Taller and Taller

So my plants aren't dead yet:

In fact, they seem to be doing pretty okay. I've noticed they've started curving off in the direction of the window, getting as much of that morning sun as they can. I worry - are they getting enough sun? Am I a negligent daddy.

No new work on the garden wall this week, but I did get some pruning done on my apple tree. Also started spraying it with those weird... spray... thingies you're told to use.

Above: artist's approximation of a dude with a sprayer thingie.

The pruning itself is kind of difficult. I don't think anyone's ever really cared for this tree, and so there are just branches and branches and branches. The bark's pretty flaky, almost papery, in some places. Oh, yeah, and my tree's got some really weird fruit growing in it.

I'll keep at it, but I expect that the tree might need some long-term caring before it stops looking like it's been horribly abused by some Captain Planet villain.

Inch by Inch

Well, I guess it's about time I picked up a new hobby. How's gardening sound?

Actually, that sounds like a terrible idea.  I'm really not that great with plants. See, I got this nifty little flower pot as a housewarming gift.

The reason the pot is empty is because the houseplant that came in it died.

I'm not sure how it happened, exactly. I woke up one morning, and the leaves had gone brown and limp. I watched it carefully, watered it, wrapped it up in a blanket, and fed it with chicken soup. Poor thing never recovered.

So I thought I'd try again.  I lined the bottom of the flower pot with rocks to better facilitate drainage... or something. I'll admit, I'm not too clear on how this all works yet.  But I have to say, it looks like it's working so far:

Those little green things weren't there last week!

Oh, and then there's this thingies I've been working on:

I bought a bunch of these rough-looking paving stones from Lowes to build a little planter bed in my back yard. It's really little, but that's the point. If I'm going to try to grow a bunch of living little things, I'd like to limit my liability when they all die horrible, malnurished deaths.

I'm not quite done with the little garden wall yet. I've got two course of stones laid down and glued together with Elmer's, but I'll need to build it up at leastne more level, I think.

One more trip to the hardware store!