It’s a Paw Paw time of year again! The last of the fruits are ripening up for a succulent feast on the yummy custard filling complete with a biodegradable cup!
My uncle told me that once – a long time ago – about life. He said your not really living unless you’ve made some messes, cleaned them up, sacrificed, built bridges, walked a mile in another’s shoes, whilst conquering mountains and reaching summits put your tent stake in the ground and honey if ya didn’t get a little on ya along the way – well, you weren’t really living.
Dinner amongst the trees – wine with the roses and the waltz within the falling leaves.
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This week we offer tips to help keep some of your invasive perennials from driving you crazy or driving you to rid yourself of them, we remind you how and why you need to clean out your iris patch and give the down and dirty about what may be lurking in your fall leaves.
Every season in the landscape reminds me of the seasons of our lives – each season we should find something to cherish, something enriching something worth striving for. Spring bulbs resonate to me the basic instruction on what life has to bring.
If snap is the younger generation’s version of the expression shoot or other malevolent terms then I think the landscape genre should change the term thatching to O.M.G. what have you done to my lawn!
What a peculiar word – GRUB – the more thought given this word the more one must chuckle at the versatility in which it is used.
Do you want the kind of lawn a passersby will slow to take a look at? The kind of lawn many are app to place a police sign in demanding you do not cross, too much foot traffic can lead to wearing of a path.
Did you know?
Now is the magic window for lawns, it opened about August 15th and does not close until the end of September. This window only comes once a year. What makes this time frame so magical with lawns?
Transplant Poppies this week divide Hosta and Daylily.
Poppy – Poppy – Poppy – I love how that word feels rolling off of the tongue. Say it enough and you wonder…. someone really named a perennial in this regard? Oh, what fun!!
