I’m really getting behind! I’d had Hypoestes before, but theyd always drop their leaves and die from lack of light even before they got a chance to get leggy or wilt; the reasons lots of people dont care for them. This one has done both (wilted many times), but it’s also…bloomed. Yay for my big […]

It was raining when I got home, but I still did my tour. Blazing star and tall phlox were about to drown, so I had to dig an emergency trench or three. I know now why that part of the yard has shitty crap-grass; it doesn’t drain. Guess who’s going to have to install a […]

Writing this on Tuesday for Monday. My agastache ‘Tango’ finally arrived,  but it was *not* happy about having spent the weekend in the post office. It was basically dead. The roots are probably fine, so I put it in the ground anyway, even if it looks like hell. I contacted the seller, sent pictures, and […]

When I got up this morning, I planted the Rudbeckia that had arrived yesterday. It looks pretty droopy, even after a good watering and a few hours of waiting. It’s pretty tough stuff, so hopefully it’ll make it. I put in a few “found” boneset (at least I’m pretty sure it’s boneset!) It drooped at […]

Also, fuck grass. I finally got the grass cleared to plant perennials. I started before 0630h this morning, and finished the goddamned grass…I dunno…lunchtime-ish. That crap-grass has roots in fucking china, and I also wounded myself. I felt something biting me, and thinking it was a fly, I started to shoo it away. When I […]

I thought about digging up the rest of that goddamned crap-grass so I could plant perennials, but I was just too tired, so instead, I planted the rosemallow in its own, private mini-swamp. Doesn’t look like much, but if it grows in that soggy, rich soil and full sun, it’ll be beautiful! Oh…the picture I […]

Perennial Wave #1 arrived. Coreopsis, Gaillardia, veronica, and blue agastache. Also, rosemallow arrived, but kinda dry. I put it in a bucket of water and sent the seller a message. (S)he said give them a couple of weeks and if there’s no sign of growth, they’ll send me another lot. Scudderia nymphs like those orange […]

First, the present Skanny left on the roof of HK this morning. A lovely dead mole. It was raining when I left, and I figured the mole would roll/blow/rinse off when I got out on the one-way in the rain (which turned heavy). This was on the back window when I got home. P. laughed. […]

I reseeded the catnip on the south side of the house; the evening primrose did fine, but catnip–Miffy’s catnip–only sprouted a few. No picture; it looks like dirt. They sent some freebie summer savoury with the catnip, so I threw that in with my three whole rosemary plants. I moved the one that was off […]

I did MLB feeders after work today, and they needed bleaching, which took longer. Otherwise, I turned the compost pile and added some stuff, and found a couple of little friends. Cabbage White ‘pillar, with potential predator in the form of a larval ladybird (though the ‘pillar might be too big to eat now). Sharpshooter, […]