Oh, the puns were a-flyin’ at the SLP Cat Ranch. I planted my new succulant garden on Saturday and the boyfriend and I couldn’t help ourselves. Yesiree, nothing is funnier than a gardener who’s had too much coffee and too much time in the sun.

“Wow. That garden full of suck-ulents totally sucks.”

“I’m super excited. It’s totally gonna suck all summer long.”

“Seriously, I don’t know what sucks more — the sedum or the hens-and-chicks?”

Bad jokes aside, the east side of our yard needs a lot of TLC. Last year, we installed soffits and gutters on the house. They’re great for a rain barrel, but not so great for plants living under the roofline. In a matter of weeks, the swath of grass between the house and the driveway turned brown and bone-dry.

“Hey, Greengirl, your grass is dead,” Brian’s band mates teased, “Why don’t you put that in you blog?” (Note: Two bottles of Grain Belt Premium does not make you a comedian.)

This year, I decide to work with our little micro-climate instead of working against it. I dug up the grass and put some of last week’s impulse buys to good use.

Here’s the before shot complete with crab grass and dandelions:

And here’s the new rock garden. As you can see, I have a surplus of rocks (all dug out of our lawn, BTW) and a little short on succulents. Anyone know how fast they spread?

In other succulent news, Minneapolis city officials are talking about installing a green roof on the Target Center. That’s right, we’re looking at 3.3 acres of green downtown, and not to mention, one of the 10 largest green projects in the world!

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