April 3, 2011

Spring has sprung. In honor of that, I am going to give you a quick tour of the more interesting things in my yard. Sadly, the cherry tree (Or redbud? Just realized I may be wrong.) in the front yard had already lost all of its blooms during one of the many lake wind advisories we've experienced of late, so I have no pictures. On that note, let's start the tour. My mother has NEVER been able to keep her clematis alive. In her defense, dad has dug it up rather violently and moved it, on several occasions. It died years ago. Here's mine. It seems to have even survived the rather awkward means of getting it in the car and the trellis falling over several times (I mentioned the wind, right?). Those little bush things on the side, well, I forget what they are. Anyway, this guy should be blooming soon.

Okay, so there are these plants in the back yard. I have had no idea what they are for the longest time. But they're big.

And then they sprouted waist-high stalks with rather large buds on them.

And now, well, now we know they're Irises! With blooms as big as my hand. It's crazy how big they are. Must be old. Remember, we've inherited whatever is in the yard. So it's been like one discovery after another. Like the single tulip in our front flower bed. Who knows why it's there, but it's cute. And apparently we have very fertile soil at the house.

Then there's the baby azalea by the back door. Really bad place for it. It doesn't have room to grow to its full potential. But they couldn't make room for it because of all the MONKEY GRASS they have. I can't stand monkey grass, btw.

Oh, and it turns out the dogwood is on our side of the fence, so I'm claiming it.

It has bloomed perfectly on time. Reminds me of all the Easter pictures in our family. Maybe I'll make Chris stand in front of it and smile for you guys.

Then there's this thing. One of those pots with random holes and lots of unidentified things in it. I've decided to replant it, because if we're responsible for the yard, the least they can do is let me make the ugly pot less ugly. We're trying not to majorly change anything. Trim the hedges, leave the plants. But this thing is ugly and I can see it from my kitchen window. There isn't much I can see from that window, and I'd like what I have to look at to be at least remotely attractive.

But my first question: what is this? Anyone know? This is what's growing in it. If it's a useful herb or something, I'll leave it. But i think it's a weed. It's got teensy purple blooms at the top, and that's about it. Anyone?

 

And that's all in the tour-du-anderson! Perhaps I'll work on that pot soon. We still have leaf piles that need to be dealt with.