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- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Tag Archives: Gardening
Reclaiming Earth around Old Stump – Revitalizing Existing Landscape Using Reclaimed Rock and Soil – Steve Is Busy Shifting Resources in Our Front Yard –
Here Steve sifts the dirt he has taken by force (using a pickax) from the roots of a palm tree stump. First plucking stems and tiny tree branches from the mix, he next presses what’s left through the strainer. Only small stones remain, … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Photos
Tagged Gardening, Landscape, Landscape redesign, Palm Tree Stump, Pickax, Revitalizing Landscape, Rock and Earth, Roots, Shifting Resources, Sifting earth, Stony Soil, Water, Weeds
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Trench Digging with a Hoe – Woe Is Me – I Was Reassigned from Bush Trimming to Trench Digging – Yes – We Have a Good Reason to Remove the Stones from Around the Plants –
Life as a bush trimmer was easy. I thought it was hard, but now I know better. I was reassigned to trench-digging with a hoe before I could try my hand at tree trimming. Steve sprays for weeds around the plants. He believes he … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir, Photos
Tagged Arizona, Bush Trimming, Carol Ann Hoel, Gardening, Hoe, Killing Plants, Michigan, Moving Stones, Point of Hoe, Reassigned, Sonoran Desert, Trench, Trench-digging, Trimming Bushes, Weed Killer
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Trimming Plants Continues – Steve Does the More Tedious Work – He Is So Sweet – We Are Moving from the Front Yard to the Back – Lantana and Little John Receive a Trim Today –
This Little John is the last bush I trimmed in the front yard. Steve is still working today on removing those weeds that look like rugs spreading out on top of our stone covering. This blooming Lantana was difficult to trim as the flowers were … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Back Yard, Change, Flowers, Front Yard, Gardening, Landscaping scheme, Lantana, Little John, Plans, Red Lantana, Time, Trimming plants, Weeding, Weeds
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Garden Trimming Continues – Cutting Away Jungle-like Growth in Arizona Desert – Steve Has Given Me this Permanent Job – I am Honored – Killer Steve Continues to Wrestle with Monster Algae in our Pool –
I trimmed the garden plants around the tree and limbs that were lying on top of the plants. Steve has released me from weeding, perhaps because I hate it so much. I also scream bloody murder if an ant bites … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Algae, Ant Bites, flooring, Garden Trimming, Gardening, home renovation, painting, Pool Maintenance, Pool Recovery, Scream Bloody Murder, Tree Trimming, Trimming Bushes, wall-busting
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I’m Glad to Help with Gardening – The Work Is Overwhelming until We Get Caught Up – I’m Not Used to Being This Busy – Steve Never Slows Down – He Hated Waiting for His Hip to Heal So He Could Start Back to Work – Gardening Is Temporary Work for Me – SMILE – I Can’t Wait to Take It Easy Again –
There he is trimming the Blue Fan Palm again. After he spent three hours on the palm, he cut up the Little John bush the cactus killed as it crashed to the ground. Multiplication is Steve’s best mathematical skill. He multiplies his … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Arizona, Blue Fan Palm, Christmas Tree, Christmas tree decorations, Florida, Gardening, Little John, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Trimming Bushes, Trimming Trees, Weeding, Yucca
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Trimming Red Yucca – First Project of the Day – I Really Focused on Making It Round – I Had to Quit – Many Other Things to Do This Day –
This was my contribution to yard beautification today. I spent at least an entire hour, maybe longer, trimming this red yucca. I used to trim my children’s hair when they were young. I patiently tried to make their haircuts perfect … Continue reading
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Tagged Analogy, beautification, Bush Stylist, Gardening, Haircut, Landscape Artist, Landscaper, Red Yucca, Trimming, Trimming Red Yucca, Yard Beautification
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My Weeding Project This Morning – It Took Me at Least 30 Minutes – Steve Is Back to Work Like He Never Had a Hip Replacement Operation – He Worries Me – Cactus Removal Project to Come – I Say Make Cactus Salad with an Ax – Put it in the Garbage Disposal – Steve Says It Won’t Work –
Imagine this cactus with creepy-crawly weeds embedded all around it. I scraped them into a brown and green substance using my garden tool shaped like Captain Hook’s claw. With my gloved hand I picked out the green pieces. The same repulsive weeds ran through the stones surrounding … Continue reading
Weeds HERE – Weeds GONE – YAY – HURRAH – My Husband Accomplished This Himself –
Steve came inside yesterday looking more tired after pulling weeds than on other days. I asked if he worked too hard, and he said he did not. He said he was fine. (Steve ALWAYS says he is fine. Nice positive outlook, right? … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Backyard, Gardening, Gardening Tool, Gardens, Screwdriver, Weeding, Weeds, Yard Work
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