Dry...

Today was a little less warm, but it is still very dry! Rain was promised by the weatherpeople... but none came, except a few sprinkles.

Unfortunately, not much more can be done with the bog until it rains. However, did add 3 bags of sand to it, and a few more pine needles.

Also prepared acid area by removing most of the sod from the area. More tomorrow, hopefully!

Put following seeds in distilled water to soak for about a day: Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenia purpurea venosa, Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla, Sarracenia leucophylla, Sarracenia flava rugelli, and Darlingtonia californica. Also planted Dionaea muscipula seeds in wet Sphagnum.

Planted Trillium grandiflorum in woodland part of Sand Area.

Also planted several clumps of Polygala paucifolia, Vaccinium myrtilloides, and Gaultheria procumbens in Sand Area.

Took 2 pots out of the pond today in a plan to let the soil dry out... hopefully it will kill whatever bugs ate the Justicia americana, because they are very present in the pots, and it would probably be a bad idea to plant new plants in them while there are so many.

**Germination notes: Asclepias subulata, Asclepias latifolia, Asclepias hallii, Desmanthus illinoensis, and Centaurea macrocephala all germinated in wet papertowel! Orange Candy Lily, Asclepias physocarpa, Delphinium delavayi and Kitaibela vitifolia came up in 5/6 dish.