When we moved to Durham three years ago I had my front yard in pretty good shape, if newly planted. Our tenant did not share my interest in gardening unfortunately. Believe it or not, I'd already started working on the yard when I took these pictures. See the dead vines INSIDE the window there? Yeah. I ripped out miles of evil Morning Glory vines. That is a plant I truly hate.
On the bright side, the two oak trees I planted before I left have done well and grown a bunch, although one of them is still (and I guess always will?) growing crooked.
I discovered that Abe really likes to "help" and dig. So much so that I've had to buy a bunch of rocks to cover the dirt in the boxes by the front door to keep him from uprooting all the plants and dumping all the dirt right in front of the door twice a day.
I found this dead, but cool, caterpillar in the mass of vegetation I pulled out.
And because of the heat this is where I had to stop. Pruning, dividing, moving, and planting are all out until the fall when it cools down. I'd have to water multiple times a day just to keep plants and trees alive if I tried to do any real gardening right now.
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