Springtime Means Sacrificial Flowers Are Here

It's Spring! And yes, that means it's time to get the flowerbeds in shape and head to the nursery for more death blossoms.

Seriously, I don't know what it is about me. My grandmother could grow flowers through solid concrete. I on the other hand, am the kiss of death to anything blooming!

Yet every year I try again. This picture is last year's attempt. Look good, don't they? Yep. For about a month. Then they get all white and powdery looking. Then their little leaves turn brown and crinkly. An...