Re: confessions of an anal gardener... (was leaves and winterizing)

John M Ford wrote:
> 
> Sandy,
> 
> Your neighbors won't think you any crazier than mine did the first year
> I lived in my house.  We had had only 1/4" of rain between the first of
> July and the end of September when I decided I wanted to start naturalizing
> crocus in my front yard.  Until that time I hadn't bothered to check to
> see what kind of soil I had - red clay with a dusting of topsoil!  I spent
> the better part of two weekend afternoons crawling around my font yard
> trailing 300 feet of extension cord using my 1/2" drill and a two inch
> wood boring bit planting my crocus.  And then, just in case there was
> any doubt in their minds, I started mowing my back yard about the middle
> of November and spent every dry Saturday and Sunday afternoon on my
> riding mower in coat, gloves, stocking cap and wrap around respirator.
> I actually finished the first pass of mowing just before spring arrived
> and I had to begin normal mowing.  After 7 years, most of them are still
> a little mind-boggled at the amount of time I spend in the yard, but they
> do like the flowers in the 4000 sq ft of perennial beds in my front yard.
> 
> Let'em think you're weird; they'll get over it!
> 
> John
> jford@runet in the hills of SW Virginia zone 6b
> 
 Thanks for the laugh! I moved to Bama last year and know what you mean
about having concrete for soil.
 I told my husband Bob, that duuring the wet season you can use the soil
to form clay pots to hold you plants til the ground is finally pliable
for tilling.
 Rita

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