S called it “blackberry winter”; that’s the cold snap that occurs about the time blackberries are flowering. I just call it shite weather. Anyway, I have flowers, at least, and it’s supposed to be sunny and 65 tomorrow. I’ll take it. First blue bachelor’s button, not quite open yet. First light blue is! Tornado Honeysuckle […]
I can make Sarah Jane’s garden now. PL came and removed the gravel, then put in topsoil. They levelled it, but kind of didn’t notice the little Nanho Blue butterfly bush. They ran over it with the skid steer, and then buried it. Took me a few minutes to find its remains; there’s nothing left […]
I got one. About three more to go. Fuck grackles; the only bird I like less is a starling. They need to just die. Borage blooms imminent. Sweet Tea still taking its sweet time. God, BLOOM already! Free pipevine. A little ratty, and rather small, but alive. It’s been hiding under the edge of creeping […]
Not much this past weekend; it was rainy, and I had half a headache on Saturday, at least most of it, but I did get a few plants in the ground, and we mowed the lawn. The last two long-suffering Mesa Yellow gaillardia. Penstemon, but I forget which one. I’ll check later. EDIT: Pike’s Peak […]
She was very definitely a girl, and she left at least four (didn’t look too hard) little presents on the snakeroot. She checked out every plant in the Bistro, even the pipevine, but she deposited eggs only on the snakeroot. She looked very worn, but she was very welcome! Not much in flower news, but […]
Fucking FINALLY! It’s…done. 100 looong feet of flowerbed. Sweet Tea is taking its sweet time, but getting closer. Tornado Honeysuckle is such a trooper. Even in the face of goddamned aphids. First 544 Husker Red penstemon! Now the most surprising bloom of all! I thought the little puffs of white on my dieffenbachia were mealy […]
Only 7-8′ left to go! Bought the last 10 Radio Red that Buchheit had. They’re for Sarah Jane’s garden. My Red Prince weigela. Hope it doesn’t stop blooming before I get it planted. P drove the post for my signs! I spray painted the backs green; couldn’t bear pink and light blue in the yard. […]
I didn’t actually have the migraine anymore, but I certainly had the “hangover” yesterday. I went to work, but left at noon, after I’d done the things that needed to be done. I didn’t do much except sleep, but… Milkweed is going to bloom (yay!) I enlarged the milkweed bed this year, but the common […]
Woke up with it Saturday morning, still have it. Between the deluge of rain and my fucking head, not much got accomplished, but I did my best, and got a few things planted. Old lady’s clematis is purple. One teaspoon of crystals and one cup of water. I don’t think these sad – looking Tango […]
It poured much-needed rain this afternoon, which meant I didn’t have to water anything, but also meant no planting. The rain did stop at the end of my workday, and held off just long enough for me to go to Buchheit and get weigela. I went in hopes that they had Sonic Bloom red, but […]