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 […]
I’m sick to death of mulching that fence line, but I’ve got about 80′ done and 20′ left to go. I sorted the laundry this morning and washed one load so I’d have time to do a little on the fence after work. Thankfully, the part where I was working is in shade after 4:00PM. […]
I’m almost down to the point where I can see my hard work on the fence line from the back patio. I think I have a few little sprouts from the seeds I planted on Sunday, too. The hanging pot holds the vervain I accidentally got when I went for dirt and compost. Got a […]
If slow and steady wins the race, then I’m in for a blue ribbon. I worked on the fence line bed again, and made a little more progress. At some point in time, though, this is all going to be perennials because I’m sick to death of preparing and seeding it, and this is only […]
…and each step is one step closer to…the end of that goddamned huge flowerbed! Only a little because I was hot and tired and hungry, but it’s more than there was finished this morning. I think I’ll have Sweet Tea honeysuckle blooms soon. These are in the swamp bed, and if they’re lobelia cardinalis, then […]
I finally finished the goddamned weeding, and even started to put in seeds. I was supposed to be doing laundry, and it was hot out in the sun, so I didn’t get much done, but at least it’s something Ten miles behind me… …and ten thousand more to goooo…. In good news…scarlet pumpernickel is up. […]
Friday after work, I planted my American mountain-ash along the northwest side. They’re just sticks, and I doubt more than one will live, but there they are, finally in the ground and mulched. Yesterday morning, I planted the serviceberry on the southwest side, in the “naturalised border” that currently contains lots of weeds in addition […]