Re: Goodbye Garden

Absolutely Sue - spend the money on a house and grow what you please!
May the garden fairy bonk that creep over the head.  Ugh.


On 7/6/06, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Yep... buyers' market right now.
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2006, at 3:35 PM, Daryl wrote:
>
> > Sue,
> >
> > Hateful landlords! The creeps that we had led to us buying a house
> > before we'd planned, or really could afford it. We, too, had gardens
> > that the landlord either had his "boys" mow over them, or told us to
> > get rid of them (the ones on the steps and walk), or stole the
> > produce.
> >
> > I'd opt for spending money on a house rather than a wedding. A house
> > lasts for a long time. The wedding is over in a few hours. (Though
> > with luck, your marriage will last at least as long as ours- we're
> > going on 35 years next month. )_
> >
> > Just my opinion.
> >
> > d
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "SueNY" <sue.nyc@att.net>
> > To: <GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU>
> > Cc: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:16 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Goodbye Garden
> >
> >
> >> Hi...
> >>   My fiance ran into our landlord as he was leaving for work (we rent
> >> our
> >> brownstone) and he told him we have to get rid of our garden! He said
> >> it's
> >> "in his way" and makes the place look messy, so now I have 5 tomato
> >> plants
> >> full of tomatoes, 4 cucumber vines, and 8 pepper plants (2 bell, 2
> >> cayenne,
> >> 2 jalepeno, 3 habenero) that I am expected to toss in the garbage. He
> >> said I
> >> have to get rid of my two pots of flowers on the stoop too. Now he's
> >> been
> >> here many times since we put the garden together in May (They are all
> >> in
> >> pots and kept neat and tidy)and never said a word. Now everything is
> >> full of
> >> fruit and he says get rid of it.. I am in tears. At least I can put my
> >> lavender and geraniums in the windowsill. Oh, he did say we could
> >> "shove" it
> >> all in the back alley, but the alley faces east and is full of
> >> trees..I
> >> don't think there's enough sun there. Where they are now faces west
> >> with no
> >> trees and gets 6-9hrs of direct sun and bright indirect sun the rest
> >> of the
> >> time. Maybe we should just elope and put all the wedding money toward
> >> a
> >> house where we can do what we want without worrying about garden
> >> hating
> >> landlords....
> >>
> >> Sue (6B)
> >
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
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> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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