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The Good, The Bad, And The Weedy
Good: There are spotted salamander spermatophores in my pond! (And also egg masses, lots of them, and some frog eggs, but dude, spermatophores!)
Bad: I should not be allowed to go to the nursery with the huge selection of salvias without a minder. I, um, got a few more than I realized. Many of them get five or six feet tall. Um. Send help.
Weedy: I spent all this morning pulling out pepperweed, which really loves a cool wet spring and went rioting through my garden this year. I can turn a blind eye to chickweed because it’ll die off in the heat, I am perfectly happy to have white clover covering areas as long as it lets the perennials grow through, I have made some peace with the corn speedwell and the henbit, but pepperweed is on the list of Things That Must Die.
At least it pulls easily.
on March 19th, 2013 at 8:01 am Said:
Salvia are sexy sexy beasts. There’s nothing like watching the orgiastic cross-species dance between them and their pollinator hopefuls. I don’t blame you for taking more home. I would have. And then I would have named them and tied little bows around the pots. What? I saw “The Happening” and I want to be prepared for when the plants rise up, damnit.
On a totally different note, have you considered making a worm bin? It’s awesome. All the worm poo you could want.
on March 20th, 2013 at 11:04 pm Said:
I say plant all the salvias way too close together and let them battle for supremacy. Worst case you’ll just have a chaotic mess of salvias which can’t possibly be a bad thing. Right?
I’m not looking forward to my own weedy battles. I can already see the wee beasties trying to take root in the mulch just like they aren’t supposed to do. Also, I fear I will never win the battle with the Equisetums in the vegetable garden. Good luck with the pepperweed!
on April 6th, 2013 at 5:26 pm Said:
All I have to say on the subject of weeds is that I want to know what man it was that that thought Bermuda Grass would make a fine lawn. Then I would do something both terrible and unspeakable to him so he regrets that choice for nine lifetimes. Just sayin.
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