Re: Getting impatient

shovel with teeth.... I think we need to know more
about that!

Donna

--- Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I love my shovel with the teeth on it!  I've managed
> to dig out multiple 
> boxwoods with it- and figure it is can do that it
> will dig up anything.
> 
> Theresa
> 
> Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> 
> >It too dulls quickly as soon as it hits dirt. 
> (sigh)  I'm having trouble
> >getting my yarrow out of the ground due to it's
> very thick and tough root
> >system and the sharp new shovel I tried to used to
> break it apart simply
> >bounced back at me, with me standing atop it!  I
> have two normally very
> >functional forks I use and neither one of them
> could penetrate that mass
> >either.  Of such is life.  
> >
> >Blessings,
> >Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> >Of Cathy Carpenter
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:46 PM
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Getting impatient
> >
> >Reference the zebra grass, I'd try a saw- pruning
> saw first, and if all else
> >fails, haul out the chain saw!
> >
> >Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> >On Mar 14, 2006, at 4:34 AM, Melody wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Saturday was an absolutely gorgeous day
> here...temp of 76, partly 
> >>cloudy...spent the entire day in the garden doing
> clean-up...even 
> >>skipped Mass (went Sunday a.m. instead!) so I
> could keep working 
> >>outside while it lasted. Of course, by Saturday
> night it was storming 
> >>and by yesterday it was positively frigid again!
> That's the midwest in 
> >>spring, I guess. Felt so darned good to be down on
> my hands and knees, 
> >>digging in the soil! And not to have to think
> about anything except 
> >>what I was doing right at that moment...it was
> blissful! We are all 
> >>doing okay here...not great, but okay and
> sometimes that is enough! 
> >>The winter is always kind of hard on us as a
> family since we live in a 
> >>very small house and the enforced confinement of
> winter has us 
> >>bickering alot by the end of it all, but now that
> we can all start 
> >>getting some outdoors time, things will get
> better...thanks for 
> >>asking...it means alot!
> >>
> >>
> >>So...got an actual gardening question...how long
> do you think I should 
> >>let all the dirt settle that we had to dump into
> the collapsed cistern 
> >>last year before it is safe to assume it won't
> settle anymore?
> >>Couple of
> >>years? And in the meantime, what do I do with that
> pile of dirt to 
> >>disguise it a bit?? Obviously we are going to have
> to relocate the 
> >>water feature that was there...and I've got to get
> in back there to 
> >>rescue the lovely iris, lady's mantle, huechera,
> and grasses that are 
> >>there...any thoughts on the best way to divide
> zebra grass? The root 
> >>masses are tough and last year when I tried to
> divide them using a 
> >>spade, I didn't have much luck at all...okay read
> that as none! :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>Melody
> >>Hills, IA  zone 5
> >>
> >>Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the
> retirement is out of 
> >>this world!
> >>
> >> --- On Fri 03/10, Pam Evans <
> gardenqueen@gmail.com > wrote:
> >>From: Pam Evans [mailto: gardenqueen@gmail.com]
> >>To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:35:17 -0600
> >>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Getting impatient
> >>
> >>Hope all is well w/ you & Marty & the
> kids!<br><br>On 3/10/06, Zemuly 
> >>Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> wrote:<br>><br>> Hey, Melody. It 
> >>was so nice to "hear" your voice. I miss your
> posts.<br>> zem<br>> 
> >>----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Melody" 
> >><mhobertm@excite.com><br>>
> >>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Friday, March
> 10, 2006 6:58 
> >>AM<br>>
> >>Subject: [CHAT] Getting impatient<br>><br>><br>> >
> Hello everybody!  
> >>Got
> >>a few minutes to myself and thought I'd drop
> in<br>> > here! Hope all 
> >>of you have been well. Got caught up on the last
> couple<br>> > of 
> >>weeks worth of email here...see Andrea has moved
> back<br>> > 
> >>south...congrats!
> >>All this talk of rain and hummingbirds has me
> getting<br>> > very, 
> >>very impatient for spring...I have been feeling
> the urge to dig 
> >>in<br>>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>soil and get something going...have a lot of
> repair work to do in<br>> 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>one of the side yards due to the collapsed
> cistern from last year.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Will<br>> > be a few more weeks before I should
> get started on
> >>
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