Strawberry Box

Last weekend's project - building a box/frame for the strawberries.

And planting flowers along the edge of the veggie garden.

So pretty! How come you don't have weeds on your paths? What's the secret?

Gwen

TIFF,
VERY nice!! i am soooooo green with envy.

GWEN,
i suspect yet ANOTHER PREENER like me, heheh re: no weeds in path

Best;
bluelytes

Gwen, the trick to no weeds is to take the photo one week after you smashed down the paths! LOL!!

...we'll see how it looks in another month after the sun has come out and the weeds (horsetail, in particular) have had time to poke their heads up through the flattened soil. ;-)

How do you smash down the paths?

Gwen

This might be a bit unconventional, but with my butt!

LOL!!

To be precise...
1 - I dug the paths out, then put the extra dirt into the beds.
2 - I raked the paths to be roughly level. (Though there are some bumps!)
3 - Then I set down a foam knee pad and sat on it, cross-legged. Worked in the bed I was facing: leveling the soil, planting, and weeding.
4 - Repeated #3 going the opposite direction (facing opposite beds).

The paths are just wide enough for my behind/back and legs.

(I sit in the paths while planting and weeding.)

I also walk the paths regularly, while wearing my MuckBoots, in an effort to keep the paths compressed.

If you look at the strawberry picture, there is an unfinished/unflattened path in front of it. Still some loose soil to smush down. I haven't finished planting the bed opposite the strawberries, thus, not fully butt-mushed. LOL!

This message was edited Jun 9, 2006 7:24 AM

TIFF,
Ohhhhhhh, THATS what THAT is, buttprints, lol. Very impressive, ;) :))


Best;
bluelytes

Hehe!! You'd be amazed at what they can flatten!!

Hmmmm. Do you hire out?

Gwen

If you hire your butt out, do you charge an arm and a leg? ROFL

Have a good weekend all :-P

ROFL. You guys are "crack"-ing me up.

.pun intended.

Laughing so hard my cheeks are hurting.

Gwen

We didn't mean to make you the BUTT of our jokes Tiff :-)

Keep hold of those cheeks, Gwen. You know what Captain Safety says "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye."

BTW, did anyone read the news story about the owner of a Chihuahua that beat the breeder over the head with ..... well, I won't spoil the ENDing ... as it were ....

Gwen, Your cheeks are hurting? Maybe you should try sitting on one of those foam pads so they don't hurt so bad. LOL!



This message was edited Jun 11, 2006 7:49 AM

MARI,
Hmmm, does that mean its legal to sell your butt, ummm, for gardening purposes, of course, LOLROF And LOL re: arm an leg.

Best;
bluelytes

What's this? I'm away a couple of days and the PNW forum has deteriorated to derrière jokes? LOL Go ladies!

KATY,
You are mistaken, they are BUTT JOKES!! :P :P lol

Best;
bluelytes

heh heh.
Can I just say how proud I am to be a PNW gardener here at Dave's...

Hehe. Oh the things you can do with your bottom in the garden! ;-)

I just had to post a photo of what 3 weeks of watering and sun, without weeding can do to a lovely garden path. LOL!!

But just look at the growth on that lettuce. MMMMMMMMMM salad. :-)

Oh, I need to get out and weed! It's taking over!

Actually, I have been out and weeded bits and pieces here and there. Trying to get in at *least* 20 minutes of weeding every day, but that's spread between the front and back...thus, the veggie garden has suffered.

Wow Butt be gone really helps weeds.

BTW Katy I am far from a lady lol. Ernie

LOL Ernie!

Ernie, Excuse me (red faced)! lol There I go assuming again. Pun intended!