Re: What's up for your weekend?

Stainless steel is tougher.  When you're working in black gumbo, it'll make
a difference.

On 5/1/08, Theresa G. <macycat3@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> You should get a shovel with a fiberglass handle!!
> Theresa
>
> Pam Evans wrote:
> > Well, I was going to weed Tony's bed this weekend but I got a little
> burst
> > of energy and got it done tonight.  It looks ever so much better, I
> think he
> > would be pleased.  Now I can work on the herb bed tomorrow (putting my
> car
> > in the shop in the am so took the day off) and get it looking
> respectable
> > again.  Having my thumb messed up got me way behind on my heavy weeding
> > chores.  Now all I need is a new shovel and I can rock and roll.  :-)
> I'll
> > get one of those stainless steel ones from Lee Valley.  No more broken
> > handles!
> >
> > On 5/1/08, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Me too Please!
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'd love to see the photos - send to me offline if you have to!
> >>
> >> On 5/1/08, DP
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'll be spending the weekend getting a stray cat acclimated to our
> >>> household.
> >>>
> >>> A bunch of cats chose our yard for their trysting place a couple of
> >>>
> >> weeks
> >>
> >>> ago. ET took a beating, and seemed friendly, following me when I
> brought
> >>> food and water, and sitting on my feet when I was weeding. (Named ET
> >>>
> >> because
> >>
> >>> he kept saying "home" "go home". _
> >>>
> >>> I was able to get him to the vet yesterday for a neuter, shots, etc.
> >>> Fortunately he's FIV and FeLeuk neg. I was going to put him through
> the
> >>> Humane Society's adoption program, but he's got some pretty bad scars
> >>>
> >> and
> >>
> >>> had to be shaved because he was so knotted and matted.
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, he's older and bigger than Diesel, who's only had
> kittens
> >>> or young cats to accept. He also doesn't seem to like dogs, and has
> >>>
> >> swiped a
> >>
> >>> couple of times at Dreyfuss. There's only one way Dreyfuss can get in
> >>>
> >> and
> >>
> >>> out of the house, and that way leads through the utility/mud room
> where
> >>>
> >> ET
> >>
> >>> is now living.
> >>>
> >>> I let both of our cats onto the screened porch for a while this
> morning
> >>> and let ET come into the house. He's obviously been a house pet at
> some
> >>> time. Keep your fingers crossed. Grayman still doesn't like to be
> picked
> >>>
> >> up,
> >>
> >>> and is still skittish, but will flop on my feet when I give him a
> >>>
> >> skritch,
> >>
> >>> and will purr like crazy.
> >>>
> >>> Did I offer to send the "bath and a nap" series of photos to you guys?
> >>> Diesel gave Grayman a good wash down a couple of weeks ago.
> >>>
> >>> d
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
> >>> CG/SCSRT"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:58 AM
> >>> Subject: [CHAT] What's up for your weekend?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> What's everyone's plans for gardening this weekend? It should be sunny
> >>>
> >>>> and warm here, hopefully not too windy. The winds were ferocious
> >>>> yesterday - gusts up to 50mph - but it seems to have calmed down this
> >>>> morning.
> >>>> I hope to be able to ride this weekend so my gardening time won't be
> >>>> lengthy. But I am going to try and get the peppers in the ground.
> >>>> Hopefully I have enough row cover to protect both the beds, if not
> >>>>
> >> I'll
> >>
> >>>> leave the chile peppers in the greenhouse till next week. I have to
> >>>>
> >> take
> >>
> >>>> the cover off the peas and figure out some sort of rabbit defense. We
> >>>> have the hot wire but plugging it in requires unplugging the lights
> >>>>
> >> for
> >>
> >>>> the hay shed, so I'm going to ask husband to see if he can't come up
> >>>> with something.
> >>>> On husband's list will also be repairing the back lawn - there's a
> lot
> >>>> of damage from the dogs digging after gophers. And I used to have the
> >>>> corners planted with various perennials, but they never got watered
> >>>>
> >> very
> >>
> >>>> well, so that's a mess.
> >>>> After the peppers I am going to tackle weeds in the front garden.
> Gawd
> >>>> what a job that's going to be, but if you never start you never
> >>>>
> >> finish.
> >>
> >>>> Although in weeding it seems that you never finish no matter what, so
> >>>> maybe I need a different motivating mantra.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cyndi
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >> --
> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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