Siltstone Meadows

The kids have left home but this couple is staying put.

The new porch reaches over a muddy mess. But it’ll clean up nice. The tulip poplars came down to make way for solar panels. An Inflation Reduction Act funded ecological succession.

Fruit galore: figs (needed a heavy prune), blueberries (5 varieties), apple (Liberty), asian pear (Shin Li), currant (lost the tag). Hazelnut-Persimmon-Senna-Echinacea-Little Bluestem-etc. hedge.

Meadow with a heavy assist from Piedmont Discovery Center, based on intensive research on remanant grasslands in the area.

Remnants of past garden designs: treat them with curiosity and respect, no need to reset for the sake of “New”. Sure the meadow is 50+ indigenous species, but don’t sleep on the Japanese anemonies. They are pretty, and pretty is important.