I think Rob used up all our good luck this weekend.

[cactuswatcher]

Mine is not as bad a disaster as Masq's lost files, but it's still a pain.

I went out watering, and looking for flower buds among the cacti. Found a flower bud in the wrong place. See that little splotch of light color in the top of the lower plant in the icon? That's a bloom stalk. Great right? Wrong. Agaves die when they bloom and I've only had this little one for a year. There are a couple of suckers so it's not a total loss, but most of the plant you see is doomed.

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[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Is that a bit of grass I see there in that pic? Do you have grass in your yard? One thing I love about Phoenix area yards is how people have really let their landscaping reflect the climate and the broader landscape. So many creative things people do with native plants, colored rocks, and yard knick-knacks of various sorts. Wouldn't want to do real grass in a place like that. Too much work, and it looks odd.

Yes, &@&^%! That's grass.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

It's just a weed in this picture. It's what we call winter grass. People with no sense seed their lawns over in the winter with grass that will grow in normal climates. It's nice and green and uses water we shouldn't be wasting. The birds get half the seed and spread it everywhere. It all burns up and dies in the summer sun. But, like this year if there are rains late in the winter it looks like a pampered lawn where it should be bare rock in early spring. I have a summer lawn in the front, but I'm thinking of getting rid of it.

I spray to get rid of the grass in back, but close to my desired plants I have to get down and pull it. Arg!