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• spent a good hour weeding the front flower bed today. The yarrow is blooming and the herbs are doing well. The coleus is bushing out and the daylillies are showing themselves. Some kind of bulb I planted is big and lush, with little flowers on it, but I can’t remember what it’s called! The weeds were wonko though; I had to get them up before finishing the black mulch later this week.
• the sweet peas are nearly waist high now and the cucumbers have flowers buds on them. The squash blooms are so big that I can see them from the kitchen.
• That demon weed that is crawling across the yard is trying to make it into my lettuce patch. It is so aggressive!
• I think for the new garden beds at the house we’re buying I’m taking just 5 tomato plants, some lettuce, and the herbs. There are two square raised beds that I can use for the rest of this season and then I can watch the sun’s direction and the exposure until next spring.
• my landlord was here last week and he limbed several trees. I now have a little sunshine on my clothesline! I also have a clear view of my neighbor’s inflatable pool. This is grossing me out. They work strange shifts and are home most of the day. Three adults watching TV and drinking beer and sleeping most of the day. They get in the pool with their clothes on and act like it’s some kind of garden deck oasis…they’ve got tiki lamps and lawn chairs and tons of beer. They want to be nice to the kids and keep asking if the kids can come swim. Um….let me think about that one…..NO!!!! Not over my dead body will my children come swim in 3 feet of water with 3 sweaty grown ups who oughta be doing something more industrious than bathing in their clothes in a yard they won’t even cut. What’s  wrong with them, thinking any sane parent would let her kids do that anyway? Sheesh. 6 months and it’s so quiet we never see them and then Memorial Weekend comes and they splurge on this pool and now they’re an issue. Gross. Well, if the rest of thier habits are any indicator, the pool will soon be green with sticks and debris and algea and the only thing I’ll have to worry about is if the baby is getting too close to it.

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