I was just outside picking up a truckload of sticks from my backyard. There's another truckload still to be gathered. While I realize I have selected specific spots on which to focus this first year, the jungle area in my backyard makes me fret. It is all so overwhelming just to look at. At one point, it must have been a beautiful respite ... I see hostas and other shade plants poking their heads up AMONG all of the weeds that got an early start. I just need to get over it and keep my eye on what I can control now.
My lawn has a big hole in the front and I thought it must have been left from a tree that died or was removed, but my neighbor assures me that is not the case. The other evening we removed the sod and filled the hole, carefully replacing the sod. It looks awful and I am discouraged that it might never recover. In addition, there are a few bare patches, but I can't attend to them until the fall when the mole removal has been completed.
I live next to a man whose yard is immaculate. Nary a weed, stick or dandelion is in sight. I'm sure he's thrilled to live next to a lawn that is covered with a thousand or more dandelions in full bloom. I cringe when I think of the seeds that will blow into his yard. For many years I've mostly ignored dandelions, but I suspect it is time to learn how to rid my yard of them. Any suggestions? There are far too many to dig out.
On the progress front, the tangled mass of monkey grass has been removed from the end of the driveway, and in its place are four oriental poppies. I love the papery orange red blooms especially when they waft in the breeze. Once, when I lived way down in the boonies, I disbursed a handful of poppy seeds over a small area. I never even covered them with dirt. The next year I was pleasantly surprised to find that about twenty-five of them had come up. What a sight that was.
I'm off to Roanoke in a short while, and one of my stops will be a large nursery from which I have purchased plants in the past. I'm hoping to find a variety of heuchera that I don't have. I'm also thinking about coleus because I love the many colors and varieties. I just don't have a good place for them, though.
Tomorrow I'll plant the tomatoes if it is warm enough. I have an interesting setup for this project. Watch for pictures.
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I never even thought about grass before I moved to Kansas, a time during which I had a neighbor who was so obsessed with his grass and the few patches of crabgrass that he couldn't get rid of, that he paid a company 5k to come out and kill his grass and reseed it. At that point I realized that some people REALLY care about their lawn. I think I fall into to the, "as long as it isn't dead, it's fine" camp. My neighbors in my new place would disagree. The hot topic lately has been about one poor guy on the cul de sac who is apparently negligent about keeping his lawn emerald green.
I'm watering and have hired a lawn mowing service. Two things I would not have thought I'd do two years ago. Ah, peer pressure never really goes away, does it?
PS - For inspiration, check out Chip Callaway's website. I would really love to have his job when I grow up. :-)
Did I mention I live across the street from the lawn Nazis? :sigh:
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