Welcome to the Best-Shaped State of Michigan! My name is Kosta. I garden in Zone 6b, Macomb Township, Michigan (Metro Detroit).
I spend a lot of time wondering if my plants are still alive and looking at new plants to eventually replace those that succumb. This is my trial & error journey of un-aliving plants in the pursuit of one day having less lawn… and less anxiety.
Lawn Care is a hobby I enjoy & I've been "the guy with the nice lawn" for the past decade, but I'm now more interested in improving my landscaping design. I enjoy learning about perennial plants and trees — especially Japanese Maples and Conifers, and how best to keep them alive over our brutal Michigan winters.
Thankful to still be joined by one of my co-pilots, Willow!
Topics (so far) : Lawn & Garden.
I am not a niche / genre type of person, so might eventually post about: Art, Books, Design, Dogs, Food, Health, Home, Health, Movie, Music, TV... who knows. Maybe. Maybe not.
Garden Anxiety
Amsonias are going for it! They are enormous compared to the first two years!
Varieties: Halfway To Arkansas and Midway To Montana… only 1 of the 5 tags had a different name, but convinced they’re all the same.
#amsonia #midwaytomontana #halfwaytoarkansasamsonia #zone6b #michigan
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A tale of two alliums. Both are Schubertii, but the one being shaded out by amsonias (last 2 pics) is so much further along than the one in more full sun (1st pic). #allium #schubertii #alliumshubertii
These are works of art! They definitely need room to spread out all their florets. Amazing!
1 month ago | [YT] | 2
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Lots of rain this week! Lawn & Japanese Maple leafing out today, 4/16/26.
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Keep Off The Grass. First Day of Winter 2025. We were buried under snow and ice since November 29th and it mostly all melted in the last 2-days. Can see some potential damage in the icy holes from footprints of Amazon drivers walking through snow covered lawn. Spring is just around the corner…
7 months ago | [YT] | 3
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Amazon delivery driver made a decision…
Apparently the shoveled sidewalk and driveway weren’t ideal. Thanks for killing my grass and plants…
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Last look before the snow storm…
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Looks like the lawn & garden season is gonna come to an early close. I usually mow until Thanksgiving or our last yard waste pickup the 2nd week of December. Might divide my alliums today…
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First Hard Frost… dropped to 32° this morning! 34° again tomorrow morning and then low of 40° the next 2-weeks. Allegedly. #zone6b #michigan #firstfrost
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The short Bentgrass video is coming tomorrow morning! 🙌
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October 21, 2025 @ 10:25am
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