Tupersan costs the moon, so I wasn't going to bother. Since I've noticed that pre-emergents are at best semi-reliable, I'd rather use a cheap one or not at all. :-) I thought you don't see the dark green KBG color until its at least one year old. But your lawn is looking nice dark green. Since KBG spreads, are you not concerned that adding more seeds is going to create crowding problem? It seems to be darkening a lot faster than one year--if the change from Day 30 to Day 50 is any indication, this will be fantastically dark in another three growing months. Maybe that's the effect of organic fertilization and (now) very well-broken clay soil. Strangely, I looked in a blank area and noticed worm holes. An average of every three inches spread over 200 square feet. And those were just the ones I could see. I won't seed the areas that have sprout (and the back face finally has a lot of sprouting going on as temperatures and daylight hours adjust into fall). From the looks of it, I'll need about two pounds and no more, dropped here and there over 7,000 square feet. Possibly much less-even areas that didn't sprout are tillering in fast and there's still another month to go in the season.

I just might plant some lettuce and green onions in a raised bed that's right in front of the house, south-facing. Am i nuts or what? LOL Hey, it's green, and that's just what a gardener needs to see isn't it?! It's funny you should mention onions, because last year after planting a row of dutch sets, I had a few small ones left over, so they got tossed out in the field. Of course my 5 year old saw this and went to find this "treasure". Of course you bury treasure, so I had onions popping out all throughout my flower pots last summer! He was very proud of himself. ;^)

What a great way to spend a rainy day Jo. Your garden is looking lush and lovely! Trifecta, Dark Shadows and Jujen are getting a lot of deserved attention but they all look fabulous. Great shots of minis and monsters alike. My London Fog was hit by the late frost and has some damaged leaves. It is quite likely that is why yours seems more fragile this year(?) I have always thought it a great performer considering the percentage of white in the leaves. Your non-hostas are happy looking too. lol! Rodgersia is a favorite of mine. Very smart and nice of you to donate some hostas to your neighbors. Community beautification - love it. Thank you for the tour, the rain did not stop here until noon today.

@ Roselee, Yes, I can see the Milky Way and I have some favorite lightning bug sightings that were down right jaw dropping and other worldly.. I am remembering one because the person I saw it with , died this week. We were down on the banks of the Pedernales. we spent a sunset swimming under Ol'Glory, a immense cypress that survived the big floods of the 30's and 50"s. It must be in a sweet spot. The many roots of dead Cypress structures created glorious Rorschach structures in the glassy still waters. we cooked our meals and watched the stars come out and there were millions of them in the moonless night. then the millions of lightning bugs came out all over the undergrowth of the opposite bank down to the river. All were reflected in the glassy waters , stars, bugs, all together, just a vague dividing line between the changing dimensions. It went on for hours. WE slowly waded in till thigh deep in the stars and dove into the reflected lightning bugs and then floated on our backs looking up into the convergence of the sparkling trees and stars like fat bloated water bugs, arms outstretch still and quiet. . This supplanted the last amazing sighting of watching one of those amazing multi-level towering Texas storms sprouting a constant hair of lightning from its upper levels , snaking in the convolutions of green cloud, lighting up like glow worms and snakes in the clouds depths. Out of the lower levels, tree lightning snaked outwards for miles above our head,. and again millions of lightning bugs answering their brethren of the skies. Also an amazing sighting. They definitely rank among the memories that I treasure that have made me forget to close my gaping mouth. Amazing things can be encompassed by "Golly miss Molly" Thank you guys for making me delve into the memory banks.