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 amount of time, and since the saw is so loud, I couldn’t start early, and it was getting hot. Still, it’s a start.

I’m cutting all of the ends at 45 even though it’s a pain in the arse; a butt joint would show a gap even if it moved only a few millimetres, but a 45 will hide it better.

VERY dusty work; I looked like Mark Twain in a local theatre production where they’d used powder to make grey hair.

Missouri primrose isn’t very tall, but it’s absolutely beautiful, especially in sunlight.

The lens didn’t focus well on the Husker Red, but bees don’t mind how pictures look, just as long as the real thing is there and in bloom. I like seeing fat bunglebee-butts sticking out of the flowers.

Microscopic Dacotah switchgrass on Saturday. Hopefully, it’ll grow big enough that I can dig up that ugly Miscanthus.

Took this Sunday; Dacotah is less microscopic already!

Still not tired of photographing the pond. I love how the moss has grown over multiple rocks.

Since I couldn’t make a lot of noise on Saturday morning, I started the trench, and then switched over to the dogwood flower bed out front. I wanted the ugly old chicken wire gone, but didn’t want cats (I’m looking at you, Boo) to turn it into a big litterbox. I had got some Bird Block netting for that purpose.

First mulch, then the Bird Block. It’s nearly invisible even from a few feet away.

You have to get up close to see it, and since I went all the way in to the dogwood’s trunk, even the inside ring is off-limits to kitteh poop (although it’s mostly kitteh pee that I don’t want because it’ll burn the plants).

Yet another shot of ‘Daybreak Charm’ because it’s fucking beautiful.

Another of blue flax for the same reason.

Tiny mountain mint seedlings in Thug Lyfe. The self-heal sprouted, too, but I forgot to photograph it.

The Rose of Sharon P got me last year seeded itself.

New water hyacinth didn’t waste time making a flower. I know this is stored energy because it was grown in sun, but I’ll take flowers whenever I can get them, however they come.

Paw was feeling well enough this weekend to guard the feeders from marauding starlings. 🙂