Re: fleas..Re: If you knew in advance you'd get Fibro would you get a pet?

It wasn't a dark and stormy night when lightlady wrote:

> "Vashti" <vashti.nl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:20050731195421.47636bf6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[snip]
> > I do that all the time, losing words that is- not chemically
> > castrating, LOL!
>
> I'm glad it's word-losing too LOL

Yep, I just had to clarify cause when I reread the post it looked
kind of evil to me. ;)

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> > <sniff> My garden is too small for a lawn to be any good...
> > there'd be no space for *plants*.
>
> what about planting vertically? trellises, containers, and
> espalier type stuff. ive even seen a "Living Wall" they used
> close-wire fence and put it on bothe sides of a fence (posts
> closer together than normal) then filled in tween the wire-fence
> with a soil mix and those water-holding-gel-thingies, added in
> some soaker hose and wa-la instant garden plot. i'm gonna try and
> make one once we take down a couple trees ( the trees are where i
> want it to grow )

There aren't any walls, 2 sides are hedged in then there's the house
which is basically window and the 4th side is the shed which is
mostly door, an open space for I guess storing wood left over from
when the place had a fireplace(there used to be a big coal bunker
thing in the shed too). I've got tiles to get to the patio and shed
and around a couple of planting areas. My upward planting is trees
that decided to grow here... I just let them grow, got a couple of
beech trees and one weird one I can't tell what it is that flowers
and has orangy berries. I love the shade they bring plus they also
hide the view of the apartment blocks behind my house. :)

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> > It's 5 years here in The Netherlands plus you have to be a
> > certain distance from anywhere that uses pesticides and the
> > like... really hard start up that is, an organic farm. Ex
> > boyfriend of mine has one.
>
> i think it's the same here... i wasn't gonna do the cert. route
> anyway, it's for folks who sell there product. i consume mine <g>

That's the best way! :)

> > If my neighbours aren't using chemicals my garden is organic...
> > I'm ruthless with my garden: if it won't grow unaided it's just
> > not suited to my garden. :) Using the old trees is great cause
> > all the good bugs will love living there!
>
> i'm the same way in my garden, but if it doesn't like one spot,
> i'll sometimes move it to another... and old trees if cut to the
> right height make great seats to keep all over the yard :-) never
> need painting, and when there no longer sit-able, they head to the
> fire-pit

<g> If any of my trees grow big enough to make log seats there won't
be space to walk in my tiny garden, LOL!


Vashti
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