spidra's The Grim Reaper garden

I justified paying for a landscape designer because I figured we’d save more money if we leaned on the expertise of a pro rather than relying on trial and error. Unfortunately, there were quite a few mistakes we paid for. One was siting pineapple sage in front of the raised beds. They gr...

I think it was sold to me before it had truly established. I took good care of it but it died anyway. I’m going to ask Annie’s if they’ll do an exchange.

Failure analysis: Put too thin a latex coat on the stump. Didn’t get a strong enough tape to wrap the bark back together. Things dehydrated. I kept checking to see if it was sprouting and there was no sign. I was resting my fingers against it to test its turgidity and it broke off. Th...

I know the danger of doing work deep in the interior of any bed is that I will trample something. I try to be careful. I try to be mindful. But with several things in mind at the same time and not a lot of physical fitness to support my weight and the weight of whatever I’m carrying for the...