OR…Saturday in the miserable heat, making a flowerbed after I swore I was done! Hey! I found some good Japanese beetles! I was midway through my flowerbed, sweating and miserable from pulling crap-grass, when C. texted this with the word, “Lowe’s”. I finished the flowerbed, knowing full well where I’d be going the next day! […]
We finally got the posts for the trellis and bird feeder into concrete! We didn’t get enough concrete, which we discovered after doing the bird feeder hole, but (almost unbelievably), Walmart was open as usual and had 30 lb bags. P. had read some mixing tips, and everything went smoothly. The trellis posts didn’t go […]
I got the rest of my perennials yesterday, and aside from the blooms being broken on the asters and the joe-pye looking a bit rough, they’re fine. Guess I know what I’m doing this weekend! Broke off the asters–one in shipping, one in unpacking–but they’re going to be pretty if they bloom again! Whatever […]
I bought a couple of quart pots of lantana on Sunday at Wal-Mart. I really didn’t have a place for it, but it’s only an annual, so I thought I’d just find a place for it amongst the perennials. Hah. Tight squeeze; hope it doesnt grow too enthusiastically! In with the pipevine. Beside the water […]
I did some accidental gardening; just weeding and moving (almost all of) the rest of the plants out of the patio flowerbed. Just a few coneflower and black-eyed susan left to go). The yard doesn’t look much different, but I did a pano anyway. Yeah, I plan to deal with the grass (or lack thereof) […]
I finally got around to weeding the fence line flowerbed. I’d done part of the front last weekend, but got kinda lazy. Finished today, though! Holy crap, that’s a long flowerbed. I might transplant some more out of the patio flowerbed, but for now, I’m in my lounge. 🙂 Zinnias coming along nicely in spite […]
Too tired to do much, but…nasturtium bloom! Hostas out front are blooming. Meh. Yellow trumpet creeper looks like it’s going to bloom.
Not much, but our deer are either stupid, or trying to kill themselves. Top of the Mortgage Lifter tomato…neatly nipped off. Dumbasses. Silver Spotted Skipper on Buddleia. Fat bunglebee on Italian red clover. Thought it was an Eastern Tailed-Blue, but I didn’t see butt-fluffies, so I dunno. On bachelor’s button. The rosemallow sure knows how […]
Bastards ate all of my morning glory plants yesterday. Even the oak leaf weeds in the pot! Evidence. Deer track. In good news, tropical milkweed. Goddamned Japanese beetles are going after my zinnias. They may have numbers and pheromones, but I have a bucket of soapy water, fueled by unadulterated hatred. Yesterday’s kill: 18. The […]
Since Tree Dude got rained out, I spent the day on me (and the MLBs, who needed fresh nectar and clean feeders). I did a pedicure, tested the darker shade of foundation I got (Almay TLC “Warm”), ironed a few tops and jeans for the rest of this week, did “Biore” on my face, tidied […]