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Daybreak

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 "They" say 10-30 minutes of early morning light will tune your circadian rhythm and improve mood.  Are you a morning person or a night owl?  From my morning walk around.  Leucadendron 'High Gold' and Caesalpinia gilliesii making wonderful potfellows. James is away at a conference in Las Vegas for work, he's doing a big talky-talk on tax. Olivia, Vincent and I are off to meet him for a long weekend.  We're not gamblers, still -it's fun to walk around the ridiculous. Luckily, Sophia and Ivan were available to stay and watch over Dr. & the bunny. Speaking of, the neighbors rabbit Harry got out and into our yard last night.  It took 30 minutes and a big hunk of apple to catch him.  Thankfully he didn't nibble any of my plants, I think?  Later as I was setting the coffee pot before bed, Olivia ran down the stairs.  She heard a big ruckus in the backyard.  Turned out one of the neighbor cats, The Interloper was getting into a scrap with D...
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Dirtbag

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 If I had my own nursery or little plant shop, that's what I'd call it.  Dirtbag.  I seem to have gone from dawdling around the garden to having real things "to do".  Isn't that always the way?  I'm fine with that, I'm restless without it. Imagine my surprise, when I walked out this morning and saw this pink bloom?  Surprise, because don't those unopened buds look yellow/orange? Either way, it's a nice pop of brightness in a somewhat shady spot.  I have my preferences, but honestly I don't "hate" any one color.  Currently working on the back corner. Crunch crunch down the path, we've got some cloud cover this morning.  I really need to pick-up some more stain for the fence today.  Ivan noticed that most things were not showing much root development under the pepper tree.  The litter makes the top soil really light and weird. He mentioned the pepper tree is likely allelopathic (suppresses the growth of other plants in the area)....
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Are these poisonous?

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There is a new show on Netflix, This is a Gardening Show. I believe the first episode is available Wednesday, 4/22.  I'm curious if anyone is going to give it a watch?  I'm definitely going to give it a chance.  I love gardening and laughing, seems like a no brainer. It seems to focus on a garden/human connection, more than serious gardening.   I deleted my last post on the birthday fun.  I received a nasty comment, and it made me uneasy.  Have any of you fellow bloggers had that happen?  Seemed strange for a garden blog to get someone worked up.  How could any of us actually have a "hater"?  I don't even want to use that phrase, yuck.   If you did manage to catch the post, or for Anon.  I would like to put out there -we had permission.   Moving on, we had some rain overnight that has everything looking fresh.    Have a great day!  Let me know in the comments if you've ever experienced a grumpy com...
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I'm working on it.

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 Along the back of the back, by the slope.  Some nice things and some not as enjoyable things.  In the summer heat, you can walk along the back and feel a little cooler.  Thanks to the pretty and ridiculously messy, constantly dropping pepper tree that hangs over our property.   And at the very corner, an oversized Viburnum.  When I get to the corner, I always think "yuck".  *Not to say Viburnum is bad, just the way I've let it get out of control with lots of up high growth and dead interior.  Time for a change. Getting in there, ew it was stinky?  Like an old wet dog's bathroom. I was texting Ivan at this point, he offered to get the stump out.  He's always enthusiastic for a takedown.  Knowing he could whip this out in 1-2 minutes, compared to my working on it for an hour - I left it for him to take care of over Easter weekend. I did get 12' of viburnum chopped and cleaned up afterall. Like the incomplete paint job? Ha ha, I'...
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