They're similar, except you can turn the first ones into pants.

I'm pretty sure my sister has a wardrobe full of crabby pants.

Meanwhile, in a life where I already have too much to do, my friend with the twins just called and asked if I could please help baby wrangle at a pediatrican's appointment today. She has two sick babies and hasn't had much sleep, so I am off to do a good deed. Please adjust my karma accordingly.

People plant monkey grass on purpose, as a long bladed ornamental, in clumps or as a border. My neighbors have it.

People used to plant dandelions on purpose.

Is monkey grass what we call crab grass, up here?

I don't think so. Monkey grass is an ornamental.

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Connie, that letter sounds perfect.

Just delurked on the Regency board. Have commenced fretting that my intro was too long and they won't like my jokes.

We have monkey grass borders on the sides of the walkway leading up to the house. The cats love it as it allows them to play wild jungle beast stalking its prey.

I only wish we could do it to the whole yard. We have a buncha trees and so there's no sun for the grass. It just kinda grows in bunches where the light gets through the branches. I'm thinking of asking Wendy if we can till the whole thing and just plant shade loving flowering plants.

Except for some touchup work (which I'll do tomorrow), the painting is DONE.

One reason things took so long is that I was putting lighter shades of paint over dark and murky. It is amazing how much bigger the place looks, even in disarray.

People used to plant dandelions on purpose.

I would. I think they're pretty and amusing, plus I love dandelion greens.

However, I don't own a home or any land whatsoever, so my opinion may be taken with a ginormous grain of salt.

Connie, you did the civilized thing

It feels that way. t publically scratches in gauche places to make the feeling go away

People used to plant dandelions on purpose.

Dandelions are pretty and bright and sunny when spring is still being draggy and muddy. Their bedraggled, gone-to-seed selves, like a perky young thing who's stupidly drunk and still up at 4 AM when she should have gone to bed at midnight, are not so lovely.

I only wish we could do it to the whole yard.

A lot of people do use the dwarf version of mondo grass as sort of grass for shade. It's not entirely grasslike, but it can be walked on. I've contemplated it for my back yard, which is shady and currently consists of assorted weeds mixed with large monkey grass. I like to think of it as a wildlife refuge. It is always full of rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels and birds. A friend refers to it as a Walt Disney yard.