We had intended to get the milkweed seeds sown in both alleys in one day – today. As luck would have it, it’s raining. But being troopers, Lilly, Heidi, and I set out at 9:30 am and were able to get the south alley done.
It was interesting to discover how many of the areas that looked like good planting patches, turned out to be just a thin layer of dirt over concrete, and therefore, not viable for seed sowing. By scraping, poking, and clearing weeds, we did our best to find actual earth.
Some of the spots we cleared were tiny patches:
And some were rather luxurious swaths of soil:
Each location was marked with a flag, though I don’t think these flags will survive the winter, based on how they looked on this rainy day.
