Blackwidow

I thought I would post a quick note about the Blackwidow spider I found in my backyard on Monday. He died a quick death, but I am wondering if that could have been the cause of the death for the cat that I found in my backyard a couple of weeks ago. My wife feeds the stray cats, much to my chagrin.

The Mulch: Before and After

After much back breaking work here are the results.

Before:


After:


The best thing about doing this was that I was finally able to layout the boundaries of the yard and visualize what it will one day look like. Now, if only there was some water to help fill in the light brown areas with green, green grass.

Yesterday's rain

We were speculating how much rain we got yesterday. Some said 1/10th of an inch, others 1/4 inch... Wunderground confirmed: Rainfall 0.04"

Excuse my French, but that sucks ass.

hortikulture survives the crackdown!!!

i'm still seeing this on the reged side of the network....

This is what I have called the African Smelly. I am not sure of its real name. It eats flies and it smells terible. The color and the leaves are really cool though.

Free plants (sort of)

The JC Raulston Arboretum is having their annual plant grab on Saturday morning. Lots of free plants for members. Pretty sure I'm going.

http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/calendar/event_details.php?ID=165

If you've never been it's a nice place for a walk- no dogs allowed tho.