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Yes, the trick is to keep the Bermuda grass out of the cleared area. We plan to cut in a border of flat, 6 inch galvanized steel. That will prevent the roots from spreading under ground. Then, we need to make sure the above ground runners stay clipped, so they can't spread over the top. I'm also...

I know I have been absent since last Sept. But, have been thinking of coming back to let you all know what we have been up to, in the garden. Putting the 6 mil plastic on the Bermuda grass didn't really work, to kill all the roots. Sometime in Sept., we had 65 mph winds, which shredded the...

Gee thanks, Mary! I've had a lot going on. Last year wasn't as productive, in the garden, as I would have liked. This year, we decided to take a different approach, with regard to the blasted Bermudagrass, and are in the middle of implementing it. I will write more about that on Devonviolet...

Oh, GEE!!! I feel bad! :hide just found this. Thank you all for the kind birthday wishes! And @Icertuche! You sly thing you! You wished me happy birthday on BYH and didn't even tell me it was YOUR birthday! Happy Belated Birthday. :hugs

:ep WOW! What an amazing shot! :thumbsup Okay, I take it back. With views like that, I sure wouldn't mind going to Crater Lake! I would just have to make up an extra strong batch of my homemade mosquito repellant. :lol: :hide So, can someone clarify something for me? Is it Crater Lake...

We had rain all around us today. It seems the storms dissapate or blow in a differen't direction before they get to us. Sometimes that's a good thing. But lately, with all the high 100°+ temps, a nice rain storm would be a good thing. Today was no different. :hit We only got a quick shower...

Oh my GOSH! :ep You can count me out on a Spring time visit to Crater Lake! I'm like a mosquito magnet! And Chiggers? Just thinking about the itch makes me itch! I recently ended up with at least 30 chigger bites, after 10 minutes in the back pasture! UGH! Talk about three days of torture...

:lol: Too funny Red! :gig

Ugh! I'm not a fan of toxic chemicals - for anything! :sick :eek: :sick If my house glowed from toxic chemicals, I would run down the dirt road, screaming my head off, never to return!!! :th

We had 3 French Guineas. They were not the smartest birds in the hen house! The chickens ate more bugs than the Guineas. When we got tired of them eating so much feed & making lots of noise (and I don't mean they were good watch birds - 'cause they weren't) we finally butchered them. We had...

Thanks for the clarification, @Nyboy. I never heard that before.

Yikes! DH went out to feed the animals, and he was collecting eggs, from the chickens & our one turkey hen. He used the reacher to get the turkey egg, in her nest under the nest boxes. As he pulled the egg out, he realized it was attached to the gray head of a King Snake - aka Rat Snake! I...

That's the best kind of bite, when it comes to LGDs and copperheads! :ep

YIKES, @baymule! You did have excitement on the homestead tonight! Paris is an amazing LGD! She has done an awesome job taking in the lambs, to protect. How exciting to be able to see her take on that mean ol' rat snake. Knowing that she could kill it without getting bit, makes me a little...

You wrote CFR. Can I assume you mean GFR? if so your numbers look concerning to me. I am not a doctor, so I can't make specific comments about your numbers. But, if these were my numbers, I would schedule an appointment to talk to my doctor. If he says he wants to wait and see, like he has been...

I'm sorry, but that upsets me. The reason for labs is to inform us aboout potential problems, so we can make changes to prevent major medical issues in the future. IF you are in early stages of kidney disease. He should tell you, and then tell you how to protect your kidneys, by keeping them...

One of the biggest dangers, with heat stroke is kidney & liver failure. That's most likely why they gave you IV fluids (probably with electrolytes). I made sure DH drank lots of water, to rehydrate, and kept checking on his kidney output & color - dark brown is bad & time to go to the ER. Yes...

That's a really good point, Red! I'm thinking, skim off the grass and then a 12" length of plastic covered witha a good layer of mulch to hold it down.

Oh, I forgot something we DID get done in the garden, this Summer. We planted four fruit trees: Gala Apple Fuji Apple Royal Apricot Redskin (Freestone) Peach Last year we planted: a couple Navaho Thornless Blackberries a Brown Turkey Fig. We also have Two citrus trees, that we planted in...

The Texas heat is keeping us indoors these days. Mornings are in the 80's with 90+ % humidity. As the sun dries things up, the temps soar into the high 90's/low 100's. We have had several heat index readings around 110-112°. DH was out helping a friend brush hog our fence line, about 3 weeks...