On 22/1/06 17:21, in article , "Janet
Baraclough" wrote:

The message
from Dave Poole contains these words:

So, it's a Room 101 jobby for him.

I expect in Torquay, that doesn't have the same meaning it does in
west Scotland :-)

Possibly not but it would be entirely appropriate for someone who behaves
like that - spouting it and being it.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the flowers to email me)

On 22/1/06 17:15, in article , "Janet
Baraclough" wrote:

The message
from "madgardener" contains these words:


thank you for allowing me to share a day. My gardens are my solice as well
as my pains g

Thanks Mad. Great read for a cold grey afternoon stuck indoors.
what is the Maple Appalachian Ball weeder?

It made me feel better. We had a 'war on Vinca' going on for part of last
year and it's about to be re-ignited this year. Tomorrow is my 'Vinca Day',
if it remains dryish. Last year, we completely uncovered one of the low
granite walls round the front of the house and hadn't realised how handsome
they are! But now we have little plantlets sprouting from between the stones
and in the beds at the foot of those walls. We even had to resort to
spraying one area because the infestation was so awful. There's a dear
little Vinca that I love and we have it in tubs - I think it's
'floreplena', a very small, double flower. In fact, I do like all the
Vincas but I'm not wild about their habits........! The only thing that
*might* be overcoming it in this particular area is a Hydrangea seemannii
which is completely clothing its section of wall and looks imposing, even at
this time of year and grown low.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the flowers to email me)

"Harry" wrote in message
...
yes OK, I would have stopped but for that know all Poole

thank you Harry. You've made your point. and I didn't killfile you over it,
either. Have a nice day today. we're up for 100% chances of rain.....so I'd
say the odds were pretty good for some more moisture. The peeper who woke
yesterday should be DELIRIOUS today and tomorrow....................
madgardener

In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "madgardener" contains these words:

thank you for allowing me to share a day. My gardens are my solice as well
as my pains g

Thanks Mad. Great read for a cold grey afternoon stuck indoors.
what is the Maple Appalachian Ball weeder?

Well, Appalachian males tend to get together and drink moonshine,
and then sleep it off. After a heavy session, it may be some days
before they awake, and they sometimes find that their family jewels
have become overgrown. Now, it is very painful to just stand up,
so they use a special implement to disentangle them.

But why Maple? Actually, that should be Maples. That store found
that they could not sell loungers in the Appalachians without a
ball weeder tucked on the side, because the purchasers were afraid
that they would get stuck.

So now you know.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:
[...]

Thanks Mad. Great read for a cold grey afternoon stuck indoors.
what is the Maple Appalachian Ball weeder?

Well, Appalachian males tend to get together and drink moonshine,
and then sleep it off. [...]

Not my own, but eminently worth sharing: The best-quality moonshine
is Appalachian controlée.

--
Mike.

"Ann" wrote in message
...
"Harry" expounded:

and I just mowed my lawn...........

You reposted 424 lines to add one? Snip, man, snip!
--
And you took the time to count all 424 lines? Get a life, woman, get a
life!

"Lauren" wrote in message
...

"Ann" wrote in message
...
"Harry" expounded:

and I just mowed my lawn...........

You reposted 424 lines to add one? Snip, man, snip!
--
And you took the time to count all 424 lines? Get a life, woman, get a
life!


thankyou...........I had enough snipped in 1983 to last me a lifetime.

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "madgardener" contains these words:

thank you for allowing me to share a day. My gardens are my solice
as well
as my pains g

Thanks Mad. Great read for a cold grey afternoon stuck indoors.
what is the Maple Appalachian Ball weeder?

Well, Appalachian males tend to get together and drink moonshine,
and then sleep it off. After a heavy session, it may be some days
before they awake, and they sometimes find that their family jewels
have become overgrown. Now, it is very painful to just stand up,
so they use a special implement to disentangle them.

But why Maple? Actually, that should be Maples. That store found
that they could not sell loungers in the Appalachians without a
ball weeder tucked on the side, because the purchasers were afraid
that they would get stuck.

So now you know.

Whatever you're drinking, my glass is empty...
I was picturing a gardening tool rather like the medieval weapon
called a morning star..you swings it round and round your head until
you're dizzy then let go, and it fells a whole row of laylandii.

Janet

Janet

"Harry" wrote in message
...
yes OK, I would have stopped but for that know all Poole

Too late, know-nothing Harry. You've been composted.

Janet

"Lauren" expounded:


"Ann" wrote in message
.. .
"Harry" expounded:

and I just mowed my lawn...........

You reposted 424 lines to add one? Snip, man, snip!
--
And you took the time to count all 424 lines? Get a life, woman, get a
life!

Uh - no, the newsreader tells how many lines. Got a nice life, thank
yew!
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

"Lauren" wrote in message

"Ann" wrote in message
...
"Harry" expounded:

and I just mowed my lawn...........

You reposted 424 lines to add one? Snip, man, snip!
--
And you took the time to count all 424 lines? Get a life,
woman,
get a life!

Some newsreaders report the number of lines of ASCII text rather
than the size of the post in KB. Idiot.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

In article , madgardener
writes
and I am still
determined to rip out every piece of vinca major.

A lovely ramble Maddie - I thoroughly enjoyed it. You don't have to do
all that tugging with Vinca you know, there is a patented and proven way
of removing it without hardly any effort at all.

