Subj : Re: food, etc... To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Sep 06 2019 16:44:50 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Aug-2019 10:36 <=- BM>>> Yes, definitely. And then Mother Nature gives 'that look' and the BM>>> weeds start to regrow.... LISB4 (I think), have considered some BM>>> sort of 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. NB>> That, too... BM> Was wandering the yard a bit the other day: weeds are back! Probably BM> can get the dead branches out of the Burning Bush by the end of the BM> weekend and so do weeding next week. Never-ending cycle, at least until the frost arrives... then it starts all over in the spring... 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. NB>> Exactly... At church we use it on the unwanted plants growing in NB>> the cracks of the parking lot... even grass or clover becomes a NB>> weed there... BM> That's true. If the weeds in the front patio were consistent would BM> consider letting them grown ==> there are some weeds which are low and BM> green and probably would good but they don't grow everywhere (the BM> patio's not that large!). So out with everybody! (Until the next BM> time!) One doesn't want the patio overgrown, anyway... there was a reason for setting out the stones... ;) 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. NB>> True... one does risk getting burnt... like sunburn but worse... With NB>> things cooling off it would be safer, as well... BM> Probably like being baked. Autumn's sandbox is in the shade but if BM> the ambient air temperature is up there the sand still could get quite BM> warm. ...Earlier this week she was playing in the sandbox -- asked to, BM> so she still has an interest. And I've known of much older kids that still enjoy playing in sand... adults, even... :) 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! NB>> Starting to revive a little in the yard, then.... keeping it cut would NB>> probably make the bad spots less obvious.... BM> As long as not cut too short and everything turns brown, obscuring the BM> bad spots! But yes, the trimmed grass does mask the bad spots BM> somewhat. Cutting too short would be another way to mask the bad spots, but not a particularly good one... Better for the grass to be more moderate.... ;) ttyl neb .... Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are high. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .