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Gardening

In reply to the discussion: About Bumble Bees [View all]

mopinko

(70,090 posts)
8. yeah, i think i will have to. unless i can get some goats in here.
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 11:16 AM
Oct 2021

honestly, i was sick and putting up w so much bs from neighbors this year, and the whole place is a mess.
i'd rly like to get a couple cashmere goats, but not right now.
so, looking to rent a couple, and get this place put to bed right, at least.

if i cant find them, i will pull out the roundup. i know it is not the cosmic threat that it is made out to be. it's creeping thistle, which, i think, is a variety of canadian thistle. and creep it does.
it is gorgeous, tho, imho. i have a dear friend who is a proud scot, and it sort of got in by attaching itself to her. lol.
i did sell a bushel to a witch in the neighborhood, but....

i have elderberries that are wild here, and a big patch of goldenrod. lots of dandelions.
i let the creeping charlie go until other things start blooming.
i try to grow at least one nightblooming flower. nicotonia is a fave. god the perfume.

and yeah, they are doing ok w/o accommodations, but a bee hotel made out of a old doll house is just cute. and i try to teach as much as grow.

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