Subj : Re: food, etc... To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Aug 30 2019 00:37:20 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Aug-2019 11:51 <=- NB>>> Having done the work, you can see the difference, though... :) BM>> Yes, definitely. And the Mother Nature gives 'that look' and the BM>> weeds start to regrow.... LISB4 (I think), have considered some sort of BM>> weed killer but that tends to create other problems NB>> Yeah... I'd stay away from weed killer... it might kill the good NB>> plants as well... BM> And apparently has caused illness and death to humans: recent an BM> almost constant barrage of lawyer-commercials with regards to Roundup. That, too... BM> ...Personally I/we have stayed away from using weed killers just BM> because they tend to kill off desired vegetation: killing the weeds is BM> fine but also kills off the clover. Exactly... At church we use it on the unwanted plants growing in the cracks of the parkinglot... even grass or clover becomes a weed there... BM>>> So far, so good! Oh, and the other shrub, the one that's gone BM>>> except of the stump. Original thought was Autumn's sandbox would go BM>>> there - nope: when she's here it's sunny and no shade nearby. NB>>> Well, that puts a different shade on things.. ;) BM>> She seems to be satisfied with her sand box -- the old one. Doesn't BM>> play in it too often though some of that is due to too darn hot BM>> outside or rainy. Maybe a new one next year, though where it would go BM>> is still up in the air. Attach wheels to a mattress frame so can move BM>> around.... NB>> And by next year, she might not be much into sandboxes anyway... BM> A possibility. Recently has been playing in the (old) sandbox -- BM> probably helps it has been cooler: 90ø and 90ø sand is probably not BM> that comfortable! ...We'll see what happens next year. True... one does risk getting burnt... like sunburn but worse... With things cooling off it would be safer, as well... BM>> Make Mother Nature's 'return to natural' work for us! Got rather BM>> weedy where the shrub was while I was gone -- the weeds got pulled and BM>> looks like some grass has tried to start. Will take some time for the BM>> shrub's trunk to deteriorate. NB>> Sounds promising... :) BM> And with the drought the grass that had tried to grow died off, or at BM> least has gone into a hibernation stage. Grass in the lawn in general BM> is so-so: some small dead/hibernating spots. Rain at the beginning of BM> the week helped to revive but still looks bad. OTOH still needed to BM> be cut the other day! Starting to revive a little in the yard, then.... keeping it cut would probably make the bad spots less obvious.... BM>> Probably so. Seems campers and boats are in driveways for only a few BM>> days and then disappear. Boats stored at a marina makes sense; BM>> presume something simlar for campers. Know there are numerous marinas BM>> locally; quite a few camper sales sites, no idea where parked BM>> long-term. ..Hmm: yes, there are long-term storage facilities, some BM>> are similar to a parking garage or warehouse. BM>> https://www.extraspace.com/blog/self-storage/vehicle-storage/the-best- BM>> storage-options-for-an-rv-trailer-or-camper/ NB>> There you go... makes sense... :) BM> Yes, was just one of those things I had not paid all that much BM> attention to as don't have a boat and don't know anyone well enough to BM> ask or think about when chatting. Understandable.... BM>> In this instance the procrastination didn't pay off: dead, though by BM>> now we're absolutely-positively 100% certain. NB>> For being sure, the procrastination did pay off anyway... :) BM> True. LIS, working on clearing out the dead branches from the Burning BM> Bush in the back yard. Looks better already! Wil have to trim out BM> the shrub in the front eventually - But First! Yup. :) ttyl neb .... Windows not found: (A)gonize, or (S)mile? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .