 3: Adding Mosses, Part 4: Dead Wood and Leaf Litter.

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Today I started working on making a terrarium in the antique jar I bought at a recent flea market. I got it cleaned up, installed the drainage layer of rocks, and topped that with a barrier. I'll need to finish this another day. See Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier, Part 2: Mixing Substrate, Part 3: Adding Mosses, Part 4: Dead Wood and Leaf Litter.

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Today we visited the Charleston Food Forest.  I took pictures and rescued some plants that were growing in the paths so they don't get trampled. These pictures are mostly from the right side.  See Part 2 Left Side.

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Today I planted most of my new rocks! \o/ I'm waiting to sink the pink mica rock until I get a second one to point the other direction along the road, to catch headlights from both ways.

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I took these photos later in the day to show off the posts I found in the Free Wood area at Rural King. :D

See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed

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