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Monday Comes in Like a Kerfuffle
May. 23rd, 2022 01:02 pm I should probably comment on the LATEST SFWA disaster, but as an Old who has f*cking managed to keep up with the times I am losing patience and my mind. I will say, I think SFWA acted accordingly. Also, are we surprised? I would like future SFWA Grandmasters to be voted on by members of SFWA, honestly.
Now to something completely boring, though possibly no less predictable.
Image: Backyard shade garden. Blue Virginia bluebells in foreground; Pink bleeding hearts in the background.
I've been doing a lot of gardening now that we are back from our big trip east to retrieve the kiddo. I understand the complaints, but I am fond of these cool mornings, myself.
On Sunday, our good friends Gerriann and Barb gave me a whole bunch of natives from their garden. They gave me native bee balm (monarda), purple coneflower (Echinacea pupurea), hoary vervain (Verbena stricta), stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida), common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), and spotted joe-pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum.) Also, among the non-natives, but pollinator-friendly, I picked up a BUNCH of Autumn Joy sedum.
Hopefully, the Lawns2Legumes people will accept those as "in kind" donations. I guess we'll have to see. I would take a picture, of where they are right now, but they honestly look like sad little transplants in dirt. I should probably snap a couple of photos for documentation, however. Hmmm, maybe before I do that, I ought to pick up a bit of mulch from Menards so that they look less haphazard. (A microcosm of my gardening right here, folks. Me: gets plants for free, slaps them in the ground without much thought, and then thinks: sh*t, I need to figure out how to make this actually look intentional.)
At any rate, Ger and Barb also gave me some ferns, hostas, and Solomon's Seal, all of which ended up in various empty spots in the shade gardens.
I am hoping to go get the plants for my actual project at some point this week. Oh, which reminded me. The Lawns2Legumes folks assigned me a coach/gardening mentor at my request. We are mostly exchanging emails at this point. As usual, I am probably not taking full advantage of this mentorship. I should probably ask questions, but right now I'm all, "K. Gonna plant these and see if they live!"
At any rate, stay out of trouble, y'all. Hope you're having a lovely Monday!
Now to something completely boring, though possibly no less predictable.
Image: Backyard shade garden. Blue Virginia bluebells in foreground; Pink bleeding hearts in the background.
I've been doing a lot of gardening now that we are back from our big trip east to retrieve the kiddo. I understand the complaints, but I am fond of these cool mornings, myself.
On Sunday, our good friends Gerriann and Barb gave me a whole bunch of natives from their garden. They gave me native bee balm (monarda), purple coneflower (Echinacea pupurea), hoary vervain (Verbena stricta), stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida), common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), and spotted joe-pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum.) Also, among the non-natives, but pollinator-friendly, I picked up a BUNCH of Autumn Joy sedum.
Hopefully, the Lawns2Legumes people will accept those as "in kind" donations. I guess we'll have to see. I would take a picture, of where they are right now, but they honestly look like sad little transplants in dirt. I should probably snap a couple of photos for documentation, however. Hmmm, maybe before I do that, I ought to pick up a bit of mulch from Menards so that they look less haphazard. (A microcosm of my gardening right here, folks. Me: gets plants for free, slaps them in the ground without much thought, and then thinks: sh*t, I need to figure out how to make this actually look intentional.)
At any rate, Ger and Barb also gave me some ferns, hostas, and Solomon's Seal, all of which ended up in various empty spots in the shade gardens.
I am hoping to go get the plants for my actual project at some point this week. Oh, which reminded me. The Lawns2Legumes folks assigned me a coach/gardening mentor at my request. We are mostly exchanging emails at this point. As usual, I am probably not taking full advantage of this mentorship. I should probably ask questions, but right now I'm all, "K. Gonna plant these and see if they live!"
At any rate, stay out of trouble, y'all. Hope you're having a lovely Monday!
