As much as I didn’t want the extra work, I installed edging around the big perennials bed. P bought it for me; he’s not much of a gardening kind of guy, but very supportive of my projects in other ways. Planted some coneflowers from C.’s seeds in the bed around the pipevine. I’ll add a […]

Finally! I’ve been waiting forever for the Monarda to bloom, and not only did I get a bloom, I got a teeny-tiny little manti-dude friend! Given the dark manti-knees, I’ll hazard a guess it’s a Carolina, and given the fact that there was a Carolina ootheca on the Tornado Honeysuckle when we brought it from […]

I had plants waiting for me when I got home, but the only ones I was ready for were the three blazing star I’d got to go with the two I already had. I thought I’d ordered the same kind as the first time, but I didn’t; these are a slightly different cultivar. Will butterflies […]

I’m really getting behind! I’d had Hypoestes before, but theyd always drop their leaves and die from lack of light even before they got a chance to get leggy or wilt; the reasons lots of people dont care for them. This one has done both (wilted many times), but it’s also…bloomed. Yay for my big […]

It was raining when I got home, but I still did my tour. Blazing star and tall phlox were about to drown, so I had to dig an emergency trench or three. I know now why that part of the yard has shitty crap-grass; it doesn’t drain. Guess who’s going to have to install a […]

Writing this on Tuesday for Monday. My agastache ‘Tango’ finally arrived,  but it was *not* happy about having spent the weekend in the post office. It was basically dead. The roots are probably fine, so I put it in the ground anyway, even if it looks like hell. I contacted the seller, sent pictures, and […]

When I got up this morning, I planted the Rudbeckia that had arrived yesterday. It looks pretty droopy, even after a good watering and a few hours of waiting. It’s pretty tough stuff, so hopefully it’ll make it. I put in a few “found” boneset (at least I’m pretty sure it’s boneset!) It drooped at […]

Also, fuck grass. I finally got the grass cleared to plant perennials. I started before 0630h this morning, and finished the goddamned grass…I dunno…lunchtime-ish. That crap-grass has roots in fucking china, and I also wounded myself. I felt something biting me, and thinking it was a fly, I started to shoo it away. When I […]

I thought about digging up the rest of that goddamned crap-grass so I could plant perennials, but I was just too tired, so instead, I planted the rosemallow in its own, private mini-swamp. Doesn’t look like much, but if it grows in that soggy, rich soil and full sun, it’ll be beautiful! Oh…the picture I […]

Perennial Wave #1 arrived. Coreopsis, Gaillardia, veronica, and blue agastache. Also, rosemallow arrived, but kinda dry. I put it in a bucket of water and sent the seller a message. (S)he said give them a couple of weeks and if there’s no sign of growth, they’ll send me another lot. Scudderia nymphs like those orange […]