Re: Getting impatient

Now that sounds like Otis when he's trying to get a mole. <LOL> I've never seen anything move more dirt faster in my life.
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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