tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post8690196202511481187..comments2024-03-29T08:03:49.356-04:00Comments on Years That Answer: Weed 'em outColettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-87593030149645668742018-10-17T11:18:38.441-04:002018-10-17T11:18:38.441-04:00Yikes! Good point.Yikes! Good point.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-19010486270715172132018-10-17T09:02:24.773-04:002018-10-17T09:02:24.773-04:00And one needs to be very careful about what is in ...And one needs to be very careful about what is in their mulch. In my town people can take all their yard waste to a site where it is ground and then resold to private companies as mulch. Nothing like spreading tons of your neighbor's weed seeds on your gardens.<br /><br />8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-1796476656783033922018-10-16T17:08:10.991-04:002018-10-16T17:08:10.991-04:00There is no victory when it comes to Florida. Flor...There is no victory when it comes to Florida. Florida is always the victor. (Raised eyebrow) But coming back down to reality, yes - could be more and thicker layers of pine straw. Altho I think I might try a different mulch in a few key spots. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-83048226695484327402018-10-16T12:58:52.076-04:002018-10-16T12:58:52.076-04:00Weeding in Florida is really more a matter of grud...Weeding in Florida is really more a matter of grudging coexistence than outright victory, I've found. Maybe you just need a new layer of pine straw?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-8864968411382604532018-10-16T08:23:19.516-04:002018-10-16T08:23:19.516-04:00There are so many upsides to a northern winter. I&...There are so many upsides to a northern winter. I'm going north in December and looking forward to being cold. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-15927598153569280462018-10-16T08:21:54.072-04:002018-10-16T08:21:54.072-04:00Yes! That's how it works. I'm imagining a ...Yes! That's how it works. I'm imagining a calendar for gardeners with photos depicting the true state of affairs in the heat of the summer. Luckily, no one in their right mind wants to visit us in Florida between June and the end of October. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-34824683521479281482018-10-16T08:18:00.748-04:002018-10-16T08:18:00.748-04:00Hiring a landscaping service is very popular in Fl...Hiring a landscaping service is very popular in Florida. We hired one for a couple of months while T was recovering from a surgical procedure, and I must admit it was wonderful. But they didn't weed. Hiring a comprehensive service (and a real gardener) would put me into the poor house, I'm afraid. I love gardening and I'm a weeding machine when I can get out there. It is almost meditative. But I can only do that kind of work when the sun isn't so hot it will burn me to a crisp. When I am unable to keep up, and that day will come, I will move into an apartment. One with a gardener who weeds! And my thoughts will turn to trivia, I promise. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-90995852195628712992018-10-16T07:47:35.343-04:002018-10-16T07:47:35.343-04:00There is an upside to a northern winter, no weeds,...There is an upside to a northern winter, no weeds, no bugs:)<br /><br />Love the cartoon!My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-49081710752032214602018-10-16T05:21:06.266-04:002018-10-16T05:21:06.266-04:00We usually start the gardening year with dedicatio...We usually start the gardening year with dedication and plans and diligence. By mid June we begin to slow down and soon enough there's that slippery slope of who gives a damn about weeds, they actually look ok to me etc. <br /><br /><br />Unless my sister visits when we get into a mad rush to make everything look tidy and near perfect.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-78961801832745193712018-10-16T02:16:27.587-04:002018-10-16T02:16:27.587-04:00Ah, so sad, we drift apart. Talk of "perennia...Ah, so sad, we drift apart. Talk of "perennial beds", "acid-loving plants" and (here's a pearl!) "sturdier mulch" sets you on a higher plane altogether. I may not even kiss the hem of your garment<br /><br />You say "Weeding is a fight that may never be won, but must always be fought." Too true. But fought by others. There is one option you do not mention: employ a gardener. Then you may sit on the patio with a bottle of chilled white - nothing pretentious you understand, this is one of life's minor pleasures - and lazily grumble about deadheads undeadheaded.<br /><br />Our advanced age, incompetence and disinclination give employment elsewhere and we may turn our thoughts to trivia. When do you do anything else? you will say. But this is how former colonialists make amends.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-4339273820057062362018-10-15T18:02:14.801-04:002018-10-15T18:02:14.801-04:00Very much... Too much, maybe.Very much... Too much, maybe.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-87981107992547644992018-10-15T18:01:47.997-04:002018-10-15T18:01:47.997-04:00Oh, that made me laugh. Oh, that made me laugh. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-90427209107359873662018-10-15T18:01:04.313-04:002018-10-15T18:01:04.313-04:00They REALLY want to live. I wish my actual plants...They REALLY want to live. I wish my actual plants were as hardy.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-82588860691259153132018-10-15T18:00:37.147-04:002018-10-15T18:00:37.147-04:00I love the cartoon.I love the cartoon.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-34399923298704201212018-10-15T17:29:52.038-04:002018-10-15T17:29:52.038-04:00I really do understand having to go after those we...I really do understand having to go after those weeds with something more than a gentle fix. Sometimes it has to be done. Yes, very much like politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-70377902153465806472018-10-15T14:55:06.092-04:002018-10-15T14:55:06.092-04:00HAHA. My flower bed is about 10x20. The weeds are ...HAHA. My flower bed is about 10x20. The weeds are fewer, but still persistent. Heavy rains keep washing away the expensive mulch! The experiment I began at the old house is a winner, though. You can outplant the weeds! Best of all, there is a maximum of one brave weed poking through my several beds of woolly thyme. Come spring I will set out a couple of dozen more two inch pots and give my weeds a final sneer and one fingered salute.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-22770089480813772482018-10-15T13:09:26.258-04:002018-10-15T13:09:26.258-04:00Sometimes I think that if I weed and stop and go i...Sometimes I think that if I weed and stop and go into the house for 5 minutes I come back and there are weeds that weren’t there when I left. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4729559664676971737.post-11642896289968807032018-10-15T11:25:59.481-04:002018-10-15T11:25:59.481-04:00Weeding and cleaning house are great allegories he...Weeding and cleaning house are great allegories here. Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com