I did a lot indoors this weekend, but I spent time outdoors, too. Nearly 5h of it was because some dingus 40 years ago chose not to reach down and pull a bush honeysuckle seedling that was growing very close to an osage-orange tree. I’d tried poisoning it, but it had been cut so many times by lazy bastards who should’ve taken the time TO DIG THE GODDAMNED THING OUT BY ITS ROOTS that I couldn’t get enough Bonide 274 into it to kill it all. The treated part had died, but there were still living roots that sent up shoots. I saw it and although I didn’t have time, I went after it. I dug up some other stuff, too, both alive and dead, but this bitch was in an impossible spot; wedged tightly into a crevice in that giant tree, and it had roots everywhere. It took a hatchet, a pruning saw, a crowbar, a shovel, a chisel, a big hammer, lopping shears, and my little weed puller (to dig small areas so I could find the roots), and in the end, once I got it moved far enough from the osage-orange that I wouldn’t run into it…with my little chain saw. Jesus, what a nightmare! I even treated the roots I couldn’t pull with Bonide and covered the cut ends with plastic so it wouldn’t just absorb into the soil. By the time I got it out, this was all that remained, and I’m considering cleaning it up, letting it dry, and trimming it, then spraying it with a clear coat so I’ll have a little sculpture to remind me that dumbasses who can’t be arsed to pull seedlings can cause a lot of damage in the future.

I planted some trumpet creeper seeds in both spots that I’d fug bush honeysuckle out right next to the tree. We’ll see how that goes; they were cold-stratified for only a month, plus the deer like to eat trumpet creeper. I tried, at least, and I want something good out of all my effort and hands that’ll be sore for at least a few days.

I was up early on Saturday, and by 7:00AM, I was planting mini daffy-down-dillies and tulips. I put a few out front, and also tidied up the butterfly bush out there.

The rest I put by the patio.

I found a home for the long-suffering stinging nettle.

I think these are volunteer Mexico Midget tomatoes.

Canada bloodroot, almost ready.

Canadian ginger has flowers.

Allegheny spurge isn’t dead after all.

Purple croci

New tulips. I bought three pink and two yellow.