Gardening – Plum Librarian LLC

More sunnie pictures!!

Straight up eye candy, readers! Lots of pics for scale and detail. Nico is pictured delivering the flowers. Someone has fantastic handwriting for the card! Don’t understand the in-joke behind “48912?” Ask your favorite musically inclined Lesbian.

Flowers to Seafarer from Fly Over Country

Here was my first volley to Portland, Oregon florist Spellbound: I want an ostentatiously fabulous arrangement delivered to a super dear friend that will leave her colleagues going, “Nobody ever sent me flowers like that in all my life. She must be beloved.” And obviously I want her to feel that way, too. Let’s discussContinueContinue reading “Flowers to Seafarer from Fly Over Country”

Stood up again

As long as we’re talking about contractors I should mention that we got stood up again – but this time only by 3 twelve year olds who have started their own weeding/gardening/babysitting/pet sitting business. We’ve had some trouble connecting in general and on the day they were due to work – yesterday – they didn’tContinueContinue reading “Stood up again”

Wee Garden 2010

I planted annuals (seeds) this year. My understanding is that annuals don’t bloom the first year but they do in subsequent years. In any case, the Wee Garden had no blooms this year. And it looks like this. We’ll see about next year.

Of Hastas and Hydrangeas

Hubby cut 5 foot hydrangeas down to the nubs last fall and I did the same with the hastas. Neither of us has a clue what we’re doing in the yard. Not a clue. He said he kept cutting despite my very clear and repeated attempts to “Stop. Stop now. This isn’t what you’re supposedContinueContinue reading “Of Hastas and Hydrangeas”

To Everything, There Is a Season

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What Ike Wrought in the Wee Garden

Bethesda surveys the damage after three days of Hurricane Ike’s northern rains swept through Michigan. The roof was rained on for three days, also. Know that roof we priced but planned to buy next year? Yeah, that’s going to be happening NOW. RIGHT NOW. Blogging of the event to come (but of course).