First of all you put on your gold slippers and ensure you are wearing
your best skirt, when you are at least two inches into mud, yell
(daintily) to your husband to bring a glass of wine whilst you
contemplate the vinca. When your glass of chilled Chardonnay (maybe not
Chardonnay as it can be too caramelly) or Sauvignon Blanc arrives, have
a swift sniff, drink; and carry on contemplating,

Now, to solving the problem, unslurp the gold mules from the clay and
waddle into the garage to fetch some Glychophosphate (Roundup?) or some
that is sold in a gel. Yell, again, discreetly, at long suffering
husband to bring a few sandwich plastic bags out. Pour a little into
the bag, not too much, yell for husband, again; in a ladylike manner and
if that doesn't work, scream and ask why he hadn't the sense to bring
the tags to tie the bag in the first place and deny that it was your
fault that you hadn't asked for them.

Waddle back into the clay and now, with the drying mud on the slippers,
your gait may be a bit unsteady as there is more mud on the middle of
the sole than there is on the heel. Take your small sandwich bag, with
a little goo in it, push as many tendrils into said bag and when it is
bulging, tie it off with the tag - leave for several days or until the
plant dies. It will die and it will take the poison back to its roots.
Do this all over the garden, you don't need to get every shoot as the
root clump will be killed. Make sure you have a pair of surgeon's
gloves on so that you don't get any on your hands, gardening gloves are
too thick and will not allow you to tie up the bag - or was that the
wine?

To conclude, unslurp yourself from the clay or mud, just leave the gold
slipper in the mud if it comes off your foot; I have broken many nails
trying to fish one out and it is much easier just to leave it;
especially if you buy two pairs of identical slippers, you will always
have a spare.

I look forward to hearing that the Vinca is well and truly dead.
--
Judith Lea

On 23/1/06 11:07, in article , "Judith
Lea" wrote:

In article , madgardener
writes
and I am still
determined to rip out every piece of vinca major.

A lovely ramble Maddie - I thoroughly enjoyed it. You don't have to do
all that tugging with Vinca you know, there is a patented and proven way
of removing it without hardly any effort at all.

snip
To conclude, unslurp yourself from the clay or mud, just leave the gold
slipper in the mud if it comes off your foot; I have broken many nails
trying to fish one out and it is much easier just to leave it;
especially if you buy two pairs of identical slippers, you will always
have a spare.

I look forward to hearing that the Vinca is well and truly dead.

Watch out, Maddie - Judith is a secret gold slipper peddler and she's
determined to get you hooked, too. ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the flowers to email me)

In message , Sacha
writes
Watch out, Maddie - Judith is a secret gold slipper peddler and she's
determined to get you hooked, too. ;-)
--

Sacha


Oh, dem golden slippers
Oh, dem golden slippers
Golden slippers I'se goin' to wear
Because they look so neat.
Oh, dem golden slippers
Oh, dem golden slippers
Golden slippers I'se goin' to wear
To walk the golden street.

Now if only I could sing...
--
Klara, Gatwick basin

"Judith Lea" wrote in message
...


In article
,madgardener
writes and I am still determined to rip out every
piece of vinca major.



A lovely ramble Maddie - I thoroughly enjoyed it. You don't have to do all
that tugging with Vinca you know, there is a patented and proven way of
removing it without hardly any effort at all.



First of all you put on your gold slippers and ensure you are wearing your
best skirt, when you are at least two inches into mud, yell (daintily) to
your husband to bring a glass of wine whilst you contemplate the vinca. When
your glass of chilled Chardonnay (maybe not Chardonnay as it can be too
caramelly) or Sauvignon Blanc arrives, have a swift sniff, drink; and carry
on contemplating, Now, to solving the problem, unslurp the gold mules from
the clay and waddle into the garage to fetch some Glychophosphate (Roundup?)
or some that is sold in a gel. Yell, again, discreetly, at long suffering
husband to bring a few sandwich plastic bags out. Pour a little into the
bag, not too much, yell for husband, again; in a ladylike manner and if that
doesn't work, scream and ask why he hadn't the sense to bring the tags to
tie the bag in the first place and deny that it was your fault that you
hadn't asked for them.



Waddle back into the clay and now, with the drying mud on the slippers, your
gait may be a bit unsteady as there is more mud on the middle of the sole
than there is on the heel. Take your small sandwich bag, with a little goo
in it, push as many tendrils into said bag and when it is bulging, tie it
off with the tag - leave for several days or until the plant dies. It will
die and it will take the poison back to its roots.

Do this all over the garden, you don't need to get every shoot as the root
clump will be killed. Make sure you have a pair of surgeon's gloves on so
that you don't get any on your hands, gardening gloves are too thick and
will not allow you to tie up the bag - or was that the wine?



To conclude, unslurp yourself from the clay or mud, just leave the gold
slipper in the mud if it comes off your foot; I have broken many nails
trying to fish one out and it is much easier just to leave it; especially if
you buy two pairs of identical slippers, you will always have a spare.



I look forward to hearing that the Vinca is well and truly dead.

--

Judith Lea



roflmao...............I LOVE that~!!!!!!!!!!!! one problem though,
Judith.........over here, unless I'm mistaken (and I can be, several times
over) we don't have access to RoundUp in gel form crap!!!! That
sounds perfectly fantastic!! Now question for you........with as much as I
obviously have, wouldn't surrounding perennials be affected? Just a
question. I know that glyphosphate is systemic, but I have an enormous
amount. (still pulling, by the way, I just
can't-seem-to-control-myself-when-I-see-it...arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
my gardening friend came over and as we walked around observing signs of too
early spring, I just couldn't help myself.......I wound up climbing into the
beds and pulling out three hunks of horsetail and five more clumps of
vinca...sigh)



LOL you tickled me, though, Judith. I will start searching for RoundUp
gel....that sounds incredible.

maddie