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shadesofmauve) wrote2009-04-26 06:17 pm
shadesofmauve) wrote2009-04-26 06:17 pm
Whacks weeds and zombies!
I only did a bit of gardening today, but I did a lot of yard work. The back is actually mowed*, of all things! I borrowed mower and weedwhacker from my neighbor, who borrowed them from his parents. His parents are considerably more into heavy duty yard equipment than mine. I had to be instructed in how to make the darn things go. If you pull on a lever, the mower pulls itself! The weedwhacker had an accelerator! And no cord!
Most of me thinks that burning gasoline while gardening is totally counterproductive, but part of me admits that it was really fun to have a garden tool capable of that much destruction. The gas-powered-weedwhacker is now my zombie apocalypse weapon of choice.
My across-the-street neighbor, Rob, bought his place a year or two ago, and it came with an established but unkempt garden. He's been thinning, and seeing me out putting in nasty-black-edging around the front bed, he decided I was easy prey for foisting off free plant starts. We had one of those "I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours" garden moments, and I ended up with not only the crocuses he brought over, but lots of little alpine strawberries and some raspberry canes. I think the raspberry canes are dead, but he seemed to think they might grow, and they were free. We also talked about redneck-hippy yard decor (the old rag in my front yard? Oh, that's from when I worked on my bro's bike), and I met his cat. Hooray for neighbors!
This is an excellent example of why you should always make garden beds bigger than you need them. I didn't have anything to put in the expanded front bed, and now it's almost full. Dig it and they will come.
Really, the contrast in the two neighbors is pretty hilarious. I happen to know that the one with the gas-powered tools who talks about spraying** the weeds and watered his new little herb pots with a teensy tiny watering can while wearing garden gloves is a total stoner. Learn thy lesson, haters: Not all stoners are hippies! Some are bourgeoisie.
*I really want to write 'mown'. That's correct somewhere, isn't it?
**ICK! Not near my yard, varlot! Even if I am planning on stealing your weedwhacker when the dead rise!
Most of me thinks that burning gasoline while gardening is totally counterproductive, but part of me admits that it was really fun to have a garden tool capable of that much destruction. The gas-powered-weedwhacker is now my zombie apocalypse weapon of choice.
My across-the-street neighbor, Rob, bought his place a year or two ago, and it came with an established but unkempt garden. He's been thinning, and seeing me out putting in nasty-black-edging around the front bed, he decided I was easy prey for foisting off free plant starts. We had one of those "I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours" garden moments, and I ended up with not only the crocuses he brought over, but lots of little alpine strawberries and some raspberry canes. I think the raspberry canes are dead, but he seemed to think they might grow, and they were free. We also talked about redneck-hippy yard decor (the old rag in my front yard? Oh, that's from when I worked on my bro's bike), and I met his cat. Hooray for neighbors!
This is an excellent example of why you should always make garden beds bigger than you need them. I didn't have anything to put in the expanded front bed, and now it's almost full. Dig it and they will come.
Really, the contrast in the two neighbors is pretty hilarious. I happen to know that the one with the gas-powered tools who talks about spraying** the weeds and watered his new little herb pots with a teensy tiny watering can while wearing garden gloves is a total stoner. Learn thy lesson, haters: Not all stoners are hippies! Some are bourgeoisie.
*I really want to write 'mown'. That's correct somewhere, isn't it?
**ICK! Not near my yard, varlot! Even if I am planning on stealing your weedwhacker when the dead rise!