Actually put it in yesterday,  but…fuck you, mosquitoes! Cute ‘pider web by my as-yet-un-trellised (it’s a word) pipevine. Again, fuck grass, but the spot J. couldn’t get with the skid steer is done. I put the grass over by the ninebark. Jesus, that was hard work. Also, fuck bush honeysuckle. This one had been cut […]

That said…drum roll, please…I finally have a Bird of Paradise sprout! Just one, and I planted them on the 6th of April,  so it took its sweet time for sure! In fairness to the seeds, I didn’t soak them and for the first few weeks, they didn’t have heat, and even after they did, I […]

It rained all day–it’s been raining for three days–so of course, my pipevine arrived yesterday. I hadn’t even really decided where it was going, but had to get it in the ground, so it is where it is. Hope it grows; it wasn’t cheap!

It’s raining-ish, plus I had to vacuum and tidy up the house tonight, so not much garden-wise; just some updates. I like peonies, especially pink peonies,  so of course, the old bird had white. Still pretty, I guess, and almost ready to bloom! Cooling weather didn’t stop the morning glory! This is what’s come of […]

First, they finished the fence today and it looks great. I’m sure E. hates it–he was thinking 4-5′–but given the fact that they never go outside or even open their blinds, let alone their windows, IDGAF. Lots more arse-busting work to do, but once it’s done, it’s done for good. Next, do not fuck with […]

It actually is Sunday.  I caught up! Still not done laundry, but I told P. that if he’ll take his shirts to be pressed, I’ll pay for Skanny’s replacement Seresto collar and the bird bath he wants (P., not Skanny), so no ironing. Yay! I raked up the grass from yesterday so the Lawn Nazi […]

I spent most of the day mowing the lawn. All of it. I wasnt going to do the whole thing, but I hadn’t yet decided what to plant in the flowerbed I’d dug in the morning, so I mowed and thought about it. P. was playing a tournament, and I knew he was going to […]

Not much; I was too tired to care. Portulaca coming along: I hate iris, but it does look nice with the spiderwort. I’ll leave it, at least for the time being. This is the “people plants area” anyway, and I haven’t yet filled up the back yard or south side! Butterfly food garden coming along. […]

Laundry day, so less accomplished, but… P. says this is the “tornado honeysuckle”…he’s right. It does resemble tornado! I took these on Thursday,  but didn’t get it ID’d until Saturday. Manchurian lilac ‘Miss Kim’. Im pretty sure this is Royal Purple Smoke Tree. Mexican sunflower broke ground! Less enthusiastic than the zinnia, but growing!

I’ve been busy and got woefully behind, so I’ll catch up. Wednesday was fence posts day. Concrete bucket. They cut a cable (guess whose!) because a marking was off, but got it fixed within an hour or two because J.’s wife’s father works for Charter. Whew. Ironically, where they hand-dug because they were close to […]