Re: my gardening season

Only if you have a lot of allergies...you would think we could come up with
a good automatic system for keeping our homes clean.


> [Original Message]
> From: <Cornergar@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/28/2009 5:40:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] my gardening season
>
> In the grand scheme of things...how important is vacuuming??  Just a  
> thought. Kathy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 6/27/2009 9:02:53 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
>
> I know  I'm not in terrible shape, but things have been getting away from 
> me. 
> I've  been working some Saturdays and overtime during the week plus
trying 
> to  
> get the MG plant sale set up.  When I do find some time to do  anything
it 
> is 
> usually spent "putting out fires" - something is in  desparate need of 
> water, 
> or something is being eaten, or some hostas in my  hosta bed are burning 
> from 
> the 960 heat that appeared out of  nowhere.  This hosta bed had always
had 
> perfect exposure, but when we  had those storms in Dec, I lost a lot of 
> limbs 
> from that tree and the  hosta bed is now in full sun.  I haven't had time 
> or 
> space to move  them so I've positioned umbrellas over them until I can
get 
> to 
> it.  I  don't even remember when I last vaccuumed.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone  5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell"  <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent:  Friday, June 26, 2009 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] my gardening  season
>
>
> > Gardening Fairy strikes again.  How kind of your  neighbor.  And very
> > thoughtful.
> > I know exactly how you  feel.  Last night I was so overwhelmed. I am so
> > BEHIND in  everything right now. April and May it RAINED (23 days of
rain)
> > Almost  every single weekend for the last two months have been consumed 
> >  with
> > family funerals, travel or family in the hospital.  Weekends  are the
ONLY
> > time I have to get caught up.  My gardens look like  h*ll.  I don't
even 
> > want
> > to go HOME right now cause I  get so fed up and frustrated.  If I could 
> > find
> > somebody  to help me do the deep cleaning - I can spend my time putting
> > things  away and putting stuff back in place.  Even my bedroom - which I
> >  normally keep so clean, is cluttered with boxes from my sister's
> >  house...photos, momentos, junk - that my mother gave me to sort
through. 
>  
> > I
> > haven't even had time to do that.
> >
> > On Fri,  Jun 26, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
> >
> >> This year, knowing that I had no time for gardening  due to scheduled
> >> surgeries
> >> of my mother, I decided not  to do any new plantings or annuals this 
> >> season.
> >>  Figured I would work on some restructuring and attempt to get the 
weeds
> >> under
> >> control instead of spending the little  time trying to keep things 
> watered
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> So  what happened.....
> >>
> >> I haven't water yet, nor would I  have had too.  We got over 8 inches
in
> >> June
> >> and  the month isn't over.  This is the first week of hot weather. I 
was
> >> right
> >> about not having time, cause every day I had  free was raining so the
> >> restructuring isn't working either.   Mothers surgery has been
postponed 
> >> so
> >> many times, not  sure when it will happen.  (was to be next Tuesday,
but 
> >>  now
> >> monday she is going for cardiac thing  instead)
> >>
> >> For those that made it this far in the  message, my house must look
bare.
> >>  My
> >>  non-gardening neighbor who I am not social with dropped off a flat  of
> >> annuals
> >> last night.  Claims he was at the  farmers market and a friend gave it
to
> >> him
> >> and figured  I could use them.
> >>
> >> Place must be looking bare is all I  can think of....LOL!
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
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> >
> > -- 
> > Jesse  R. Bell
> >
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