Subj : food, etc... To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Sep 07 2019 08:30:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> Never-ending cycle, at least until the frost arrives... then it NB> starts all over in the spring... Gives me a reason to go outside besides sit and sip coffee or water! 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!) NB> One doesn't want the patio overgrown, anyway... there was a NB> reason for setting out the stones... ;) Well there was sort of an ulterior reason for the front patio: there's a sidewalk near the front of the house from the driveway from the front door -- postman walks on that and drops off the mail, then continues on and was making a slight path in the grass. So years ago when we had the front yard redone decided to "don't fight it, join it" and have a decorative sidewalk installed. ...Discussions and looking, decided a small patio would look better and more purposeful than a bunch of blocks lined up. 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. NB> And I've known of much older kids that still enjoy playing in NB> sand... adults, even... :) So might need to get a small rake, some coloured pebbles... ...She does tend to pile the sandup and bury things, then rescue or dig up when re-piling. The other day was doing a bit of 'experimenting': poured some water into a bucket of sand to harden/make it stick together. Wasn't anything like stacking multiple blocks of sand, just wanted a single bucketful of sand with sharp rather than tapered edges. 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. NB> Cutting too short would be another way to mask the bad spots, but NB> not a particularly good one... Better for the grass to be NB> more moderate.... ;) Definitely. Too short and the grass won't shade itself, making things worse. Had received a little rain, plus the fog/humid conditions put some moisture back in the ground which greened up the grass some, or at leats doesn't look as dead as it did. Still dead spots and some cracked earth. Supposed to rain tonight. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I'm part Scotch -- my other part's water. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .