Shrinking pallet and shrinking time. Will have to save the interesting dead stuff for the next four months.
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Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’
I like Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’. But I love it when it first emerges and when it starts to die back.
Compost with a view
I never have enough room to pile up the leaves. So I took a couple old pallets and some stems from last year’s Miscanthus floridulus to make a nice big area on the slope out of sight behind the shed where I can dump them. And it’s got some borrowed scenery, too.
I use the plastic compost bin mostly to keep the dogs out of the kitchen scraps.
Sunday music: Eilen Jewell – Rich man’s world
Boston-based Jewell gets major airplay on our local folky radio shows, and plays at the Finger Lakes Grassroots festival.
More from this Amsterdam set: High shelf booze, Heartache Boulevard, and Boundary Country. My favorite tune of hers is Where They Never Say Your Name, which conveniently is on top of the jukebox on her site.
Weekend pix – Grassy border, sumac, labyrinth
Quick picture purge, mostly of the grassy border yesterday …
Volunteer sumac. Never had much luck with the cutleaf variety. But I’ll settle for the species. They’re a lot cheaper ;-7
A second flower bulb labyrinth went in at Bluegrass Lane last week. Here is a high-angle shot of construction, courtesy of Bob Chiang, Landmark Images.
More of Bob’s high angle shots of labyrinth construction.
Ground-level shot of finished labyrinth.
