RE: My Roses-Update

Without doing anything- you are looking at a couple of
years before anything grows there.

Hum.. well years ago, Dh was trying to fix the
lawnmower and somehow spilled a bunch of gas into an
area of the grass... nothing grew there- not even
weeds- creepin charley even went around it...

Of course today, gas isn't really as potient as it was
back then...

Donna

--- Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:

> Wonder if it would help the soil to burn off the
> gasoline or would that
> make matters worse?  Chemists comment.
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
> <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 7/11/2006 4:05:56 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] My Roses-Update
> >
> > You are right with that last thought!  When I have
> to deal with a company
> > for such difficulties, I've always listed "just
> the facts" of what
> happened,
> > without any insinuations or hint of anger,
> including the day, time of day,
> > the "who,"  exactly what was wrong and concluded
> with what I expected the
> > company to do to remedy the situation.  In your
> case, I would quote them
> the
> > cost of purchasing a new rose the size yours was
> before its encounter with
> > the chain saw.  It has worked very well for me.  I
> hope it helps you too!
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of SueNY
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:26 PM
> > To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
> > Cc: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] My Roses-Update
> >
> >  My little rose bush is now safe behind a sturdy
> cage. Hopefully the
> > "landscapers" will get the hint.! I also got the
> name and address of the
> > owner of the landscape service and I am going to
> write them a nice little
> > letter.
> > I discovered another lovely mess of
> theirs-remember they cut down a shrub
> > next door? Well they poured GASOLINE on the stump!
> IDIOTS! Nothing like
> > contaminating soil and water supplies fellas!
> Thank goodness just about
> all
> > my plants are in containers. The rose bush still
> looks healthy and it's
> far
> > enough away that it won't get injured by the gas,
> I hope. It doesn't look
> > like they poured too much on. They charge my
> landlord $45 to mow the lawn
> > every other week. We are thinking of offering to
> do it ourselves for
> free-I
> > think it'd be worth it! Now to figure out what to
> say to these
> jerks....the
> > colorful language I'd like to use probably
> wouldn't be a good idea..LOL!
> >
> > Sue(6B)
> >
> >
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