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garden police gone wild?
So were these cops master gardeners too?
God help anyone who grows ornamental grasses!! You could get a life sentence!!!! If the cops had too much free time on their hands, they should have been spending it trying to track down real criminals instead of trying to force their sterile sense of aesthetics on the neighborhood. Then again, gardeners rarely shoot at them (unless they get them really ****ed off!!). Probably next you will hear some story about a cop that shot and killed someone who was coming toward them with a weed wacker and claiming it was self defense!!!! You can never be to careful when dealing with these criminal masterminds!!! Dave Allyn (Dave Allyn) wrote in message ... This reminds me of a neighbor just up the block: He got a notice from the town basically stating that if he didn't keep his grass less than 12 inches, he was going to be fined. Let me note that he has an immacculate lawn. no weeds, mows once a week to keep it perfect, etc... Needless to say he was abit upset. he called the town, and asked what was the deal, and where did they see grass to be cut? they looked up his address, and said the cops say tall grass on the north side of his garage. " Tell then they are F***'n Idiots!!! those are my day lillys!!!" click This discussion is very pertinent to me right now. I have a brand new bed (my 80 year old neighbor didn't recognize the difference between roundup and something specific for dandelions and killed off most of my parking strip.....LOL). So in the dead sod I planted giant grasses last fall, and bulbs, and early this spring planted (by seed) rows of tall and short wildflowers (tall in the center, short at the edges) Things like nemophila, linaria, poppies, california poppies, flax, bachelor buttons, dame's rocket, annual phlox, lupines, larkspur, foam flower, sweet alyssum, etc. Unfortunately, the only ones I recognize for sure, having grown them before, are poppies, california poppies, alyssum, and linaria.For a long time, I thought I would let everything grow and sort it all out later, but of course there's lots of grass coming up, as well as dandelions, and some other familar weeds of this area. (Most of the wildflower seeds also sprouted). My worst mistake was thinking that a certain spade-shaped leaf was something precious, but this past week, it has started to resemble something I recognized very well - BINDWEED!. Fortunately, all in the seedling stage, so easy to remove. I will report on it as an experiment, in the middle and at the end of the summer. It occured to me that most of these things will be bloomed out at the end of July, so I have planted some four-oclocks, cosmos, and lavatera to take over at the end of the summer. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm nuts as I stand on the street or sidewalk looking into this bed of what looks like a derelict waste garden intently, then reach down and pluck out a single plant here or there. I'm hoping that in 2 or 3 weeks, they will understand better what I was up to. email: daveallyn at bwsys dot net please respond in this NG so others can share your wisdom as well! |
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