I remember posting about this before but I think it was back in May or so, not last Halloween. I just thought you all would like to know the progress I've made on it. This is just the blueprints, so to speak, of my costume :). Mainly I wanted to see what everyone's input would be and they would share their costumes or their Halloween projects. Sorry for all the confusion! Brad AKA Moonwolf

Cute site. And yes, a lot of links. I could spend all day. That woman is the Queen of Cloches. Purplemoon, we have a lot of catching up to do.

Thanks all. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone with the Halloween theme. I know some people are sensitive about it and that's why I included it in the title. I figured if anyone would be offended by it then they wouldn't look at this post. I grew up with the holiday having a significant religious connection (All Hallows Eve, being the night before All Saints Day) and was shocked as an adult to learn that other groups viewed it so negatively. The wall hanging is meant to be what I think of as Halloween: fun, innocent, and slightly spooky without being too scary for children.

Horse herb is one of several plants that seem to struggle where I want them and thrive where I don't. It has spread through the local park in spots too shady for the Bermuda where it looks good even after the weekly cut. I had started letting it grow into and through our new sun beds this year as Sally Wasowski described doing in her north Texas yard, but found with a few hours of sun it can smother things that stay much less than a foot tall for any significant portion of the growing season. Somewhere in the following photo are a blue grama, gaura, and four-nerve daisy that need to be uncovered if still alive. This is one season of growth off of a well established mother plant that was about 3 ft beyond the frame. I like it, just haven't figured out how to live with it in the garden. It isn't reliably dense as a lawn alternative in heavy shade (with rabbits, anyway). Only place it has not been too aggressive or too sparse is with 1 or 2 hours of sun in an idle corner where we're eventually going to build a shed. Think I'm going to try to remove it everywhere else on the lot and apply a pre-emergent in the spring to keep its seeds from germinating under the cover of the larger plants.