tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post6002723331328397876..comments2024-03-10T07:14:33.790-03:00Comments on Procrastinating Donkey: The Plants Are The Only Things Making Progress In Our Garden; or, Those Dead Leaves Aren't Going To Jump In The Compost By Themselvesjenny_ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-9297252420609917572016-06-19T14:46:15.913-03:002016-06-19T14:46:15.913-03:00I'm disappointed that it is a target - we just...I'm disappointed that it is a target - we just put it in last fall and I was hoping for a healthy plant this year. It's by our front door and very visible. Do you have ants? :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-72593449541100832992016-06-19T14:44:20.405-03:002016-06-19T14:44:20.405-03:00I think we need to follow your lead, Geo. We'v...I think we need to follow your lead, Geo. We've used the bark (chunks) and the shredded stuff at different times. It's time for more; the ground is bare.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-6206796011442307282016-06-19T04:59:18.488-03:002016-06-19T04:59:18.488-03:00Strange that something ate your butterfly bush! We...Strange that something ate your butterfly bush! We have those and even though pests run amok in our garden (aphids, caterpillars, snails, slugs) nothing touches the butterfly bushes.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-6620528494576723912016-06-19T02:40:00.080-03:002016-06-19T02:40:00.080-03:00Great pictures of busy plants. I can nearly hear t...Great pictures of busy plants. I can nearly hear them growing from here. Still a bit of a drought here so Norma makes us buy shredded cedar to spread over the ground. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-81672151026649429012016-06-17T23:21:48.533-03:002016-06-17T23:21:48.533-03:00Don't feel bad! Did you not catch the part abo...Don't feel bad! Did you not catch the part about how I haven't done any yard work yet? :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-10017425588293418922016-06-17T23:21:09.027-03:002016-06-17T23:21:09.027-03:00Deer and cows and dogs - oh my. Not good for garde...Deer and cows and dogs - oh my. Not good for gardens.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-7151159539623643052016-06-17T23:20:41.784-03:002016-06-17T23:20:41.784-03:00Funny, I'm all of those things, too ... it doe...Funny, I'm all of those things, too ... it does make it hard to get stuff done.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-31219759268442595922016-06-17T21:50:16.903-03:002016-06-17T21:50:16.903-03:00Yep, that's what we have. Although I'm thi...Yep, that's what we have. Although I'm thinking about calling them everbrowns as long as there are deer wintering here.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-85734727850982827062016-06-17T21:43:28.649-03:002016-06-17T21:43:28.649-03:00Now you are making me feel bad about our yard work...Now you are making me feel bad about our yard work. We need to get to it soon as well but I am practicing the law of attraction and wishing that a kind, unselfish gardener will take pity on us. =) Mr. Shifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061232966394052314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-52810267036275612172016-06-17T17:58:22.470-03:002016-06-17T17:58:22.470-03:00That's right, we only had them at the house we... That's right, we only had them at the house we moved into in town. No big herbivores wandering around there. Although when we were on the acreage we lived on before then, it was the cows that ate mom's flowers, and sometimes the dogs that dug them up.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-86658715598502930222016-06-17T17:43:47.393-03:002016-06-17T17:43:47.393-03:00Soonish.
A gardener's work is never, ever done...Soonish.<br />A gardener's work is never, ever done.<br />Particularly for the easily distracted, book loving lazy people like me.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-17305841721780924552016-06-17T15:07:04.735-03:002016-06-17T15:07:04.735-03:00My mom had some rhododendrons up in Eureka, and I ... My mom had some rhododendrons up in Eureka, and I don't remember them ever losing their leaves, and at first I thought that maybe that was because there isn't really any winter to speak of there, then I Googled them and found out that some of them are evergreen...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com