Today, as I am yanking up my latest nemesis–purple loosestrife–I see a tiny blob of red. “Huh,” I think to myself, “That’s new.”
Strawberries. Three tiny ones on a plant buried in the front yard sloped portion’s masses of wildflowers and grasses. Then I find another plant close by, also with red budding berries. Continue reading “strawberries everywhere followup part 2”
I further updated the 2018 Plantings list, adding some more details.
I planted more flower seeds today in pots indoors, as well as a few more fairytale pumpkin and pencil cob corn indoors just in case the ones that aren’t coming up yet were Acorn Bomber snacks. Continue reading “18th June Plantings and general Garden update”
We spotted it today while watering where needed in the garden. I saw it out front first, then he spied it on our crab apple tree just when we were getting ready to go back inside and have supper. Continue reading “Spotted a White Admiral Butterfly on our crab apple tree today.”
There’s more I want to write about than I have time for, so planting update it is. Continue reading “16th June Plantings Update”
I’ve mentioned the doghouse that came with the house, and how we have no dog. I don’t know how long it’s been sitting there, but it wasn’t in decent enough shape to feel good about offering it for free. (Rot in base and lower sides, shingles are shot.) Continue reading “Looking for doghouse conversion suggestions”
More specifically, think of your future, especially if you’re the poor sod that will have to deal with the problems it causes down the road.
Don’t try to fool yourself for a minute about landscape fabric, folks. Continue reading “A personal rant about landscape fabric”
I finally made it to one of our city’s Conservation Commission meetings. I’ve been curious about what exactly it is they do beyond the general scope of what such a title would suggest.
Unexpectedly, one item on the agenda turned out to be something I might actually be able to help with, involving some plant sharing with another homeowner.
So far, this has been a neat development for a lot of reasons. I’ll write more about it in the coming days.
