Re: Weeding somebody else's garden/Nan
Hmmm... guess you can't predict what people will do!
Nan
>Hello Nan,
> Every inch of pathway in the garden is bordered on both sides by limestone
>rock or by cedar logs. In many cases the path is between what are
>essential raised
>beds.. soil filled in behind those rocks or logs lining the pathway.
>You have to
>step up and over to get into.
> Funny... the children are instructed by their parents to stay on
>the paths..
>and they do. Kids seem to enjoy the paths and bridges to play on. It
>is the adult
>gardeners to do the breach of good manners.....
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
>
>Subject: Re: Weeding somebody else's garden
>
>
>> Gene -- have you considered some kind of little barrier to create the
>> impression that visitors are not supposed to walk off the path.
>> There are lots of low types of visual barriers, everything from those
>> wire hoop deals that you can buy at Home Depot and the like for a few
>> bucks for several feet to the cast iron ones that are reminiscent of
>> victorian era design. They are only 6 to 12 inches tall so they
>> don't really keep anyone or anything out and don't much interfere
>> with the design, but I use the to remind the kids where the garden
>> beds start and the walkways end. Seems to work here.
>>
>> Nan
>>
>>
>> >Whoops!
>> > Now you have done it, Bill. I was OK and letting this thread go
>> >by until you
>> >mentioned seeds and wandering off the paths in the garden. My two big ones.
>> > I have seen with my own eyes (when they think I am not looking)
>> >gardeners pick
>> >seed pods before they are ripe just to snitch a few. Since I collect
>> >seeds from
>> >almost everything ... and would share if they asked... this one
>>truly ticks me
>> >off. Then I do not have them and neither do they. Greed.
>> > Placing ones foot up and into a bed to lean over and see better
>> >happens more
>> >than I care to think about.... all from gardeners who should know
>>better. Last
>> >time it happened the foot came down on a rare polygonatum that had
>> >not emerged as
>> >yet.... Sigh....
>> > Even I do not walk on my beds after they are prepared and
>>planted. Had two
>> >ladies here this week to visit the garden. One kept walking off the
>> >path into the
>> >edge of the beds. The other kept saying "don't do that... can't you
>> >see the look
>> >on his face". Second replied that she wasn't hurting anything and
>> >needed bifocals,
>> >so it was OK. She did this through the entire garden tour.
>> > I remained cordial... but distant and polite. No outside noises.
>> > Thank the gods most gardeners are considerate and thoughtful and
>> >this does not
>> >happen but a few times each year.
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: <Blee811@aol.com>
>> >Subject: Re: Weeding somebody else's garden
>> >
>> >
>> >> Sometimes we gardeners can be a menace too. I know a daffodil
>> >>grower who had
>> >> some gardeners tour his garden and they decided to "help" by
>>deadheading on
>> >> their own. What they failed to realize was that he had
>>already pollinated
>> >> some of those blooms and wanted them to go to seed. Also,
>>deadheading is an
>> >> excellent means of spreading plant diseases from one plant to
>>another--They
>> >> can be transmitted on tools AND fingers.
>> >>
>> >> I've also been amazed to see gardeners, who ought to know
>>better, step off
>> >> the paths and into the flower beds to take a closer look at a plant.
>> >snip......
>> >> Bill Lee
>> >
>> >
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>> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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