‘Spider surprise’ sounds like a horrible dish from a terrible restaurant
… but in reality it’s always a welcome addition to the scorched, dead-earth-looking yard in late summer/early fall.
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Day 101/365: What’s Blooming
My grandmother potted this for me last year and called it a bleeding heart. But it looks just like a columbine bloom, only it’s clumpy and grows much taller than my purple columbines. And the internet returns something much different when I search for “bleeding heart.” So I’m going to call it a columbine, at the risk of inciting grandmotherly rage. What else is out there? Snapdragons, I forget what it’s called. Creeping…
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Day 64/365: Branches
When the wind kicks up, the big oak in the front yard looooves to let you know about it. [Project 365]
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Day 58/365: Little Sparrow
I now have two bird feeders. Mine is the most popular yard on the block, as voted by tiny winged creatures. Seriously, it sounds like bird armageddon out there most days. [Project 365]
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Day 49/365: Look What Was Under Those Leaves
This is a transplant from saraclark’s Nashville garden that appears to have done quite well over the winter. Score! [Project 365]
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Spring fever
Here is a little gardening tip from me to you: If a man calls your cannas “daylilies,” do not take him up on his offer to “cut back your hydraniums.” I spent some time outside today in the warmth, removing old dead plant stalks from their resting places, making room for the new growth that will be popping out of the ground in just a few short weeks. I’m stupid excited to see the explosion…
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Landscape lust
I’ve got a notion to do something big to the front yard. I sketched it up; maybe it will make sense to a landscaper. I would like to solve the parking issue elegantly, which would be the ultimate eff-you to my uppity neighbor. My idea, if the sketch is truly undecipherable, is this: Push back the perimeter of the front yard a couple of feet, placing a row or two of nice-looking pavers flush with…
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