First, just because they’re pretty…very pink hollyhocks! I don’t remember pink ones from last year, only white, but I’ll take vivid pink flowers anywhere I can get them. I watered the clover seeds around the pond last night, and just for the hell of it, I started watering the Virginia Snakeroot. I was merrily blasting […]
Lots of work this weekend, so lots of photos (some work, some just pretty). Friday’s accomplishment was extending the Black Swallowtail Buffet. FWIW, I seeded dill and parsley that I’d got at Walschwitz when I bought the last of their edging. I didn’t have quite enough mulch to finish, but there’s enough to keep the […]
Since Grace figured out she could get past the squirrel baffle, I had to come up with another idea. I could have bought a “torpedo” style squirrel/raccoon baffle, but nooooo…I have to do everything the hard way. I bought a 24″ section of stove pipe and a cap at Buchheit, and made one myself. I […]
I took the afternoon off yesterday, and went to Walschwitz. All they had left was four 30′ rolls of edging, so I bought them all (and also some Bloom Booster for my hanging baskets). It was an utterly beautiful day; not really too hot, even right in the sun. I got the edging installed on […]
I’m too cheap to turn on the A/C unless it’s absolutely necessary, and even when I do, I imagine dollar bills floating out through 45 square feet of west-facing windows at the back of the house. Enter…heat control window film. I got it last Thursday, and installed it yesterday. The roll was 3′ x 15′, […]
If they’re going to kill Net Neutrality (and they are), then at least I’ll be able to stream my own media to whatever device is closest. I am the proud owner of a used small form factor PC with a 3.2 GHz Core i5, 3GB RAM, 160 GB SATA HDD, built in Wi-Fi, no power […]
I think I did this on Tuesday (maybe Monday…I forget), but I’m practically a perfeshunl door repair guy. After I figured out that the handles were held on by set screws, I could change the latch guts. Duh. 🙂 Now, I can have the window in that door open to let in some air, but […]
Once again, either due to laziness or being too busy, or too hot, or whatever, I’m playing catch-up again! After seeing orioles at the feeder, I went out and bought them a jelly feeder, and expensive BirdBerry jelly…virtually guaranteeing that I will never again see an oriole (and so far, I have not!) I gave […]
P was the one on fahr this past weekend, but I did pretty well myself. On Saturday morning, I finally broke down and started the trench for the fence flowerbed border. The honeysuckle looks so pretty in early morning sun. This is all I got done; cutting the 45s on the pieces took a fair […]
These are from the day before yesterday, but I didn’t get them posted. This is a volunteer; it looks like a Grey Stick or a Cliffie Bush. After work yesterday, I potted some Dacotah switchgrass, and one small pot of Northern Sea Oats that will just sit there, doing nothing. When I got home today, […]