Garden Dreams 01/09/2010
Thursday I went to my West garden and started to clean it up. I raked out all the old plant debris and then pulled most of the weeds. I cleaned up 3 beds. Now all I need to do is rototill in some compost and wait for the perfect time to plant. I also tried to resurrect my fence. Seems that Bad Dog has figured out how to jump it. I am hoping that I can get one more year out of it. Then I want to build a permanent fence down the whole west side of the yard. Something that is buried and high enough to keep MOST of the Critters out...including the dogs. With a functional gate. Maybe even some lighting so I can work after dark when it is cooler out. Just dreams not yet realized. Landscape 01/03/2010
 This is the landscape around the train station. I believe this is a dreaded Johnson Killer. At least that is what we call it in my family. It was named after a friend of the family named Kevin Johnson . He was walking in the desert not 2 miles from this very spot and ran into one of those leaves. They are very stiff and shaped in a big V. The very end of the leaf is pointy like a fat needle. So when Kevin walked into one of these it stuck deep in his calf and he was heard to say..."I am dying!" Hence the name. It seems so prejudice to give it that name when it only killed one Johnson. As you can see it is stretching across the sidewalk...like it is looking for another Johnson. | ArchivesAugust 2010 CategoriesAll |
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