Yardwork…

As I said, you know you have problems when landscaping becomes working on Halloween.

Unfortunately, there are no “before” pictures, so, you’ll just have to imagine that while there was clearly a concrete border there, from a time before we moved in, it was just grass and weeds, a couple rose bushes that were more thorn than flower, and a bunch of unwanted quakie sapplings in that flower bed Friday morning.

No longer…

Yes, more grass is left to be ripped out, but nowhere near what it was. The front yard got a bit more attention.

And, we planted the first batch of the desired onramental grasses. Waiting for the next batch to arrive in the mail…

And, as long as we’re planting…may as well plant the clothes for Fred.

Going onto the Monster List, I discovered this nice tutorial. You know we have to try this out. Now, it calls out for some scummy pond water to help rot the clothes…

We don’t have a pond. But, I DO have a fish tank that needs cleaning…plug up the hose to the python vacuum! Water down those clothes Alec…

They were once sooo pretty…

“The Grave” as the kids have named it…a LOT of water a little dirt, some grass clippings for good measure…we’ll see how it goes.

And, finally, we got a little more work done on the mask. Starting to come together. And yet, there are a few surprises going to happen to this mask yet…

You know you have a problem….

…when you start actually landscaping your yard specifically for Halloween.

Bought the tallest darn grass the local shop had. I thought it was what I wanted based on the little picture on the little card in the pot. Looking it up at my mom’s, and I see it’s not exactly right, but will still work great for some Halloween projects.

So, I looked up in her big book what I actually DID want. Stop by another nursery to check it out. It is here that I learn that buying plants, like when buying aquarium fish, you really have to know your stuff.

Just like with aquarium fish, the label isn’t neccessarily what the item is. And buyer beware. Here they had the same name as the grass I wanted, yet the picture was clearly different. And, what’s more, down the row a bit was a clearly different grass, yet labeled the same. And, like the petshop, if you ask for assistance, you typically get a kid who doesn’t know much about the subject at hand.

Yeah…I’ve seen this before. When shopping for Cichlids. And, I’m thinking the answer is the same as it was then. The internet.

For grass.

For Halloween.

Yeah, we have issues…Let’s not even mention we’ll be planting some clothes right alongside the ornamental grasses.

We get new neighbors this week too…maybe some nice pumpkin cookies as a welcome.