Cheryl J
Chef Extraordinaire
Great pics, Rick and Casey!
Beautiful pics, guys.
I'm not much of a photographer, but I am proud of my green thumb. Here is a twisted Hibiscus plant that I picked out of someone's garbage when it looked dead and I was able to bring it back to life.
Well done. I commend you. On the other hand, I can kill most anything. It really doesn't seem to matter what plant it may be, or how hardy it's supposed to be - if I really want it to grow, it dies, and if I really don't want it growing in my yard, it flourishes.
To be honest, I think the two issues go hand in hand. We just planted our vacant lot in grass last year, and got a flourishing crop of sand burrs. Our only hope is that the grass starts to really fill in this year and chokes out some of the nasties.
I'd give anything to only be dealing with the normal lawn weeds like crabgrass and dandelions - we have them too, but they are treatable, sand burrs are not by any method we've been able to uncover except digging up each weed, one by one. In a 1/4 acre lot, that's more than the two of us can handle. Around mid July they start popping up faster than we can extract them.
Maybe if we were better at growing grass, we'd have an easier time controlling the burrs.
Lawns are a PITA, which is why I've been slowly replacing mine with native plants and ground-covers.
However, if those sand burs are annual weeds, meaning they grow new each year from last year's seeds, get some pre-emergent down now, and continue to do it as directed on the package. That will keep last summer's seeds from germinating. Basically, birth control for weeds.
CD
I use a preemergent to control crabgrass in the lawn around the house, and it does help, but everyone I've talked to says that it's ineffective on sand burrs. I don't know if they are annuals or perennials, but they are a real pain, both figuratively and literally. We have goathead burrs too, but they are a broadleaf plant and 2-4-D will kill them without hurting the lawn.
-24 wind chill this morning.View attachment 28914
Hey TATTRAT, where are you. I'd like to see some new shots. I like your stuff.
CD
Aloha!
Haven't been out shooting much, so not much to post. You can always click the link in my signature though.
Aloha!
Haven't been out shooting much, so not much to post. You can always click the link in my signature though.
Leaving NYC
Cute "Mutt and Jeff" photo, Farmer Jon.
BT, that hibiscus is lovely! I really like the ruffly pink one.
TAT, that is a great shot of NYC. It should be on the wall of the Chamber of Commerce or something.
So sparkly, cd. I hope the roads stay clear enough for drivers in the AM, though. It looks like they aren't slick right now. It also looks like the neighbor across the street has his driveway astro-turfed...