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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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 Posted - Jul 25 2011 : 07:08:41 AM
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Okay..I give up! Having a hard keeping up with weeds in the garden. Either we are gone, or it is raining, or too hot,or the mosquitoes are dive bombing...lots of excuses, I know. Waaaaa. I'm just growing flowers this year and herbs, perennials at that. So, they don't even need that much care. The blades of grass are taller than the cone flowers. So, I'll try the square foot weeding. Maybe a checkerboard effect to keep it interesting. Ugh!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2011 : 09:35:27 AM
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Guess I am through with my whine fest for the week. It has stopped raining for the day. A bit of a breeze. Not too hot. DH weeded 1/4 of the garden. I just finished 1/4 of the garden..oh, I guess that's half..and it is not even noon. Yippee!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2011 : 09:41:18 AM
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You can do it!!
HearthCricket Farm. Where the door is always open, and the coffee is always on. |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2011 : 7:50:39 PM
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Oh, thank you! I needed that little "hoorah!".
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 09:07:51 AM
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Just leave the weeds and call it "free-range" gardening!
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I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 09:28:16 AM
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They are only weeds. Arise. Go forth. And conquer. :-)
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countrymommy85
True Blue Farmgirl
898 Posts
Krystle
MT
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 1:51:52 PM
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I too got frustrated this year. I'm 6 months pregnant and we had abnormally high humidity and heat so as soon as I got caught up with my garden and it was looking fabulous we got that hot spell for a week and now some of the weeds are as tall as my peas, in only a week!!! I am so far behind with weeding and its time to start preserving so instead of concerning myself with removing ALL the weeds, I only get the big ones that are in my way of harvesting, that way I don't waste time weeding when I need to be harvesting so I don't fall behind on that. Of all things you don't want to fall behind on harvesting just to have the garden look nice :) It's kind of like my house. It could be spotless for days on end but the one messy day I have is the only day that week I have company. I saw a sign that said " My house was clean last week, sorry you missed it!" :) I'm making a sign for my garden that says "My garden was weedless last week, too bad you missed it!" Maybe that will stop the criticism from other people about my garden. It's all good, let people think/say what they want as long as you get a harvest who cares!!! :)
Mothers are those wonderful people who can get up in the morning before the smell of coffee. ~Author Unknown
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Plan D: Square foot weeding
