Re: Weeding, in theory
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Weeding, in theory
- From: N* L*
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:34:11 CDT
Janet:
Uh oh, I think I see myself here...I wouldn't presume to thin anyone's
flowers, but I do find myself pulling weeds without even realizing that I'm
doing it! I was at my daughter's a few weeks ago, and I got there before
she did, so I occupied myself with pulling grass out of her flower bed. And
when I visit my mom, I always pull a few weeds. Then, there was the time
(well, okay, last month) when I pulled all the weeds from my neighbor's side
of our fence. At least I asked first! Do you think it offends people?
Maybe I'll try to get a handle on it. The first step is admitting you have
a problem...
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
>From: SkyWeaver9@aol.com
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Weeding, in theory
>Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 20:17:18 EDT
>
>Janet..Is your Mom jealous of your garden/life? Is she feeling insecure
>about being there ? I am not making excuses for her....just that if I try
>to
>see the other persons point of view..the less chance there is of me killing
>them and spending the rest of my life in jail..:O) I certainly emphasize
>with you......
>
>Kay
>Zone 7
>Chattanooga, TN
>
><< s weeding; No, I haven't got
> time to deadhead; I know the soil's too clayey -- the soil was that way
> when we bought the house. This from the woman whose garden has died from
> neglect.
> So I let her prune the overgrown climbing rose and deadhead the
> bigroot geranium, and asked her to please help my daughter plant the
> annuals. Harmless, right? Well, I just found out that she pulled out
> most of my Disporum sessile 'Variegatum'. "Those aren't weeds!" I
> exclaimed.
> "I know that, but they are choking your tree peony." If she had been
> here a week earlier, she would have seen the tree peony blooming its
> head off. She meant well, but to do this without even thinking of
> asking...I'm floored....in a few hours I'll be annoyed.... Yes, I'm
> especially sensitive because she always feels my decisions are mistakes.
>
> Anybody else ever had their garden invaded by somebody who "knows
> better"?
>
> J
>
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