[Ag-eq] Flowers

[Tracy Carcione]

Nella, I'd love to come and work in your yard!  Lots more fun than sitting
at my desk.

My husband usually mows the yard, but, when I do, I think of it like
vacuuming the house.  I go back and forth, just like when I vacuum.  We have
a battery mower, so I don't have to worry about a cord, and it turns off as
soon as I stop pressing the extra handle that makes it start.
When I think I've finished, I walk around and see if any tall patches brush
my ankles, and run the mower over them.

But won't your goats mow your yard for you?

I've made an experiment with part of my yard, planting grasses and herbs
that aren't supposed to get tall.  The jury's still out on whether or not
it's successful.  There's a lot of crabgrass, and we did mow it some, but
only 2 or 3 times the whole summer, which is pretty good.

Nella, I was thinking about your desire for honeysuckle.  If someone you
know has one that you like, you could probably take a bit of it.  I think
they root very easily.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: nfoster at extremezone.com [mailto:nfoster at extremezone.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 1:39 PM
To: Tracy Carcione; Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Flowers

Tracy:

I wish I could hire you to whip my yard into shape.

I planted 2 rose bushes last week, they will be yellow.

My cherry tree is leafing out and I think it will bloom very soon.

The grass is growing; I will have to mow it soon.

Do you all mow your own yards and if so can you give me some tips to keeping
it even so I don't leave patches?

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> I went out to clean up one of my flower beds, it being a sunny day at 
> last, and I found flowers blooming!  Crocus and miniature iris, purple 
> and blue and white.  Flowers at last, after the long, cold winter.  
> The crocus are "giant", so they have a 2-inch cup on these tiny 
> plants.  And, since they've multiplied, they're in drifts 6-8 inches wide,
all covered in flowers.
>
> Spring bulbs are great.  For very little money and time, I get 
> beautiful flowers as soon as it starts to warm up.  And they come back 
> year after year, and multiply, and all I have to do is spread them out
every few years.
> Such a deal!
>
> Tracy
>
>
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