Month: August 2010

Summer always goes by too quickly! Let’s start with the fun stuff. Today I planted some of our ever-expanding crop of hen and chicks into an old milk can that sits out by our front sidewalk. I think they will be a good plant for this spot, because they will get watered occasionally with the grass, but I won’t have… Read more →

Rocked this look at our Cousin’s wedding. Read more →

I have a deep hatred of this plant. It is nearly impossible to get rid of. The seeds stay viable for decades, it also spreads underground, and it wants to take over my lawn and garden! I wouldn’t mind so much if it were a hidden innocuous plant. But it insists on climbing everything it can, then dying and leaving… Read more →

Interesting conversation on weeds I found here: What is a weed? It generally sums up my view–weeds are what you make them. When I first bought the current house I had a funny weed in the sad back lawn area I kept mowing over. Eventually I realized it was a small rhubarb plant and moved it. From weed to food source… Read more →