Some of the plants we planted in the yard last year didn't make it through the winter. I looked back at my posts and we planted those in AUGUST. What were we thinking!?
The three Teddy Bear Cholla died, but I have over 30 pups that we picked up out of the yard/off Bear. As much as I love the way they look, I don't think we'll replant those because Bear still runs right through them. The spines are around 2 inches long and they're hard to pull out; they really stick in there. I have no idea what I'm gonna do with all these babies, but that's a problem for another day. 😂
We had also planted an agave and it just rotted. We have a neighbor less than a mile away with 3 growing in their yard, so we're going to try that one again. We'll plant it earlier; the plan is to do that in a few more weeks when we're sure it won't freeze again.
We'd also planted some spineless Prickly Pear. They looked great! However, someone ate them over the winter. One is literally eaten to the ground, and the other is close. I'm not mad about that. Critters need to eat, too. I might replant some of that behind our fence. I don't mind animals coming in, but it's safer for them not to.
I have no idea what were going to put on the inside of our back wall since we're not doing the Teddy Bear Cholla or the spineless Prickly Pear. That's very much a "first world" problem to have, though, so it's ok.
