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Posted by kevarose Kangaroo Valley (My Page) on Mon, Oct 24, 05 at 16:21
| Sandie mentioned something about having an odd weed in a pot - now this could be the one garden competition that I can win hands down - the weeds here are rampant as is everything else - round up is the order of the day but I have to wait for a sunny and not too windy day and we have not had many of those recently - the bed below is the one between my house and the pool and I would like it to look nicer - but then there are the other few acres that are also crying out for attention - I get around the best I can to it all. The second picture looks green but I assure you it is all what we normally classify as weeds. As the third picture shows, if I get the weeds out and mulch, it is pretty good at keeping weeds out - I did this little section by hand which took me and a mattock most of a day as it was windy so I am now hoping that Thursday when I have a free day it will be sunny and not windy and I can zap most of that bed of weeds and then pull the large ones out and mulch the following Sunday. But then in another fortnight I will have to round up on top of the mulch to stop the weeds that grow in the mulch .. but it's OK. The roses in these pictures are graham thomas and in the third picture a little jude is poking through and might wander up a pole for him - and a new devonesis I just planted. I hope in a few weeks the weeds in the bed pictured will be replaced by herbs and mulch ... would like to plant lettuce etc as well but the bantam chooks can squeeze through the pool fence and so they spend the day in there ....
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RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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| Isn't it hard to manage work and acreage??!!?? I am in exactly the same boat as you and I must admit it can get quite discouraging. I come up the drive and think where on earth do I start!! I have no help at all in the garden which makes it harder as there is no encouragement but you just have to keep slogging on and mulch as you go is the best thing I think. Hubby has bought his brother's little truck off him so I can now go and get poo and mulch whenever I want to which will make life a bit easier I think. Keep up the good work...Tina |
RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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| Thanks Tina - so nice to have some understanding of how impossible it is to actually pull out the weeds except in small areas etc when one has a few acres to garden - I just hope the size of my roses with lots of teas and chinas will cover the beds soon and I do not look at all this mulch. Dreams of beds full of roses and other nice things with no space for weeds to grow. |
RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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| Wow!!!!!!!!!!! This is amazing!! You even have the same dreams as me !!!lol :-)) All I really need is a small army of men to get the garden spic and span and then I'm sure I could keep up with it all!! Tina |
RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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| or army of women? or a nice mix? |
RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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mmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I think maybe men with muscles to do the actual work and maybe a couple of girls to talk to and do the hard work of supervising!!??!! I have just read your 'page' so thought I would throw in this picture of my girl, a small standard who is huge on personality!!I love her to bits....we also have a black male who is more like a cat...lives for food!!
All the best, Tina |
RE: so called 'weeds' as companion planting for roses
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| Tina she is very much like a young Harry - my almost 12 year old big poodle cross (although he is more poodle than retriever cross) - gorgeous! And I have a black girl called Violet. At least they don't eat the roses like my other animal loves. |
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