I Hate Weeds!

If you think tackling weeds is fun, please come to our yard and have all the fun you want . I do love the wee flowers - they are pretty and cute - until they grow into a massive jungle. Out here if unkept, they would dry up and die and it would be impossible to pull out as the roots would by then be miles into the ground. Our clay dirt can be like cement. Oh, I forgot you had raspberries !

Some weeds actually are kinda cute. I do love the little flowers - oh but the rest of it grows monsterously and spreads everywhere. How is your garden at Solitaire this season?

@much2say I do not see you these days Must be busy in the off line world Solitaire garden is as green as ever but with new flowers.

I never get to them fast enough. I was working on them slowly from a couple months back . . . but geez they grow way too quickly.

@much2say Like weeds .Lol!

@much2say ........thanks. I've been researching gardening.

I need to do all that right after I get rid of the weeds . . . but then I don't get around to it . We have some mulch around certain areas, but boy we'd have to get a lot for the whole yard. Good idea about the cardboard.

Weeding a day keeps the doctor away . It really has taken a lot (too much) of my time - and it's not something I want to do . It's truly great when someone else can do all the yard work . . . it is loads of work and as I'm getting older, I'm realizing I can't possibly do this every single year in spring .

@much2say back in the good old days when I was young and could bend I didn't have much trouble keeping up with the yard work. It was tiring but good exercise. When I decided to move where I am now my first criteria was to make sure I had someone to do the yard and shovel the snow. I'm too old now to do any outside work.

Those weeds come from nowhere and grow like crazy. Ochro is okra?

@much2say Yes it is.

It's a huge job to make sure you get every bit of weed root out or else they will grow back . That's exactly what I tell my mom . . . she has very fair skin and I tell her to not be in the sun too long. I remember disliking the cute squirrels for chomping up new plant sprouts - I don't blame your step mom. If only the squirrels would chew up all the weeds - they'd have a whole buffet - but I'll bet they hate weeds too .

I guess you have to get every little piece of weed root out . . . but that is nearly impossible. The spiky ones are a terror of seeds when dry - I can't get rid of them fast enough. Was the grass intentional?

@much2say You can always use weed killer but it only lasts so long.

I guess there are many different clover types? I love clovers when they can be kept at a short lawn level - but these guys (maybe they are more like wood sorrel looking at photos) get tallish and grow burrs underneath. If they get dried out, they are a pain. I'd keep 'em if they laid low . . . the problem here is they all get tall and turn our yard into a jungle. Dandelions can be a pain too - for us it's the littler ones. We try to get to them before they turn "blowable" but I swear sometimes they just pop out of nowhere. I have heard mint can be very invasive. I try to do the weeding early in the morning while the soil is somewhat moist . . . and then I do them in patches in the shade. I love the sun - I just don't want to be under it all day to pluck out weeds . Yah true, always nice to spend time with my mom .

@much2say Wood sorrel have the yellow flowers and, as long as you haven't sprayed the yard with anything, they can be eaten in salads or just by themselves. They're good. I've never seen burrs on wood sorrel, though. I think you have more than two different types of plants growing in that photo. Mint is a real pain in my tush. I didn't realize they'd start tasting bitter if the different types mingled and that's what happened in the flowerbed. Pretty shouldn't have put chocolate mint in the same flowerbed as regular mint. Mingled, they're nasty tasting. There should have been warnings on their packages that they are invasive. I didn't know that. After a rain, especially if they've been mowed before the rain, dandelions will grow really tall and make the yard look overgrown in a day or two. Pretty just mowed the day before the rain and then it looked like she hadn't mowed at all and she won't go back out until the whole yard looks overgrown, not just the dandelions. *SMH* My mom never worried about weeds in the yard. She always had a kid handy to mow whenever she wanted one of us to mow. I enjoyed talking with her whenever but did get tired of the constant calls to come do work at her house... It seemed like I was the only one she ever called.

I think I missed the timing of planting sunflower seeds this year, again. I hope to see photos of your blooms!

Wow, no weeds at all? Here that doesn't seem to be possible . . . we have enough wind all year round plus creatures that are transporting or eating/pooping out seeds.