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11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

Davit,

My brother came over, and is going to expand the width of the pathway. I'm not sure that will help the height issue on the other side.

Our neighbour's flowers are coming on our side, and it's irritating, since there is a fence. It's just a matter of clipping them, or thinning them, but some people just believe "big or more is beautiful". Mom says she's let flowers grow on the fence too, but that doesn't make it right.

Sometimes attention to detail helps, and sometimes I wonder if it's pettiness.

Long term, I wish I could replace the fence too, so if the flowers are part of the fence, then replacing the fence is tedious, costly and not feasible if the flowers are part of the fence.

Maybe they just won't grow as much as I feared, as is often the case with irrational fears. I don't like my boundries "pushed".

I discussed diverting rain from the roof and sewer system, and I'd rather not use a rainbarrel since it can be high maintenance with the attraction to mosquitos, and cleaning with algae. Rerouting the eaves trough around to the back "looks interesting", but I've noticed our neighbour's eaves overflow, because the capacity isn't adequate for a larger than average rainfall.

I've asked a couple of conservation groups to see working rainbarrels, to actually speak to someone, but I haven't had responses, since I believe the reality is that it's more work than gain. By the end of the summer, I'll have someone, I'm sure, who uses it and can show it. Seeing one in a showroom doesn't convince me of anything in a big box store.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Hugs, it sounds like the side walk needs to be lifted and filled under. Not actually as hard as it sounds.

I'm getting frustrated with the weather. But then I know I am so it doesn't matter.

Davit

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

I've posted the first peony.

Davit - the dirt near the path is only 2 1/2 feet wide and 15 feet long, where I want to place tomatoes, but the problem is that the neighbour's adjoining dirt side is higher than ours, and our narrow strip dirt is over the height of the cement pathway. The right(south) side is boarded though, and my brother will patch this "some day".

Maybe my priorities are wrong, since as I was securing the roses and flowers, I took a rebar from a patio stone. That patio stone should have been replaced some time ago, since safety is foremost with a senior like mom. I did toss the larger stones, but walking is an issue when these things dissolve. I'm still getting over a shocking departure from work, and I need some slack, which is what gardening is for. I know it's not hard to replace a patio stone, but there are soooooooo many things to do

...which is why I started a different thread for fixing stuff.

Sometimes I feel I need so much hand holding I feel useless

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Hugs

An american expression is "I'm from missouri show me". In the world of gardening there are so many gimmicks aimed at people wanting to save time. Plastic barriers don't work but look like they should, they are just a challenge to the roots. But removing the medium the roots need does. Plants can't think. They know their roots die in sunlight, that is all they or we need to know. But the trench takes work to maintain it. Not much really but the cute barrier looks like the answer instead. An impervious barrier a foot deep will work but just. Poke a hole in it and a root will find it and make it bigger.

If you are planting vegetables look up companion plants, not all things like each other. Some do well together some don't.

other than that tall plants on the north side short on the south. Large leafy plants like more sun obviously. separate root crops with top crops for best production and add marigolds and dill to confuse bugs. Garlic grows nice in a flower bed because it needs two to three years. Put it in with the perennials.

Davit

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

As little stuff as there is to do, I'd like to get some help from a nearby nursery to start planting. I'm going to draft the proposals first, and then telephone them, since there's not much to do until I purchase the plants.

Davit, what amazed me(and it shouldn't because mom is much older than both of us) how much mom knows about gardening. She made the same suggestion you made about using a ditch instead of a fence, since wood rots! It didn't occur to me until I tried to describe it and it's benefits.

She just rolls her eyes when I don't grasp stuff. But then she's been thru a world war battle zone, so gardening isn't a challenge.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

sorry Davit - I miss her, like a lot of others who move on, hopefully successfully, too

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

hugs under you in that thread is carmie. I was saying hi to her.

Davit

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

Hi Davit,

That was me, not Carmie. Hopefully she's doing well.

I just propped up some roses, and my peony is posted, with busy pollinating ants. Planting beans yesterday was easy, but with a neck issue, I was so antsy about hurting myself. I'm not sure if birds will peck at the planted beans, so I placed some screens over the beans.

I keep looking at the possibility of diverting water from the sewer system but it seems futile, when a neighbour will do 3 loads of laundry in one day, and flood the sewer system. What I could divert by using a rainbarrel, is, no pun intended, a drop in the ocean. To their credit, the entrepreneurial landlord has diverted their water to their garden.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Red

I thought I should mention this about white lilacs. They are pretty but when the flowers are done they turn a very ugly brown.

Going to get a week of rain so I have been busy mowing. The grass grows so fast I have to mow every three days. I tip over the mower and wash out the deck every time I use it. It mows better with a clean deck. Five foot tractor mower has such big blades it never gets dirty. Good thing cause it would take a lot of water to clean it.

Itchy, I stirred up some mosquitoes. There have been very few this year. I guess it is time for them. Time to dig out the net. One more chore and I can have supper, water green houses.

Davit.

11 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

Thanks Davit,

That fence is at least 5 feet high, so I could use the old place, or displace the beans a bit. Mint grows like crazy, so I could place it close to the fence, transplanting it.

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