Stella's Social Club

[1muttsfan]

That asparagus is tough stuff, it grows wild in tangled hedgerows up here.

Nice to have enough time for something as rewarding as gardening. My mom has been having health issues for the last year and a half, resulting in frequent trips to her house, 240 miles away. Sadly she lost her battle with cancer a week ago, and my sisters and I got together for her funeral this weekend. Things around here have been much neglected, but life goes on and now my sisters and I can get ours caught up. How much I have appreciated my good friends here, for laughter and stories and having something normal to look forward to.

 

[Happy Chooks]

muttsfan - I am so very sorry for your loss. Hugs to you and your sisters.

 

[robhuncor]

Mary, I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. Having all that worry and traveling so far makes it even more difficult. I'm so glad you have your sisters and friends to buoy you up in this very sad time. It really does help to talk and remember. Somehow it eases your heart. Being able to get back to doing the things you love will help also.

 

[robhuncor]

Kelly - that was a ton of work you did!! You must have needed all day today to recuperate!

 

[drumstick diva]

Mutt'sfan so very sorry that your mom passed

 

[drumstick diva]

Guys, I have been around and trying to find the major threads I had subscriptions to. It was easy them. Now I have to scroll through tons of threads/forums I have never participated in just to find one or two of my favorites - if even that.

My newest problem is scrolling, even with hands off curser & monitor, it has fits of scrolling up and then down. When I try to click on one thread I want, it moves away.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kelly - that was a ton of work you did!! You must have needed all day today to recuperate!

Some of the stalks were as big around as a quarter! It's so nice to look at it and actually see my raised beds, not the blackberries that were taking it over. I'm sure I'll have more to do next year, but for now, it's quite nice. I dug them up with a shovel to get most of the roots too.

Weeding will be a pain, but I can do that little by little.

 

[robhuncor]

Some of the stalks were as big around as a quarter! It's so nice to look at it and actually see my raised beds, not the blackberries that were taking it over. I'm sure I'll have more to do next year, but for now, it's quite nice. I dug them up with a shovel to get most of the roots too.

Weeding will be a pain, but I can do that little by little.

I've developed my own gardening technique. I plant a cover crop(rye this year) and then just pull some out to make a row to plant in. When I pull it out, it loosens the soil and I don't have to cultivate! The cover keeps the weeds from taking over. In the places I'm not ready to plant yet, when the cover gets too tall, I cut off the tops and use it as mulch in the garden paths. I don't follow t the latest gardening trends and maybe I didn't invent this but it sure cuts down on heavy labor and works for me!

 

[1muttsfan]

I have the same problem with raspberry canes, those suckers are the devil to eliminate. The birds drop seeds all over.

 

[Happy Chooks]

The birds drop blackberry seeds too.