Sounds like a good plan. Some long window box-type pots are what I would have thought of, to see what I find come spring. Best of luck! I hope it's not all wild garlic and star of bethlehem ; - ) Dave in SEPA, where the cicadas are lasting longer than usual, though only by a week or so. On Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 11:36 AM Judy Glattstein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > This morning I went down the driveway to where there had been a mixed > planting of small bulbs. Optimist that I am I thought to use a heavy duty > rake with short, very stout tines to rake, then sift with a fairly open > mesh sieve. As we say here in New Jersey, Fuggedaboutit! The still very wet > soil, no plants showing, had been pushed around by equipment, then run over > by something with treads. > > In the end I put down an empty peat moss bag to kneel on and used a hand > fork to dig up clods of clay-ey soil. Crumble with my fingers and pick out > what looks like bulbs. > > Fair number of what I am reasonably confident are Arisarum probiscoideum, > mouse tail arum, which had been thriving in that area. Some long skinny > tubers that I am hopeful are the Japanese Anemone flaccida. And some > unintentionally rescued epimedium. Anemone nemorosa 'Bridal Veil' was also > in that area but either I have not yet found any or they are disguised as > A. flaccida. > > After the acetaminophen kicks in and my back is not twinging as much I will > sort my rescues by type. Then I think I will pot them up, so to speak, in > those deep square plant boxes that were mentioned for holding deep pots. > And sink them in the ground for the winter. Sound good? And do I try to > rescue everything, or just call it good enough at some point. > > Still haven't gone into the woods across the seasonal brook. Plus the > county has not yet excavated the culvert from the seasonal brook that > crosses under the road. Which is clogged with gravel and gunk to the level > of the street. > > Either I'm getting too old for this or gravity has gotten stronger since I > was younger. > > Judy, hopeful that Himself will bring the cars up to the garage from the > neighbors house where they have been parked since the day after the storm. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>