Re: Re: CULT: Trashing Irises


> 
> All culled seedlings are dug and then shredded by the lawnmower."
> 
> What a good idea, Walter!  Gives me a way to speed up the composting
> process.  Irises don't give up easily (nor do compost pile pickers-
> uppers-of-tossed-culls).  I don't intend to be mean--I just want people to
> have some of those "best of the best"--like you do.
> 
> Neil Mogensen, 7a near Asheville, NC


When I  lived in Ft. Worth, the city used to carry off garden waste 
without it being bagged, boxed, or bundled.  I once had a pile of 
culls in the drive near the curb for the sanitation department to 
pick up.

You cannot imagine how that pile got rearranged by the picker-uppers. 
 I had to rebuild it every afternoon after I got home from work.  
Many times the rhizomes were scattered all over the drive and I 
smashed them when I drove into the garage.  Once, a school bus loaded 
with elementary students stopped.  They hauled off a goodly amount, 
leaving few for the sanitation department.  It was after these 
occurrences, I developed the lawnmower technique.

Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8



 

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