Coe's Comfrey

Over the past two weekends, I planted 100 root cuttings of Coe's Comfrey, Bocking #4 strain of Russian comfrey, Symphytum Peregrinum, "which is best for hardiness, highest yield, and the highest protein with high allantoin content; for fodder, compost, and all around general use."

The cuttings were planted in various locations around our homestead.

Upper Hillside Swale

About 50 went into the upper western hillside swale. Half of those were planted into the ditch at the lower edge of the mound. Another 25 (approximately) were planted on the downhill side of the mound.

The planting style I used was a combo weeding planting style. I dug up clumps of grass that had started growing along the swale. In the hole, I planted the comfrey cutting.

Keyline Pocket Pond

A few went into the downhill side of the pocket pond dam wall and a few more at the upper end of the pocket pond where the flooding probability is lower.

Lower Swale Western Pasture

I planted the rest into the swale berm of the western pasture.  Half went into the downhill side of the mound.  Half again went into the ditch at the edge of the mound, or a few feet up the mound. I alternated.

The western pasture swale filled up with water in our last heavy rain to about two feet and it didn't soak into the mound for a few days. I was concerned about whether comfrey can take that much of a flood state.

We have had about three or four inches of rain over the past two weeks. The ground is nice and moist now.  It rained last night, and the night before all of my planting efforts. It is supposed to rain again today.