Greetings and salutations, everyone; yes, once again it is I, your popular host, Mani the purebred border collie, here today to show you all the work that was done today. You may remember me from such posts as “Up In The Air”, among so many, many others.
Here I am in a characteristically noble pose. This is my Personal Hill, even though there are things planted in it.
You can see what we did today. There was a lot of cutting down of a lot of things.
Here’s an even better picture, also with me in it.
By noon I was already able to lie on my Personal Hill and still almost not be seen.
Almost all of the grasses were cut down, except for the big clump of Sporobolus airoides on the right.
It was a very nice day for working outside. True, all the snow hasn’t melted, which I’m sure is obvious, but I had a very good time today, and that’s what’s important to the guy I live with.
It’s supposed to snow again in a couple of days and then get quite a bit colder next week, but the guy I live with is okay with that, too.
He checked on the potted snowdrops today, too. This is Galanthus reginae-olgae ‘Cambridge’, which “should” have been in flower a couple of months ago, but the bulbs were planted near the bottom of the pot, so it took this long for them to emerge and flower. And there was no rain or snow last October, which made a difference.
As I said earlier, this year all the potted snowdrops will be repotted into pond baskets and planted at normal depth.
This is Galanthus samothracicus, native to the island of Samothrace in the Aegean Sea but perfectly hardy here.
There are a whole bunch of others up, too.
That’s all I have for today. I just wanted to show you the work that was done, and now our garden looks a lot less brown.
The last post was also fixed, by the way; it was accidentally created as a “gallery” post which is why it looked so weird.
Until next time, then.
the miserable gardener 
The garden does look better! Even better than the garden is that wonderful last photo of you looking very pensive. Are you thinking about your lamb and other stuffed ones? Are they getting enough attention from you these days?
Thanks. Yes, I like my Lamb Chops a lot. I’m not sure whether I like the stuffed ones or the unstuffed ones better, so I have a choice now.
I also have an effelant and some skunk toys on the bed.
Well done, Mani and the man you live with. Stock Show begins this weekend so naturally it’ll be cold next week. Enjoy the 40’s till the snow and cold dominant January.
Thanks. The guy I live with looked up “stock show weather” because people used to talk about it all the time, but it turns out that’s a myth. https://www.denverpost.com/2009/01/08/frigid-stock-show-weather-a-myth/
The guy I live with used to take vacation from work at this time of year, and it was almost always nice. But it’s not going to be next week, for sure.
The forecast indicates potential snow developing Sunday and into Monday. Normally I wouldn’t care except I’ll be returning from a road trip from eastern Kansas. Looks like the latest temps will be in the mid-30’s with a couple days in the high 20’s next week and I’m ok with that, so long as there isn’t a Great Plains blizzard. š
The guy I live with said it looks like most of the snow will be in the southern part of the state.
It would possibly be nicer to live in a gentler climate, but the guy I live with said we aren’t going to move. I like my big back yard, for one thing.
I know what you mean, Mani. Besides, I wouldn’t be able to afford anything in the metro area that’s remotely comparable. I enjoy my oversized lot (except when I have to shovel all the walks š).
The guy I live with said that there are a lot of nice neighborhoods in Denver, with nice houses, but the yard are usually very small. It’s 125 feet from the patio door to the corner of the yard by the Employees Only area, and finding a yard that size (not to mention the million dollars required) in an older neighborhood would be very difficult.
I know all too well. My lot is a double (125 x 50). Any decent/safe neighborhood is exorbitant and far beyond my means. So I sit here waiting.
The guy I live with said if his wife hadn’t made the house so cozy (See my post, “Our Modern Lifestyle”), and he had a zillion dollars, and there were a nice house in, say, the West Hoghland area, we might move.
We might not be able to smell the perfume from next door if we lived there, but the guy I live with said he wasn’t so sure.
Well, it looks tidier, but the brown grass did not look so bad either.
The brown grass is mostly from native grasses, which was a deliberate decision, but there was “too much brown”.
gYou did a good job overseeing the process Mani. It does look tidier. What a treat to be able to work outside at this time of year. We laid down some cardboard and soil and then mulched over top. Hopefully it will be ready to plant come Spring. Weather is going to tank here too this weekend. Much as I will miss the warm temps we desperately need the moisture. What a treat to have something bloomins so early in the year.
Thanks. The guy I live with says it’s not going to be very nice here next week, but that’s okay with him. He’s used to it, and so am I.
The water from the snow will be most welcome.