Gavin & Kindli’s News, events, updates & opinions on the weather
A few months back some small green shoots poked above the ground. I hadn’t planted anything in the corner where they were occurring, but I welcome most low maintenance plants that show up on their own.
I have no idea what this plant is, there is a smaller one next to it (lower right corner). Does any one have any idea what it might be?
When I first brought the transplanted blackberries home they looked pretty awful and Gavin fervently hoped they would die. They sat by the back fence, looking increasingly pitiful and dead.
When they reached an awful low - crispy, brown shriveled leaves - with clearly no chance of survival, I moved them off to the side - out of sight out of mind, and let them sit on their own in the corner. Imagine my surprise when I noticed little green leaves making a comeback.
I carefully trimmed away the dead leaves to allow the little recovering plant some space to grow. They’re not thriving, but they are looking lusher and greener than they have in weeks.
The blackberries are making a comeback, but they’re going to stay in their pots until we eventually live somewhere where I can have wine barrel full of blackberries (or a corner of the yard I want to let get over taken).
Wednesday night Megan graduated from Gunn. MC Hammer was the key speaker, and he did a magnificent job. He also graciously stood for photos with every last one of the graduates as they picked up their diploma folders and walked across the stage. Continue reading ‘Congratulations to the Class of 2008′
We’ve got a new sofa, well, not exactly new, but new to us. It folds out into a double sofa bed, and is quite cushy. We’re debating slip-covering it, it is a bit beige-on-beige-on-beige.
The pansies died, but that’s OK, they were supposed to die after a few months, so I decided to replace them with some “drought resistant” plants that I bought on a whim on a trip to Target.
I also bought a new basil, because my old basil died, it wasn’t supposed to do that, but it happens sometimes. Then I repotted some of my other herbs into a larger pot, and put the rosemary in the ground (it was getting slightly root bound).
I really hope nothing dies in the next few months. The hydrangea is looking better now that it has the umbrella over it, but the leaves that stick out from under it get crispy.
We have a new back fence, Gavin insists it is redwood, I think red is being generous, the fence is bright a bright pink-salmon color.
It makes quite a stark contrast with the deck and the fences dividing up the individual backyards. Gavin insists it will fade with time, until then, we’ve got a pink fence.
