We have reached that point in the season where the weather is doing nothing but making an already untidy yard look more untidy, rendering us generally stir-crazy, and also reminding everyone just how much we suck at owning a home. Thanks Weather! Gone are the reds and yellows of maples and apple-trees, the quiet disarray of delicate, dry foilage strewn about the lawn. In their stead you will largely find guilt. Guilt and mud and decomposing leaves. I have not even planted the dahlia bulbs currently sprouting in my basement. In fact, I'm not even sure when you're supposed to plant the dahlia bulbs that probably should not be attempting to bloom in your basement. Now? Two weeks ago? Never? 'Oh that? That's not my yard. That's my mulch-pit,' I will say to the neighbors, as my future self sips a martini on the porch at 10am, in my pajamas, sunglasses, and silk dressing gown. Because that's what's going to happen if it does not quit raining for longer than 15 minutes every two weeks. I will have to stop caring and turn into Joan Collins in order to maintain a modicum of self worth. On the bright side, my basement will look lovely at mid-summer.
All love,
*Andrea
I look forward to reading.
Welcome back.
Posted by: Ramona | November 12, 2009 at 06:47 AM
Ha!Ha!Ha! Our poor yard is in the same shape at the moment. I would LOVE to be able to garden, if only I knew how...and had the discipline!
Posted by: .kat. | November 12, 2009 at 06:54 AM
We have a bunch of garbage in our yard (I'm not kidding. It's actual garbage. Ask Frenchie for confirmation), so you're doing much better than we are.
Posted by: Mariko | November 12, 2009 at 10:45 AM
I feel the same way. There's even guilt buried in the compost, it's terrible. I think the dahlia bulbs are supposed to go in in spring, and you're supposed to dig them up and overwinter them (at least in our climate). I did that last year, and then forgot to put them in when spring came, so my dahlia bulbs have had a whole year in the attic by now. I haven't dared look at them.
Posted by: Anja | November 15, 2009 at 04:06 AM
it's good to know we're not alone. we have overzealous neighbors with professional landscapers, so i have to take consolation in things like our beautiful fence. you don't have to garden a fence. also, anja, thanks for the tip! i seriously had no idea they weren't fall bulbs (since they were a gift from someone equally inept at gardening). phew.
Posted by: andrea (scout.) | November 15, 2009 at 11:38 AM