flowerbug
Garden Master
in the south there were plops and spits from chew and smokers inside the stores. it didn't matter if there were ashtrays or whatever provided...
as for up here, yes, they have bins outside the doors for butts.
Organic gardening 2025
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in the south there were plops and spits from chew and smokers inside the stores. it didn't matter if there were ashtrays or whatever provided...
as for up here, yes, they have bins outside the doors for butts.
flowerbug
Garden Master
i'll be hoping you can stick the landing this time.- Thread starter
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akroberts
Deeply Rooted
I remember vaguely the cigarette butts being all over the place and now I am always picking them up in my yard because my husband has the habit of just throw it on the ground.
flowerbug
Garden Master
we used to have people emptying their car ashtrays on the side of the road at the corner and i would regularly have to pick up butts, but gladly that sort of thing has decreased in recent years.
my brother used to do that around here too and we asked him to put them in a can we kept in the garage - i think he flicks them along the road... i dunno for sure as we've not talked about it recently and i don't check his pockets or car ashtray.
my brother used to do that around here too and we asked him to put them in a can we kept in the garage - i think he flicks them along the road... i dunno for sure as we've not talked about it recently and i don't check his pockets or car ashtray.
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akroberts
Deeply Rooted
I'm starting to feel better today so I might try to get some gardening going. Hopefully I can get enough cardboard to cover the weeds and then cover it with rocks before I start the garden beds. I also have to let the blackberry bushes alone until winter this year and then I am definitely going to find a place for them to be. I can't even count how many of them are in the garden area right now.
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akroberts
Deeply Rooted
I went to get the eggs and decided to start some work in the garden. I pulled every morning glory plant I could see and I put them in the trash can. I found around 5 or 6 squash plants from seeds that were over looked last year. Not sure what type they are so I might dig them up and bring them inside until I can identify them.
Dahlia
Garden Addicted
I love when I find surprise plants in the garden!!!
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akroberts
Deeply Rooted
I wasn't expecting to see any because I did do everything I could to remove all of the seeds but oh well, my garden decided to tell me it's time to get it going.
Dahlia
Garden Addicted
One year I spent hours tilling the soil trying to remove all of the potatoes on one side of my garden before planting my new crops. By mid summer I returned from a vacation and there were potato plants popping up everywhere and literally choking out multiple plants!
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akroberts
Deeply Rooted
I know that feeling. I have had so much trouble with my garden for so many years it's aggravating. I had to deal with my tomatoes being overwhelmed with squash and my peppers getting overwhelmed with corn and it's always a fight and in the end it's always a new lesson learned. The neighbor planted the morning glory plants and now I have to deal with the yuck from it. The crabgrass was planted before my husband and I bought our house in 2007. It's okay though because I told my husband why I am going to cover the ground in cardboard and top it with rocks, then he just kinda looked like the light bulb lit up. It's a good thing that the Dollar General just a few minutes from me is going to let me take all the cardboard I want.
