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Went out to feed the birds this morning and spotted a dandelion waving its yellow head at me. They'll take over your yard if you let them,so I dug him out. Good for me, I thought. Then I saw another and another and----.
Next thing I knew, several hours had passed and I wasn't even aware of it yet till I straightened up and discovered my back was sore. There were weed piles all over the yard for me to rake up and toss on the compost pile [that stuff will turn into "black gold" in about a year ] I even trimmed the honeysuckle vine on the arbor that the humming birds love so much. And I'd managed to pull up some wild Columbines that spread like wildfire and smother out my pretty hybrid ones in more delicate colors. I'd managed to break a nail and my hands were stained green as grass [mechanic's hands have nothing on me!]
I looked around and smelled the air perfumed with flower scents, got a whiff of wild onions my nabor mowed over, saw and heard the birds happily singing away, my little dog, Tippy, patrolling the fence,the grass that already needs cutting, and marvelled at how fertile the earth is and how productive. And I got a great swell of "well-being" and re-entered the house thinking "My God, It's good to be alive!"
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Take care, Jen
A neighbor gave me a half wine barrel once with potatoes planted in it. They moved and couldn't take the barrel with them. I found after a couple of years that the potatoes were in there when they finally made their way to the daylight. The white ones were pretty tasteless but the red ones were good. I still have some coming up every year. Potatoes are pretty hard to get rid of. They leave tiny bulblets no matter how hard you try to dig them all out. Here in California I have found that there are a few things that you just cannot grow successfully. Potatoes, most apples, Daphne, and some other things I can't think of right now. The white potatoes were tasteless, as I said, the red ones were good and still are. Apples needed the Washington climate and the Daphne has no odor. We have very Alkaline soil and most things grow better in Acid soil. I don't think it would be hard to treat the soil but it seems like a lot of wasted effort and money. I can get along well enough. My brother in Wash. used to raise wonderful potatoes but then he had access to a lot of things like steer manure and mulch right on his little farm. He could grow anything.
Good luck with the sweet potato. I hope it multiplies and you have a whole lot of them next year. Let me know.
Love to hear from you. Nan
