RE: RE: Theresa, found the perfect thing for you.....

Couldn't you use the sod to make berms?  That's what I've done w/ all the sod I've lifted to make new beds.  Made a berm down the whole North property line to divert all the runoff from that trashy auction next door.  Works great.  


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:26:32 -0800

>hey- I want to ride the tractor some of the time!  I used to love mowing the
>lawn on my mom's riding mower when I was a kid and we lived on an acre (that
>now seems huge to me- sad isn't it?)  I have a feeling that unles David is a
>multimillionaire, then having us pool our money won't work either!  So
>David... have you been holding out on me?  Should we have bid your fortunes
>to buy a city on Ebay??
>
>We aren't supposed to overload our garden waste barrels either, but there is
>no way I could have a compost area large enough for the amount of stuff I
>create.  Maybe once I have everything exactly as I want it.... haha- I know
>that will never happen- I can always think of something else to buy, move,
>change, etc.  So, sometime before 2 weeks go by and the garden waste truck
>returns, I have to haul some of the sod out of that barrel and throw it in
>(forgive me!) the trash barrel.  Then they will take it all away.  P.S.  I
>already know what I want for Christmas next year- one of those chipper/leaf
>shreadder things.  Using the lawn mower the chop up leaves just isn't very
>fun- you get half asphyxiated (sp?)from all the dust it creates.
>
>On a brighter note- I finally got the bedside tables stained today and
>hopefully I'll get the first coat of varnish on tomorrow.  What I really
>want it the other 2 walls fo the bedroom painted tomorrow!  Doubt it will
>happen though- my hands/joints are killing me just from the staining.
>Whomever called me a young one, needs to trade hands with me- mine simply
>don't work like they used to and it is very annoying!
>
>Theresa
>Sac, CA zone 8-9.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Donna
>Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:10 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] RE: Theresa, found the perfect thing for you.....
>
>
>I think you and David need to pull your money together and buy this....
>I could see it now... a gardening city! And David gets to ride the
>tractor! :)
>
>Here, we have to bag all yard waste... and you can't put anything heavy
>into a paper bag :(.... You need to start a compost section for this
>type of thing. I send my weeds to where DH works.... the animals love to
>munch on them, all other stuff goes into a compost area.
>
>Donna
>
>>
>> If I had won the powerball jackpot- I probably would have bought this!
>> Then
>> I would have lots and lots for room to plant things.  And I wouldn't
>have
>> to
>> deal with the ding-dang "green waste" guy refusing to take my barrel
>> because
>> it was too heavy!
>
>> Theresa
>> Sac, CA zone 8-9
>> raining and very dreary here
>>
>> Got just the thing for you to buy!
>> Donna
>>
>> WANTED: NEW OWNER FOR RUSTIC CALIF. TOWN
>
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