That’s what I accomplished after work. Beyond watering my microscopic grass and making a quick tour of the back yard, I did dick-all. Too tired; didn’t sleep for shit last night. Anyway, though I did nothing, my hardy hibiscus did; the two lazy ones from Lowe’s are working toward blooming! Kopper King. Plum Crazy. Ailanthus […]

I’d thought the only thing lazier than I am might be my purloined jewelweed, but I finally got to see a bloom. I know there have been other blooms because I’ve found several seed pods, but every time I’d go down there, I’d see nothing but green. Hopefully, my MLBs had better luck. Anyway, a […]

Yesterday, D. brought over a kitten she didn’t want, and talked for a while, and then I had to clean and fill the MLB feeders,  so I was too late for pictures by the time I’d finished; it was dark. All I did was seed the rest of the bare spots anyway, but I want […]

Didn’t do much today except the laundry. I wrangled the vines on the fence, deadheaded the cosmos and perennials,  and watered my microscopic grass. I was going to move some plants, but it was just too fucking hot. I did water my indoor plants, and took my revolting keyboard apart to wash the keys and […]

Finally! It was hot and humid, the brace bands were hard to bend and so was the wire, but four months of work and delays is finally over. I have the flowerbed I envisioned last October. It’s not perfect–they pushed the trellis down into the ground when they moved it, and that honeysuckle does not […]

Finished mulching the Tornado Honeysuckle. Still have to tie it up. No picture because it looks the same as it did the last time I took a picture, except for the fact that I put the last two bags of pine bark mulch down (bought three, just in case). I got the wire and the […]

Tuesday or Wednesday…I forget which, so I’m catching up for both. 🙂 Blue-fronted Dancer. Pulled grass around the Tornado Honeysuckle. As evidenced by the presence of the flash and the darkness around it, I stayed out way too late to do it, but the cool of the evening is exactly when I feel like gardening. […]

Took me 3.5h, sweating and miserable in the sun, but all three hardy hibiscus and the little Buddleia are in the ground! Kopper King (back right in picture), Plum Crazy (back left) and Midnight Marvel (front). This will probably be a flowerbed at some point in time, but not this year. I’m sick of digging […]

OR…Sunday, sweating in the yard. I finally decided it was time to deal with the elephant in the room, otherwise known as the big, grassless patches in front of the patio. Hrass doesn’t really qualify as gardening to me, so it had been low priority, but now that I can finish Honeysuckle Horseshoe, it’s affecting […]

OR…Saturday in the miserable heat, making a flowerbed after I swore I was done! Hey! I found some good Japanese beetles! I was midway through my flowerbed,  sweating and miserable from pulling crap-grass, when C. texted this with the word, “Lowe’s”. I finished the flowerbed, knowing full well where I’d be going the next day! […]