[Ag-eq] Flowers

Fri Apr 3 13:23:27 UTC 2015

Hi Nella.
How wonderful to get honeysuckle from your Grandma's house!

Lucky you, to have found a teenager to do some of the hard work for you.  If
a teenager offered to mow our lawn, I'd take him or her up on it right away.
Though it doesn't need as much as it used to.
The herbs in my no-mow mix seem to be clover, yarrow, and some little blue
flower.  Thyme and chamomile would also be good.  The yarrow is a bit tall,
but it's ferny and has nice flowers, and tolerates some being walked on, so
it's OK. My friends the bees seem to like the new lawn.

My sister told me about a guy who was bringing goats around to mow people's
lawns.  He had a portable fence that he set up around the goats, so they ate
where they were supposed to.
Lots of people around here use gas mowers.  We don't like them because
they're noisy and smelly, and we don't want to keep gas in our shed.
We had a push mower for a while, but our grass was too thick or too tall, so
it didn't work so well.  Or we didn't get enough oomph to make the blades go
fast enough; I don't know.  Good exercise, though.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: nfoster at extremezone.com [mailto:nfoster at extremezone.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 12:04 AM
To: Tracy Carcione; Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Flowers

Tracy:

My uncle told me that he thinks my yard is to big to use a battery mower.
Do people still use the old gas ones?

I have one of the old fashioned push mowers, the kind where you are the
motor! 
It is a lot of work, but I think I will use it around the edges and around
my plants.  A teenage neighbor girl has asked to do my yard and I think I
will let her.  If I manage the weeding and the edges she should be able to
do the rest.

My front yard isn't fenced, so I can't let the goats out here.  Also goats
will eat everything but the grass when given a choice.  I would have no
plants and tall grass!

What kind of short herbs did you plant?

I'm going to get some honey suckle from my aunt.  She lives in the house my
Grandparents lived in and I love that honey suckle.  The smell brings back
wonderful childhood memories.  I'm also going to get lilac starts from her.

Nella

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

> 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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