Jul. 14th, 2008

Damage.

Jul. 14th, 2008 07:33 pm
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I bale promix.
1 concord grape.
1 buffalo grape.
2 multi-blue clematis (one on sale $5)
1 duchess of edinburgh clematis (on sale $5!!!!!)
1 etoile de malicorne clematis (also on the $5 rack)
1 malabar spinach
1 amazingly brightly variegated white-and-green peppermint
1 lavender thyme (smells like heaven, I walked around with my nose buried in it)
1 phyllostachys rubro-marginata bamboo
1 bag fertilizer
1 sink-tap-to-garden-hose adapter
1 roll teflon tape (to make it fit that last fraction of a millimeter)
1 roll double-sided green velcro tape (this stuff is the best)

I did not buy, but wanted to: butterflies magnolia from home depot (I adore yellow magnolias!), blueberries (Elliot and earlicrop) from same, any kiwis from Gardenworks (they only had female, though they still have like ten varieties, and I figured I can start more vines later), Greengage plums, and the fucking amazing water demon fountain that was $550 (though a slightly less cool one along the same theme was only $65, but of course just not as nice). I also did not buy a mister. I did buy sweetgrass mats to roll down in front of the windows from outside. I did not buy fishing line to train vines up, oops!

Also done:
got learner's license
replaced lightbulbs in chandelier
got bolt for pottery wheel and fixed it
got big 1L summer glases (about time)
got more kitten food for babies and mums (helps grow em big)
dishes clean

Still to do:
organise balcony to two distinct seating areas and pot up new plants
test hose
hang livingroom chandelier
deal with corner'o'crap (I found a cardboard dumpster)
laundry
buy fishing line
get seat-hammocks
get narrow coffee table

More garden news: lots of baby tomatoes out there. I inherited some thunbergia and some jasmine from the masquerade, the former of which needs continuous water so it needs to betransplanted to something larger. That's a lot of vines for my deck this summer, I'm excited! I can't wait for the screen to, well, screen from that awful sun. ;) West-facing decks definitely want dappled shade for the seating area in the evening, trust me.

Bamboo has done some shooting. Phyllostachys aurea is a VERY HARDY bamboo and I recommend it.

My lettuce is more-or-less the size where I start making salad from it. Happy! Also my magenta spreen is looking lovely.

The okra I started early never did anything, I think it was too cold for it for too long. In fact it never seemed very hardy in general, unlike the red and evergreen huckleberries which are hanging in there despite kind of sucky soil and a frying spot.

I badly need to get the last tomatoes in decent sized pots along with my last flowers, and now I have the soil for it.

Pinup begonias remain teh sex.

My basil is starting to take up a little space. My watercress is absolutely breathtaking, full of frothy white flowers. It needs a fountain of cascading bowls to live in, or a birdbath of some description (there is this dryad-lady birdbath at Gardenworks... but again, I have expensive taste, so plants first, then furniture, then statuary I think).

By the way, those of you who I haven't told about the awesome lifecycle of bamboo should read about it. You know, it's fun to read about mysterious stuff.

I also planted my wheat Saturday morning.

Mmmmmrrrr

Jul. 14th, 2008 10:14 pm
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My porch looks so much better now that the bikes aren't right outside the sliding door to the livingroom, but that is instead turned into a green oasis.

Not sure how to arrange the whole thing still, but it's better.

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