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Decorative and functional?
I’m hoping I have enough brick left over to do something like this to a corner of the front yard where pog and I are always cutting across:
Just imagine that the brick is flush with the concrete.
In my head I see getting a post light put in between the brick and the dogwood, [...]
May I have some more, sir?
Pogle wanted everyone to see what 3 tons (he says) of brick looked like:
My new 225 gallon rain water tank:
And a shot of the volunteer daffodil blooming:
Now to try and get the ferret to sleep again (it’s 4 AM). >.<
Why can’t I have normal weeds like everyone else?
Mutants #1-6:
(bonus toe for scale)
Mutant #7:
At least there were a couple of rays of sunshine in my garden:
Volunteers!
A waylaid day.
Today has been interesting and not at all how we planned. Originally, we were to just go to Charlotte, pick up half a brick load from a very nice gentlemen, then swing by Animal Control and pick up a ferret friend for Minion.
Yeah, right.
First off, pog’s had a rough day at work. Really rough. And [...]
Can’t sleep, the gnomes will eat me. Can’t sleep, the gnomes will eat me.
Unless…
(Gnome Be Gone, image copyright http://www.cleanairgardening.com/)
Before I built a wall
We’re trying to decide if we should put in a chain link fence this year. It’d pretty much take all of the money we’d set aside for a shed (we have no garage or outdoor storage) and dip into our savings quite a bit, so it’s a big decision. Here’s my list of pros and [...]
With silver bells, and cockle shells, And marigolds all in a row.
Last year I tentatively bought a few plants at the local Lowes: the selection wasn’t very good but I knew where to find them, unlike a local gardening center. This year, I’m going for broke on my gardener status. I ordered seeds for our vegetable garden and for some flowering perennials/shrubs.
This is my first time [...]
