My Jungle of a Yard :-D

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Today I went out shopping with Ami_B (who, sweet lady that she is, has offered me a couple of foxglove seedlings - such a dear! Of course I want them! Foxgloves = so pretty! You should see how they're thriving in her garden! :-)

Anyway, rather miraculously, I managed to *not* spend heaps of money today! :-)
Go Random Chance for that little bit of news. ;-)

I did get a few things, though.

I got us a little sign to stick to our mail-box that says 'no junk-mail' (and similar), in the hopes of finally deterring people from dropping that straight-to-the-recycling-box stuff in our mailbox.

I also got: Two little larkspurs. :-D

Larkspurs are, like, delphiniums, but more cold-hardy and spidery (rather than being on tall, straight stalks, they're on long, somewhat more wobbly ones - slightly different leaves, too). They're members of the same family, though, and have the same kind of beautiful, blue flowers. :-)

I planted them in the garden after I got home, along with the sage and the big-purple-asters (which will <*gasp*> give my garden some colour in the fall. ;-)


I appear to have Queen Anne's Lace growing in my garden.
I'm pretty sure it's not bugal-weed, since the leaves aren't anything like soft-edged maple leaves . They're very much like carrot or cosmo leaves, though, which makes sense with Queen Anne's Lace. :-)

Anyway, we'll see what happens with it. :-)

I may need to (A) trim the grape vine (which is going crazy-wild) and (B) tie up the hollyhocks (and QAL) with bits of nylon-stocking - if not this weekend, then before I go to Ithaca - because they're starting to get heavy and I don't want them falling over.

The beans have begun to climb up the tripod (I may need to throw a few more down there. I've got some kentucky-wonder beans that I could plant... Hmm...) just to fill it in. Currently that little hill is covered in wood-sorrel, which is fine by me because it pulls out really, really easily and, when it's not being pulled out, provides a hand and effective ground-cover that prevents more well-rooted weedy-things from attaching themselves. :-)

The squash is taking off. I am trying to get it to climb the trellis as per usual. Hopefully this will work. :-)

Also, the tomato that started growing between my flagstones? Is doing remarkably well and (apparently) does not (yet) need any staking. Which is good, 'cause where would I put a stake?

Also, the wild rugosa rose that's growing between my (different) flagstones? It's getting bigger. :-D Woohoo! :-D

I scattered corn-poppy seeds around the place (some in dirt that has been brought up from between the flagstones, some on a semi-bare patch in the actual garden), so I hope those will take root and sprout in the near future.

I will have to clear off my patio - I've got bits of broken (metal) trellis, and lots and lots of plastic plant-pots to dispose of (just doing that will clear it off a lot), plus I need to trim back the grass-and-other-unwanted-plants that are growing up between the stones.

Part of me wants to bother with figureing out how to re-string my whipper-snipper, so that this little job will be super-fast and easy.
Part of me hates the damn thing (and the noise and the whole-sail plant carnage it wreaks <*cough*>) and would rather wreak wholesale plant carnage by hand. Or with my pruning clippers.

<*shrug*>

I'll sort it out somehow. :-)

Random Extra Stuff: I want to find myself a nice royal blue nail polish and, perhaps, a deep ruby-pink one. That'd be good. :-) /random.

- TTFN,
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