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The reason I’ve been letting my yard go a bit. I decided to build a ramp into the shed to store the girl’s new birthday bikes. It’s the cover for our old attic stairs covered with old cedar edging.

And some sedge growing in the back yard! I’m pretty sure a neighborhood cat was behind this. 

Oh man. That first picture. Anticipation. That is going to be a riot of flowers in a couple days.

The second is a butterfly I haven’t seen before. It looks a lot like a red admiral in the picture, but in real life was orange and not red.

And the third picture are apricots. This tree was a gift from my grandmother. When my I took my mother over to look at how well it was doing she questioned how I was going to retrieve the fruit (the tree is within a ring of boxwood hedges)? Therein lies a distinct difference in our gardening style. I might try an apricot or two if they get big enough, but mostly the raccoon and opossums can have ‘em. I’m very much a xeric guy and not really into fruits or vegetables. My mom and my taste pretty much only intersects on rose bushes.

Speaking of vegetables. I tried to plant a garden again for Stella and Etta. I got in some snap peas. Okra. Melon. Basil. 2nd day I couldn’t find most of the seedlings. I thought the dogs had trampled them. Then I came back to the basil chomped to the ground. Then I moved my seedlings right outside the house and all my ‘Silver Falls’ (Dichondra argentea) had been chomped. * sigh * Guess I need cages or something.

Oh well, it’s weeding season and everything’s starting to come in. I love this time of year. I always get a bit despondent in the winter, assured that nothing is coming back. Do you have that problem?