A saunter out and virtue rewarded

 I did the last of the pulling of spent iris and daylily foliage this morning, looking nicer now. Full but not ragged.

and on my way to the woods to toss the stuff, conscientiously feeding the earth not the landfill,  noticed an interesting couple of items at the dumpster.

One of which I brought home, my neighbor running to help

I hereby declare my track record of always having patio furniture and never buying it, unbroken! 

In place of the old broken down wooden Adirondack chair neighbors dumped for me, here's a newer, composition, one. There was a matching one at the dumpster, cracked. Probably a large person, combined with weathering. Neighbor will come over later and hose it down.

It might mitigate the impact of the new fencing. Similar material, vaguely similar color, so there won't be a complete mismatch of fence and wooden deck.

Anyway, the earth is happy. Recycling!

Sunday morning plants

It looks as if my maranta, prayer plant, grown from a cutting from my neighbor, is about to flower! I didn't know it was a flowering plant. I guess this means she's happy.

In the background, the indoor potatoes

Ready for their closeup and evidently sprouting. These were just peelings, not the potato, which I ate.

Outdoor potato plants from peelings

The yellowing foliage means there will soon be potatoes to harvest. At that point, the indoor potatoes will take their place in the bigger pot 

Then there are the uninvited. A white oak, planted by squirrels, which I'll dig and move out to its friends

And the indomitable red rose is having a second wind

Something seems to have chewed on the chair. Maybe it's reached the end of its lifespan here.  And the ancient rotted picnic bench next to it.

I do have a chair, the kind that you carry in a bag, to put out in its place. Once I get some helpful person to move this one out. And I have to figure what will replace the bench.

The honesty plant is maturing to where I'll soon be able to take the seeds for planting and add the silver remnants to the collection

So that's Chez Boud on a nice warm cloudy not too hot morning.

I have kitchen plans today, more later. And this afternoon is Misfits ordering day. The mad whirl never stops.. happy Sunday everyone!