05.29.04

Tomatoes!

Posted in Gardening, Musings at 12:12 pm by admin

I just ate a tomato that I grew - YUM!! I’m not sure if it was so good because I grew it with myself, or if it was because it was just off the vine, or what. I guess it doesn’t matter as long as it was good.

05.28.04

Bulbs to Try

Posted in Gardening, Musings at 10:03 am by admin

My GardenWeb friends are the worst enablers. Now I’m getting all excited about bulbs. I found a short list of things to try here in the low Desert:

# Crinum Lilies

# Frittilaria

# Scilla (already have Scillia peruviana aka Caribbean Lily)

# Camassia

# Alliums
# Ipheion uniflorum
# Sparaxis
# Tulbaghia (already have varigated and non-varigated Society Garlic, white and pink blooms on the non varigated; pink blooms on the varigated.)
# Ornithogalum

Warm Fuzzies

Posted in Affirmation, Gardening, Musings at 8:24 am by admin

My next-door neighbor came over yesterday while I was working in the yard, and told me how she thought my yard looked really good. She’s been watching all of this time while I convert from lawn to natural landscape, and it meant a lot to me that she would stop and say that. Another lady from the neighborhood had just passed by and said “It’s looking great - you’ve done a lot of work.”

It is a great feeling to have people independently give me unsolicited praise on my ever-changing, er, masterpiece. It gives me a big boost after the City wanted to give me a fine. I hope this doesn’t unbalance my yard karma!