Brad's Tropical Paradise

My old leaf blower died recently, and I ordered a new one, which just arrived a few hours ago. I like it, and I want to tell you why it's perfect for me. I ordered it on Amazon, and as soon as I picked up the box I was happy - it's light! And it's tiny, which is perfect for my tiny yard, which is of artificial turf. I'm not very good at measurements, but if my yard was a green on a golf course, it would be a very small green. So I don't need a powerful leaf blower. This one is tiny, tiny, tiny, and wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. It has a kind of high pitch sound, so the squirrels in the motor must also be very tiny. The one I had before, which wasn't all that powerful, was a little bit too powerful for my yard, and it was difficult for me to be precise. With this one I can be very precise. I read the directions and wondered how long it would take to charge the battery. I've been using rechargeable batteries for a long time, and I figured that it would say 24 hours, or...

Aside from just looking nice together, annual flowers perform a nice function when planted along with daffodils. And if you're a neat gardener, like I am, this is a good trick. And it all has to do with the importance of letting your daffodil foliage die back after the plant blooms, which puts energy back into the plant for the next season. And since I dislike how ugly the brown leaves look in my garden, I often cut them back too soon, which means no blooms for the next year. And I knew better! Annual flowers to the rescue! My daffodils are just barely starting to sprout, but it's enough for me to see where they are, so I can plant some nice little annuals around them. Since the daffodil flowers will be yellow I decided on white blooming petunias, and alyssum. The daffodils will grow tall, with the annuals around them, looking very nice, and then when it's time to let the daffodil leaves die back, you just fold them up, tie them together, and tuck them underneath the annual...