Fall Planting Marathon

Quite incred­i­bly, we’ve been enjoy­ing a very extended sum­mer here in Sub­ur­bia.  Yes­ter­day was a record-breaking 92°.  This is one of the few sum­mers I can recall in which we did not get our first snow­fall of the sea­son in September. Don’t get me wrong — I am not com­plain­ing.  Ever since get­ting back from [...] Read more »

Nearly Felled by a Micro Sprinkler

The Dig #8855 Micro Sprin­kler Assem­bly almost beat me today.  Almost. Any­one who knows me will tell you, I am not a technically-challenged female.  As immod­est as it might sound, I pos­sess a rather tech­ni­cally– and spatially-capable brain.  Give me a cou­ple of things, give me a con­cept of what it’s sup­posed to look like [...] Read more »

Buffalo Grass Sod, Day 10

The buf­falo grass sod has gone dor­mant, despite a grotesque quan­tity of water. But not com­pletely dor­mant and I’m see­ing hope­ful signs of new growth, root­ing, and return of the gor­geous blue-gray-green color the Legacy Buf­falo grass is sup­posed to be. Read more »

Partridge Feather, Woolly Thyme, and Pussytoes

Just as I’d promised myself I would not do, I bought this plant at the nurs­ery based on looks alone.  I knew noth­ing at all about it but loved the color and tex­ture.  Luck­ily, it turned out to be a good purchase. Latin Name: Tenace­tum Amani Com­mon Name: Par­tridge Feather It grows to 8–10″ and has [...] Read more »

Legacy Buffalo Grass sod

The Legacy buf­falo­grass sod was deliv­ered and installed today.  After work­ing my behind off for 10 weeks on this whole land­scap­ing project, it was awfully refresh­ing to sit back and watch some­one else do the work for once. I just love the beau­ti­ful, soft blue-gray-green color of the buf­falo­grass.  Can’t wait to see what it looks [...] Read more »