dang cold weeding
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- Subject: dang cold weeding
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:50:58 -0700 (MST)
Donald Mosser said:
>>My father rarely allowed me to use a hoe when weeding the customer's
>>flower beds, but >>insisted that I pull the weeds by hand so that I would
>>be sure to get to the "root of the
>>matter".
Thank you for being so diplomatic about my naughty hand-hoe. I should have
made it clear I wasn't going anywhere near the rhizomes with it. But even
so, considering how long some of those TB roots can be, no doubt I
shouldn't use it at all. It's just so dang cold out there when the dirt's
38 degrees!
But your daddy was right, of course, and I am ashamed of myself. Hand
weeding is the right thing to do. I'm not eager to be doing it in January,
but really, why do I worry? Any plant that thrives despite Arkansas'
routinely erratic temperature swings has got to be fairly indifferent to
the refinements of cultivation methods.
Gary D. Sides said:
>>In Tennessee winter often is just warming up for the big chill (or
>>perhaps , KILL)!!!!
>>Therefore, the first warning to the wise is to sit tight and leave those
>>winter weeds in place, for they will provide surprisingly good protection
>>from those late freezes.
And this came from a book? OK! That's all I need to hear. No weeding until
February! Yippee!
Celia Storey
storey@aristotle.net, Little Rock, Arkansas "Snow ain't
covered the garden.
USDA Zone 7b (uppermost part) The
gardener longs to forget
the struggle."
