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when plastic turns green

no... we're not talking mold here. really.

my green thumb (if i have one) has kicked into full gear. sure, every year I buy the mulch. that's a given. last year, i didnt get the perennials in in time to have much to show, and the annuals were late, too, because i was lazy.

i've vowed to change that this time.

i've fenced off the hensley danger zone, where he has killed one boxwood, nearly killed another, and left two woody chartreuse shrubs half-dead. you will not piss on my garden this time, black one. not if i can help it.

i finished my plan for the furthest part of the righthand side of our yard. it's symmetric, and very colorful. i would've started planting, but by the time i got home, it had started to rain off and on, and the cold wind was blowing.

one sand cherry, two boxwoods, two coreopsis, two of some sort of yellow-green shrub which i have to look up, two white mums, two small pink dahlias, two callas (havent decided which yet), 24 double wind flowers, 8 red president cannas, a patch of purple creeping phlox, and two large pink cactus dahlias.

yeah, i learned to like dahlias last year and they provided cut flowers for a LONG time. and the mums we have returning from last year should be even taller and more useful, too. the cannas, whether or not they flower, provide great dark green foliage. the callas were kind of picky last year, and i'm going to use them sparingly this year, just to add a different texture and height as far as foliage. if they bloom, so much the better.

i bought a flat and a half of pansies to fill out the two urns a bit more, and then to use in the hanging baskets or maybe in the front porch pots. i still have large areas for more cannas and many gladiolas. yeah, i know how much nala hated the gangly, topheavy glads last year, but the color and the blossoms which kept coming week after week were worth it.

tomorrow, my goal is to get at least 3 plants in the ground (including the newly acquired hostas), and maybe take a load of rubble to the dump. there's always something to do when it's not raining. and if it is, well, then it's time to split last year's dahlia bulbs and prep those for planting, too.

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