Mr. Green Jons

Can I get an AMEN?

While I was visiting some of the sites in my dear Portland yesterday with friends, my neighbor decided to pay someone to come in and pull up every invasive thing in his lawn.  I had a word with him and offered to keep it trimmed, free of charge, on a regular basis, which he said I could do.  The 8 o’clock sun has arrived and is actually hitting my tomato plants and not the Himalayan blackberry bramble that used to be in his lawn, nor is it gracing squills, mustards, burdocks, or morning glories.  Unfortunately, they took out the lovely (but invasive and non-native) phlox that had so recently popped up and bloomed, but with every omelette comes a few cracked eggs.  The lawn looks like it’s someone else’s and not my neighbor’s, the difference is that profound. I wish I had pictures of the before so that you could fully appreciate the after.  I’m very pleased.