I took the afternoon off in hopes of getting the bed ready for the Flava honeysuckle. I knew it was going to rain, but decided it was worth a shot. I went to Buchheit for suet and fill dirt, then came home, grabbed a cereal bar by way of lunch, and got started. I forgot […]

I had to get sunflower seed at lunch, and I was going to get a couple of hanging pots to put out front. ‘Toonyas was my plan, but then, I saw these Calibrachoa, and had to have them! I had them in the office, and when B came in, he said, “It looks like spring […]

I went out at lunch and got brackets (B cut them so I can make them fit) and after work, I went to Buchheit and got my final choice: retaining wall blocks. I guessed at the number, and should I decide to cut the last one, it’ll be perfect. They’re just sitting there; I got […]

I accomplished little on Saturday because it was very cold and I was lazy. I moved the Miss Molly butterfly bush to the middle of the bed (too big where I had it stuck at the side) and planted three of the paradoxa coneflowers. Otherwise, I pulled some weeds.  I  did discover that I have…tiny […]

Expensive, but worth it if they live and grow. The guy who sells these seems really nice, and his packaging job was awesome; you’d never have know the plants were shipped at all.  Ten Lonicera flava. Real ones, not fucking japonica sold as flava.  Six Echinacea paradoxa; the only member of the genus that doesn’t […]

Just some miscellaneous stuff that I’ve done after work, or seen after work, or whatever. I bought some tuberous root begonias, intending to put them over by the pond, and a few little zinnias because bees. Sweet William has started blooming. Just this one, and one white as of yesterday after work. Zinnias ended up […]

Felt more like a hundred miles. I have few photos because even though I worked my arse off both Saturday and Sunday, it was nearly all seed planting, which looks like…dirt. A photo of dirt isn’t terribly interesting (though now that I think of it, I have done that before). Anyway… Friday after work, I […]

Spring is sprung, and being so, I have no time for sitting around anymore. Beds need cleaning out, plants need to be in the dirt, and so do seeds. Plus, the MLBs are back, and that means feeders, too. I also bought more bebe pine trees, though I didn’t have room for all 30 of […]

I got a flat, but planted only six in two hanging pots for now. Still no sign of MLBs, but they’ll come eventually, I hope!  The ones I haven’t planted yet.  The tag, for when I forget.  Not Bistro-related, but he looks pretty. 

I haven’t seen any yet, but I looked at the map, and they’re actually past us, so I disinfected and washed their feeders, and put them up. It’s raining and going to get chilly again, but it’s not like they can turn back, so they need food!