Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[jvls1942]

i am envious of your grape blossoms.
my grapes are just getting trained to the arbor.
I have used many penetrating oils.
Zepreserve is the all time best.
WD4o is not a good penetrant. It is not a good lubricant, either. It dries out.
the best lubricant is 3in1 .
yesterday was wet here, today will be in the mid 90's.
I am going to go buy a brush head for my cub cadet weed whacker.
The CC is hard on strings. The motor uses straight gas. No oil mixture. It runs too fast and strong. IMHO..

 

[jvls1942]

We had thundershower at 4AM. I didn't hear any wind. It didn't last long. it is raining again, now.
this should make things grow.
I bought a brush cutter. It has chainsaw teeth around the perimeter.
rated at 10,ooo rpm. supposed to be able to cut a 2" tree. Don't have any trees to cut, but some of the burdock and pigweed almost look like trees.

 

[janiedoe]

We had thundershower at 4AM. I didn't hear any wind. It didn't last long. it is raining again, now.
this should make things grow.
I bought a brush cutter. It has chainsaw teeth around the perimeter.
rated at 10,ooo rpm. supposed to be able to cut a 2" tree. Don't have any trees to cut, but some of the burdock and pigweed almost look like trees.

We have burdock. I've never heard of pigweed. I googled it, but didn't find any good images. Do you have a picture?
Enjoy your rain.

 

[jvls1942]

maybe pigweed is a local name for a weed. It occurs after spreading raw cow manure. it has a sort of woody stalk with bunches of leaves spaced along the trunk. I never took a picture of any. will see what I can do.

 

[R2elk]

Redroot Pigweed

 

[jvls1942]

Redroot Pigweed

thank you. sounds right.
too bad you can't graft some kind of vegetable to it. It would make a hardy root stock.

 

[bruceha2000]

Don't have any trees to cut, but some of the burdock and pigweed almost look like trees.

I've had some big burdock, those "stems" are no joke. Seems like your brush cutter should be up to the task, my gas powered string trimmer sure isn't.

 

[janiedoe]

Redroot Pigweed

Thanks! It sounds like a good beneficial weed.
I don't know if we have that, but I'm going to ask my daughter about it.

 

[R2elk]

Thanks! It sounds like a good beneficial weed.
I don't know if we have that, but I'm going to ask my daughter about it.

I have it and want rid of it. It is a nuisance to me and almost as invasive as purslane.

 

[janiedoe]

I have it and want rid of it. It is a nuisance to me and almost as invasive as purslane.

We have purslane too. My daughter picks some when she visits, and uses it in salads. She also gathers wild carrot and wild onions. I'm sure she will want some pigweed.
I wonder is it is what we call Sourweed? We used to chew that as kids. If it wasn't too mature, it had a sweet taste, not a sour one.