Texas Gardening: Pot Problem, 0 by sybram

sybram wrote:
Thanks all. You guys are great (warped sense of humour and all). That pot is top of my priority list this week. Last week was soooo full: trimmed two horses (can only do both hinds or fores at a time, because my bod is just slowly coming back since up from foot surgery), pasture spraying, HS graduation, brother's 50th wedding anniversary where we encountered "traffic from hell" on the way. One more horse to trim, and Back to Gardening!

I would absolutely love to be able to alternate my time between say.....two days of riding/training per week and the same devoted to gardening. It'll never happen. Sooooo much to weed. The vegetable gardens are easily maintained, but the house beds give me fits. I'm weeding this week and hiring grands to put down mulch (I love the red). I'm also getting a load of pretty rocks (can't remember the name of them, but they're smooth and very nice. I use them in a rock bed right in front of my house, because it doesn't drain well. The rocks have sort of sunk down into the soil, so I suppose I should have put that fabric layer under them.........hindsight, ha.

July 4th will bring in TONS of company. Can't wait for that, but it also means I miss a week or more outside while they're here and I'm recovering and cleaning afterwards. God is so good. Never a dull or boring moment here. Love it!!!

First pic is my rock bed. I wish it were morning, because the moss rose is beautiful then. I use moss rose in summer and pansies in the winter and lambs ear year round. Next pic shows how I'm dealing with rabbits this year. It's coyote urine in small plastic bottles with holes in them so the rabbits can smell it. I must say it is a problem getting those stubborn coyotes to pee in those little bottles, but, hey....... Third pic is GGD, Jennifer, 2 yo in my mater/bean patch. And last is Elizabeth trying to catch/ride Dakota (can you tell she's my great granddaughter?)