Comments on: Dirty work http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dirty-work/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dirty-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13230 Susan Sims Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:05 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=5819#comment-13230 Oh dear. Have I begun repeating myself already? <em>Ha! Join the club! -kris</em> Oh dear. Have I begun repeating myself already?

Ha! Join the club! -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dirty-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13213 Layanee Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:10:19 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=5819#comment-13213 Glamorous Gardening? Not in my backyard! Ha. Oh, the dirty work continues. I feel like that character in the 'Family Circus' cartoon retracing steps as I try to finish one job only to find another has to be completed first. That extra foot I added to the long, sunny border turned out to be way to little so, another two feet of sod, sixty feet long, is being removed. On the other hand, I am getting a workout without having to pay for it. Glad your dirty work is almost over. <em>Layanee, that's funny because I always feel like a shooting gallery bear. I do not envy you your sod removal job. Workout is right. (But exactly what I should be doing in my own garden.) -kris</em> Glamorous Gardening? Not in my backyard! Ha. Oh, the dirty work continues. I feel like that character in the ‘Family Circus’ cartoon retracing steps as I try to finish one job only to find another has to be completed first. That extra foot I added to the long, sunny border turned out to be way to little so, another two feet of sod, sixty feet long, is being removed. On the other hand, I am getting a workout without having to pay for it. Glad your dirty work is almost over.

Layanee, that’s funny because I always feel like a shooting gallery bear. I do not envy you your sod removal job. Workout is right. (But exactly what I should be doing in my own garden.) -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dirty-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13200 Susan Sims Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:42:54 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=5819#comment-13200 I'm moving away from biosolids, myself. At first, it was just in the vegetable beds, but after considering all of the pharmaceuticals that go out of people, I've had serious reservations about using it elsewhere. Also, I've found that while our local stuff is relatively weed free, it doesn't seem impervious. It may be weed seed already in the ground, though. Given I can get a local, albeit more expensive compost made from untreated sawdust and grocery store cast-offs, I've been going with that. And it's not stinky. <em>Susan, I'm remembering now that you mentioned that last year too. But the Rose Garden looked so good that the pharmaceuticals must not have had any kind of deleterious effect. Sort of skeevy to think about though, I'll admit. -kris </em> I’m moving away from biosolids, myself. At first, it was just in the vegetable beds, but after considering all of the pharmaceuticals that go out of people, I’ve had serious reservations about using it elsewhere. Also, I’ve found that while our local stuff is relatively weed free, it doesn’t seem impervious. It may be weed seed already in the ground, though. Given I can get a local, albeit more expensive compost made from untreated sawdust and grocery store cast-offs, I’ve been going with that. And it’s not stinky.

Susan, I’m remembering now that you mentioned that last year too. But the Rose Garden looked so good that the pharmaceuticals must not have had any kind of deleterious effect. Sort of skeevy to think about though, I’ll admit. -kris

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