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Insight! I'm gonna grow sweet potatoes as a ground cover. Sweet potatoes vs Stilt Grass: fight!
Christine finds vines creepy, but i think i can argue that vines six inches high or so hide less mysterious crawling things than the stilt grass. Sweet potatoes don't seem to be escaping to nature much -- reported in one NC county in the coastal plain, similarly not that common else where in the south east. Perhaps it's problematic in the deep south.
I'd love to give the ornamentals a try, but the patented plants are more expensive singly than a bundle of 25 slips from the local farm store. I figure i'll get a bundle of the purple root in hopes the foliage is distinctive and a bundle of some pest resistant type. I'm not expecting them to grow well as i'm not going to pamper them, but i suppose i'll end up with some sweet potatoes at the end of it. Christine likes the root, at least. The greens appear to be edible and enjoyed, so i might like that.
In other weed news, i think i've found Polygonum cespitosum (Oriental Lady's Finger or something like that) sprouting. UGH. So many of my nemeses gone over winter. Also, there is a tiny something sprouting thickly in places. I'm hoping it's just the bitter cress. Somehow, the bitter cress just doesn't seem quite as horrifying. I suppose it's because i imagine i can get it before it goes to seed. (I just haven't in a number of places.) It does EXPLODE it's seeds when you walk through it, which is very disconcerting.
In happy news, i found some spring beauty and have transplanted it into the "courtyard" area of ferns. I also dug up some Christmas ferns and put them in hanging baskets. They look fairly nice, but i planted them in the native clay. Too heavy to hang. So, i'll need to repot with wood chips mixed in.
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In inside news, king size beds have a high TCO. How am i gonna wash the winter comforter? Apparently the bathtub is the answer. (The laundry machine refers to washing sleeping bags and *small* comforters in the bulky mode, so there's that.) We're going to dry it on the car.
I've bought another dog toy from the same PetSafe Busy Buddy folks who have made the best toy so far, a "barnacle" that holds kibble in it and makes the dog work for it. In the same order was a very (to me) expensive case for the phone Carrie damaged. I don't think i want to go to the bother of replacing the phone until begins being problematic: with tape over the crushed corner to keep the pulverized glass from slowly escaping, i think it will work a good while. Now i pick up the phone and caress the leather instead of looking at the chew marks and gnawed corner of the old case. I will eventually stop noticing the broken screen, right?
The last part of that purchase is a little mirror, designed to be added to side view mirrors to reduce blind spot issues. I've put it on the window frame opposite me so i can (kind of) observe the porch. The porch is far more "busy" that the area beside a car! But i should be able to see people at the door.
Christine finds vines creepy, but i think i can argue that vines six inches high or so hide less mysterious crawling things than the stilt grass. Sweet potatoes don't seem to be escaping to nature much -- reported in one NC county in the coastal plain, similarly not that common else where in the south east. Perhaps it's problematic in the deep south.
I'd love to give the ornamentals a try, but the patented plants are more expensive singly than a bundle of 25 slips from the local farm store. I figure i'll get a bundle of the purple root in hopes the foliage is distinctive and a bundle of some pest resistant type. I'm not expecting them to grow well as i'm not going to pamper them, but i suppose i'll end up with some sweet potatoes at the end of it. Christine likes the root, at least. The greens appear to be edible and enjoyed, so i might like that.
In other weed news, i think i've found Polygonum cespitosum (Oriental Lady's Finger or something like that) sprouting. UGH. So many of my nemeses gone over winter. Also, there is a tiny something sprouting thickly in places. I'm hoping it's just the bitter cress. Somehow, the bitter cress just doesn't seem quite as horrifying. I suppose it's because i imagine i can get it before it goes to seed. (I just haven't in a number of places.) It does EXPLODE it's seeds when you walk through it, which is very disconcerting.
In happy news, i found some spring beauty and have transplanted it into the "courtyard" area of ferns. I also dug up some Christmas ferns and put them in hanging baskets. They look fairly nice, but i planted them in the native clay. Too heavy to hang. So, i'll need to repot with wood chips mixed in.
--== ∞ ==--
In inside news, king size beds have a high TCO. How am i gonna wash the winter comforter? Apparently the bathtub is the answer. (The laundry machine refers to washing sleeping bags and *small* comforters in the bulky mode, so there's that.) We're going to dry it on the car.
I've bought another dog toy from the same PetSafe Busy Buddy folks who have made the best toy so far, a "barnacle" that holds kibble in it and makes the dog work for it. In the same order was a very (to me) expensive case for the phone Carrie damaged. I don't think i want to go to the bother of replacing the phone until begins being problematic: with tape over the crushed corner to keep the pulverized glass from slowly escaping, i think it will work a good while. Now i pick up the phone and caress the leather instead of looking at the chew marks and gnawed corner of the old case. I will eventually stop noticing the broken screen, right?
The last part of that purchase is a little mirror, designed to be added to side view mirrors to reduce blind spot issues. I've put it on the window frame opposite me so i can (kind of) observe the porch. The porch is far more "busy" that the area beside a car! But i should be able to see people at the door.
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