In the spring when I should have been setting out petunias, I was alternately struggling to finish the spring semester and lying on the couch moaning. Ergo, no petunias. Instead I have a breathtaking crop of weeds in the beds around my house. This afternoon I went out and hacked and pulled and wrestled several cubic feet of them down to the curb (doing a less thorough job than I might have liked because when I pulled out my gardening gloves they were filled with insect egg sacs -- ick!). I still have more to do but I am going to replace the gloves first.
I aspire to be a gardener but I do not even know where to start. Fact 1: I have killed mint plants. Mint plants! Fact 2: I have killed hostas. (Actually it was a late frost that killed the hostas but then they didn't come back the next year. I thought hostas were supposed to be tougher than that.) Fact 3: I do not have a lot of time for gardening.
If you have any recommendations for me -- plants that will thrive in partial sun under benign neglect, favorite websites, any tips or tricks or what have you -- lay them on me, please. I live in a pale yellow house and so red and pink flowers are probably mostly out. I'm willing to pay for some perennials but I don't even know if I can put them in the ground right now. I need to figure something out fairly soon or the weeds will come creeping back. Not even creeping -- they'll come galumphing boldly while their vorpal thorns go snickersnack (she types ruefully with her scratched and sweaty hands).
P.S. My brother, who comments here as Stephen, is 29 today. He is ushering in his thirtieth year with a frenzied effort to finish his dissertation, due to his committee tomorrow for his defense in two weeks. Want to wish him well?
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