“Neat”
Edged with brick and mulch,
vegetable plots, flower pots.
Clean geometry.
Steve D
Tag: garden
Adventures in Landscaping: Reevaluating the Yard
It has officially been over a year since my first Adventures in Landscaping. I promise it has not been a full year since I’ve landscaped my yard (although we got pretty lazy over winter).
With another year gone and a baby in the house, our priorities and our available time to landscape have shifted. Last year, I wanted to install a rock garden in front of our fence. That did not happen, but check out what did!
Pre-Adventures in Landscaping!
A.K.A. white man asks Mexican for help with his yard.
So Jessie and I are in preliminary discussions of how to fix my shitty yard. I promise I will take before pictures so you all can see, but for now we’re mainly brainstorming. Continue reading “Pre-Adventures in Landscaping!”
Haiku Sunday – Garden
“Garden”
Piles of soil
finally put to good use
to grow hot peppers.
Steve D
haiku and tanka
Happy Haiku Sunday! Here’s a haiku/tanka piece from erikleo, simplistic yet intriguing. Check out more of his work: erikleo.wordpress.com
on the paving slab
a slug’s silvery map
sets off an apricot stone
the Arctic terns have flown south –
late August, alone in a bird hide
sitting in the sun –
a tiny insect crawls across
my poem
godwits drilling the still pond –
ripples in the universe
watching bumble bees spiral into petals
I rub lavender leaves between fingers
releasing scent
but it doesn’t ease
my throbbing head
Evening Satellite Publishing 