Category Archives: Gardening

My across the street neighbor’s yard is full of reds and pinks right now. My gardent patch is a little straggly. Next year I want to use more dahlias. I know I need to prune the rosa rubifolia harder next Continue reading How to borrow this perspective?→

My Landlord does not have to let grow flowers here, or let my little boys dig up the shady corner of the side yard where no grass will grow, and leave their grubby toys everywhere. So when the lawnsman he Continue reading Tenant Garden Angst→

It helps to plant the rose bushes inbetween the sidewalk and the irises: kids tend to snap off the hand height buds and drop them later on down the sidewalk.  Thorns kind of stop that. It is also helpful if Continue reading Rules of Tenant Gardening→

There are two major weeds in my flower beds: this rosette of fine leaves and white flowers,  that later get very tall with exploding seed capsules, and grass.  The grass seed has a symbiotic relationship with my landlord, he spreads Continue reading Weeding (with baby)→