Re: weeds

I have a few walkways/areas that are pea gravel.  I can guarantee you every seed that falls within miles (LOL) starts there!

I seriously considered starting plants in gravel pots instead of soil pots.... anyone ever try it?

Donna


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From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:05:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weeds


Auralie, I garden like you do, and I can identify with your feelings about 
the Dames Rocket (Hesperis).  I don't think any were in the beds this year. 
I also have a "problem" with larkspur.  It's blooming all over my front 
yard!  I have just mowed around the clumps, which look really great, IMHO.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: [CHAT] weeds


>I totally agree with that philosophy, Jim.  But the
> problem here is that I just can't bring myself to
> pull out Aquilegia canadensis, the little red Columbine,
> or Viola tricolor, Johnny-jump-ups, and both are taking
> over my vegetable garden.  How could I possibly pull or
> dig out the two-foot-square mass of Columbine with
> literally hundreds of blooms?  Or the similar mass of
> Johnny-jump-ups in the lettuce bed? I try to work around
> them, and deadhead to try to have some space left for
> vegetables.  Of course, I think the Columbine that grows
> up between the stones of my front steps is charming.
> And this week Dame's Rocket - can't think of its botanical
> name right now - is popping up everywhere.  I wouldn't
> mind that in the flower bed, but it prefers almost any
> other place.  I will have to pull out lots of that, and I hate
> to.  I really like it.
> However, peonies are beginning to open, and they are
> making quite a display!  You may have lots of things we
> can't grow "up nawth," but what is spring without lilacs
> and peonies.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 05/31/2007 4:50:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> islandjim1@verizon.net writes:
>
> Yeah, I don't pull them here, either, Cathy. Life's too short to pull
> weeds with pretty flowers.
>
>
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