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Eva Janie Martel, GSD, 07-02-18 to 07-02-25, RIP Eva with Pyg, now both gone. DD's helped me to finish digging the grave yesterday. My Vet gave her a shot to knock her out, and said it also contained 4x the normal human dose of morphine, so she was out of pain. There we were, the 5 of us...

Let me begin with something good--I harvested all of my garlic today. More on that later... Today I get to dig my dog's grave. I cleared out the very weedy 3' x 6' bed that hasn't grown anything good in 4 years, even though I dug out one ft down 5 years ago in the Fall and deposited straight...

They Said that the heat broke last Friday. They lied. 87 today, starting with 60% humidity, Still Hot, sweating profusely with every effort. I cleared the bed for Eva's grave (below). Today I get to dig it out, then back into the AC.

Lynx avoiding everyone and everything...

The tropicana rose is recovering nicely and I have lots of rose hips on the Mr. Lincoln rose. The latter shows Japanese beetle damage on a leaf. I had to flick one off of the bud to take this picture.

I Think that he wanted DH and I to ignore the junkyard that his son has started 2 doors north of us. HE told me that they had a "recycling business." What do I care--nothing on my property OR near my animals... FIRST TIME a neighbor has EVER helped me for free in 25 years here. He lives kiddy...

Notice in the 3rd picture how the stumps are the same diameter as the 8inch wide fencepost! :eek: I was hoping to get the wood, but I really don't care that they wanted it for burning later. They left me a pile to take back to my firepit for this Fall, AND there is a dead cherry tree 12 ft...

Sometimes you just have to make peace with them. I have let the softer and easier to pull out grass come into my wildflower bed bc they are creating shade for the wildflower seedlings. They can be pulled later. I lost 1/2 the bed and had to reseed, so I won't be bothered by them. I discovered...

I had to show you what my neighbors did for me. I thought that they were done, but when I was about to drive off and drop them the double batch of brownies, they were finished the east fencing. Take a look!!:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/weeds/worst-weeding-mistake-you-can-make I'd like to add that by removing the biggest part of a bindweed plant and throwing it in the trash before it sets seed, makes it harder for it to multiply out of control next year. Today I was on my God...

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I have not ever used weed barrier. I'd like to know your line of reasoning TO use it and then to NOT use it. You have me intrigued!

Face Planting--(def) A legitimate form of gardening.

Comes the rain today, finally! DH and I mowed the north pasture yesterday. Day before I had chopped down saplings along the fenceline, and we transported them and the bigger limbs to the burn pile in the north pasture which took 2 hours. I Don't care that the weather report said that the...

The recent storms in the last week passed us by to the north and south, even a deluge that hit DD's house 2 days ago, 12 miles north of us. Yesterday, it poured on us twice, the first when I had gone outside to prune down trees in the north pasture and the 2nd at 5:30PM--watched from the kitchen...