April 05, 2004
the not-fern
Just to show you I am not completely crazy (hush), here's a photo of the fern-that-isn't:
This is what a baby Golden Rain tree looks like. I pulled all of these little monsters out of my front beds yesterday and lost count after 200.
We spent the day at the strawberry festival (I'll post those photos next entry) -- we went mostly to listen to Luke play (drums); they were the opening act. On the way home, we stopped at a couple of gardening centers to get some things we needed -- hoses, bedding plants, etc. I'm still planning on getting more of the althea ferns, hostas and grasses from the nursery (out-of-town) because I can get that wholesale (contractor's license allows for that); I'm hoping to send Luke there next week.
More photos up in a few minutes.
It is rather fern-like.
We went to a nursery yesterday and some variegated Jacob's Ladder caught our eye - it too is fern-like.
I'm not really interested in ferns, though. We had them all over under our old deck and they grew like weeds. Plus the ferns that grow wild in our backyard.
We also had bleeding hearts that grew like weeds. Though the flowers were unusual looking (like a heart with a dangling drop of blood!).
Posted by: Amanada at April 5, 2004 11:26 AMHeh. I misspelled my name! Typing too fast.
Posted by: Amanda at April 5, 2004 11:27 AMApril, 1981. My first time in Louisiana. The very first thing someone said to me as I bought a Coke at a near by gas station... "Ya'll headin' down ta' the Strawberry festival?" I give this hick a weird look like "Who the fuck would be stupid enough to waste their time googling over some fruit?"
Yeah, eventually I went to one.
Posted by: corey at April 5, 2004 11:47 PM