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| "Tiffany" Rose whose fragrance is beyond the beauty of the flower itself. This is for the "blog world." |
We bloggers lie. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help your garden spade? Well. . .ah, sure, a-huh. Yep. But with our camera's we show only what we want the world to see--of ourselves and of our gardens. There's nothing right or wrong about this; there's just more than what meets the eye of the reader.
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| Here's the real picture. My lovely rose bush surrounded by invasive "horsetail" |
While the Things I get to do today take me to abject despair and then from this dark place back to hope again, I thought I would air the dirty laundry, show you what's in the closet, but really just add a picture of part of my front yard.
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| Where is that lovely rose now? Hint--top left. This is my view without the editing help of the camera. |
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| Gravel path green with newly sprouted horsetail. It was all clean last week. |
A vision of my pull up the bushy, tufted weed and then immediately holding a chicken over the spot and squeezing it until the soil was "amended" plopped into my mind.
Wish me well with this experiment.
I filled three trash cans with weeds this morning. I need some chickens!
ReplyDeleteOh, my! Indeed, you do. And this is one of the many things that Handy Andy cannot fix--supplying you with a flock of sweet, cute, charming, cackling, egg-laying, weed-eating chickens. But have a great summer anyway!
DeleteI have two full trash cans at home from weeds, trimming etc this weekend
ReplyDeleteAnd something's eating my lettuce. And my zinnias. They have holes all through the leaves
Do you feel better now ? :) :) :)
There's a wonderful product out that makes slugs lose their appetites--harmless to everything else--that would let your lettuce and zinnias grow their leaves back. Has iron as the active ingredient.
DeleteOh I could use the slug product...does it have a name? We just pulled out 3 bushes and found about 10 slugs in each.
ReplyDeleteThere are several products on the market that have the same ingredients: "Sluggo" and one by Lilly Miller "Worryfree Ferramol Slug & Snail Bait." The results are not immediate since the little critters have to eat enough to then stop eating. And you won't see any dead slugs all slimed out, which is good. But your plants will stop disappearing! Good Luck!
DeleteWow, one weed I can say i don't have in my yard. Loved this article.
ReplyDeleteYou are SO fortunate. Years ago I vowed that when this stuff finally marched its way into my yard, we were going to sell and move. Obviously didn't happen. Glad you enjoyed my "coming clean." See you around.
DeleteRemember also what's one's weeds is another's medicinal plant. My friend Ron used to harvest horsetail (w/o pesticides) and place in bath... (Used to hunt/harvest for him) and there are other uses as well.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, old time remedy for slugs is a saucer of beer - they gravitate & drown. Wonder if it would work for pop?
We've done the beer thing. I've used horsetail for a few things and will explore additional options. I have plenty. Is that you, Lisa?
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