What's been going on since I last posted a month and a half ago? Well, Forrest was away in California visiting his family, backpacking, and road-tripping it up. While he was gone, my days mostly consisted of work, bookstores, Battlestar Galactica, and more bookstores. I sure am exciting when left to my own devices! ;)
The weather was extremely nice while Forrest was gone, though. (He's brought the rain back with him, but I'll forgive him since I'm glad he's finally home. :)) But while the sunny not-too-hot weather lasted, I did try to enjoy it a little. For instance, I fixed myself lunch (that is, I heated up some frozen Trader Joe's food) and ate it in the backyard while reading a book. Very pleasant afternoon, that was.
In less good news, my cat Amy finally killed my spider plant. A friend from work had given me a cutting of his spider plant a while back. I was proud of myself for not having killed it yet despite weeks on end of neglect, followed by guilt-ridden waterings. ;) Then I started noticing that its leaves had little punctures in them. Little cat-tooth-sized punctures. But I never caught either cat in the act.
Then one night, I was woken up around 3 AM by this great crashing, breaking sound. I jumped out of bed to see what the cats had broken this time. (They already have one ex-vase to their credit.) Amy was slinking out of the kitchen, and in the sink was the broken terra cotta pot that had held my spider plant.
The next morning, I transplanted it to the backyard. I haven't checked on it since then, so it's probably very dead by now. :(
I don't love all plants, though. For instance, knotweed must die. Japanese knotweed is a nasty, nasty invasive that grows on our neighbor's property and, along with their bamboo, sneaks under the fence and sprouts up all over our yard. It can grow 1 foot per week, and that's bushy too, not just straight up! It's Bad Times™.
So I spent some time hacking it all down. The photo is a pile from one afternoon's murderous knotweed rampage. Muahaha!
Back to good plants. Like strawberries. Everybody likes strawberries! Last year, some critter was liking our strawberries, unfortunately. Just as the berries started to turn red, but before they were actually ripe enough for people to eat, something would munch holes in them and let the rest rot. So we didn't get to eat any of last year's crop.
We never did find out if the culprit was slugs or birds or what. In any case, they seem to be ignoring this year's strawberries. Yay! :) So we've enjoyed the handful of strawberries that the plants have produced so far. They're small but very flavorful.
Finally, two weeks ago my team at work went out to Blake Island on a manager's 50' boat, the Henry Young, as a morale event. I have a whole set of photos from the trip.
3 comments:
Glad to hear from you. Are all of your exploits arboreal these days? I made a dictionary! http://codi.sh
No, not all my activities have to do with plants.
But do you really want to read a blog post that goes like, "Friday after work, I went to the bookstore with Pavel, where I had an Irish Cream mocha and read a book. Saturday, I went to the bookstore with Jerry, where I had a mocha and a cook and read a book. Sunday, I internetted a bit and then went to a bookstore, where I had a mocha and read a book."
I didn't think so. ;)
As for your http://codi.sh page, it looks neat. Do you have a static page up somewhere explaining its purpose?
Re: the Japanese knotweed. A pox upon it! Better than a pox, try Round-Up from your side of the fence. Guaranteed to kill it. But, gosh! who knew it would kill it on the neighbor's side too? ::innocent look:: :-)
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