Re: Texas gardening (a day in the life)

Oh Pam, you are such an inspiration!
    I have been spending most of my time making paths thru native ceanothus
and manzanita on my new land, spraying poison oak, of which there is plenty,
and ID'ing various wildflowers.  Very enjoyable, but pretty low key --
--Barbara Tandy, California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Texas gardening (a day in the life)


> Well my friends, this is how I spent the day.
> Finished the mulching job I started Fri. afternoon.
> Pine bark along the tree line, cedar mulch everywhere else. Put concrete
> pads under all the pots in the front, some to make them level (had to
> dig up and transplant sod), the rest to keep my pots free of weedeater
> damage plus it looks very neat and orderly now - I like it. Watered all
> the back and side areas plus all of Pat's since she's out of town.
> Sprayed all of the roses and peppers w/ Neem and a touch of kelp for a
> foliar feed. Deadheaded everything that didn't run away from me. Weeded
> half the blasted yard and got all the rest of the dead Queen Annne's
> lace. Started harvesting black hollyhock seed pods. Finished the patio
> bricks out back and set up the chiminea Jesse gave me for Christmas. Lit
> it off and burned some pinon wood - ahhh! Then got my mini-pick out and
> started chopping out the Johnson and dallis grass over-running the
> gravel driveway. Trimmed back all the hackberry branches that kept
> swatting me in the head. Staked the glads. Finished up the area next to
> the gilder w/ white rock scavanged from a friends new home construction.
> Whew.
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> not bad for a middle aged broad if I do say so myself - LOL
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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