I HOPE TEH GREAT GREEN GLOB OF TORRENTIAL RAIN ON THE WEATHER MAP...GOT OUT OF HERE WITHOUT WASHING AWAY ALL MY GRASS SEED... THIS DOWN HILL CASCADE OF WATER IS DETRIMENTAL TO MY MENTAL HEALTH...
HOWEVER I HAVE A NEW PLAN... SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE OFFERING TO HELP- SOMETIMES IT IS OVERWHELMING... BUT MY NEW PLAN IS TO GIVE THEM EACH A 5 GAL PAIL AND A TEASPOON OF WILDFLOWER SEEDS AND TELL THEM TO GET A BUCKET OF THIS WONDERFUL TOPSOIL/MULCH WHATEVER( BLACK DIRT) GO ROUND THIS NEW STONE DUST PATH WE NOW HAVE AND FIND A SPOT THAT IS SUNNY AND HAVE AT IT.
PERSONALLY I HAV NOT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF LUCK AT IT... MAINLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A WEED FROM A FLOWER...
SOME OF THESE "FLOWERS" HAVE FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR WITH HUMANS- AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP TRACK-- MOST OBVIOUS-- THE DANDELION-- CHEERFUL YELLOW FLOWERS VERY SIMILOAR TO FLOWERS I SEE SOLD IN NURSERY PLACES-- NOT ONLY CHEERFUL BUT EATABLE-- AND I AM TOLD ONE COUDL MAKE WINE FROM THEM-- HOW MUCH MORE USEFUL COULD IT BE???? BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE BAD.-- THE KNOWING WORLD OF LUSH GREEN VELVET LAWN MAKERS HAVE MADE A POWERFUL POWDER TO RID ONE'S LAWN OF THESE -- THEN THE DOGS PLAY ON THE LUSH GREEN VELVET LAWN AND GET CANCER AND WE WONDER WHY?-- THEY EVEN TRACK THE STUFF IN THE HOUSE TO MIX WITH TEH DISINFFECTING FLOOR SHAMPOO TO ACCELLERATE TEH PROCESS.
I WILL SETTLE FOR GREEN-- FORGET THE LUSH PART... GREEN WILL DO.
I CAN REMEMBER........ I USED TO LIVE IN LYNNFIELD-- A VERY TIDY TOWN WITH ORGANIZED LAWN MOWING - THIS WAS A PROBLEM FOR ME BECAUSE I MOWED MY LAWN ONCE A YEAR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE KIDS HAD THAT 4H CIRCUS- THE REST OF TEH TIME SOMETHING ATE IT-- DONKEYS, PONIES, HORSES-- WE EVEN HAD A MILK COW ONCE. THIS PUT ME AT ODDS WITH MY NEIGHBORS WAY BACK THEN... I LEARNED TO AVOID THE LUSH GREEN TYPES-- BECAUSE IF THEY DID NOT HAVE DANDILIONS, IT MEANT THEY WERE CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT, AND TRAINED TO HATE THE TYPE PERSON WHO LET THOSE CHEERFUL LITTLE YELLOW FLOWERS RIPEN INTO WIND DRIVEN SEEDS WHICH IMPREGNATED THEIR LUSH GREEN EPISODES.
AS FOR THE COW-- THAT IS ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.
MEL STOFFEL IS PUSHING FOR CUTE GOATS AT CRAZY ACRES--- BUT I HAVE DONE GOATS-- THEY ARE TOO ATHLETIC FOR ME. A 4' FENCE IS ONLY A SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE TO A GOAT...
I KNEW .... AN OLDER WOMAN (15 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS YOUNG) -- SHE HAD TEH PERFECT SETUP FOR NUBIAN GOATS- WHICH SHE MILKED TWICE A DAY --- WHICH KEPT HER HANDS FROM BECOMING ARTHRITIC SO SHE COULD STILL MAKE BEAUTIFUL QUILTS..-- SHE DONATED TEH GOATS MILK DAILY TO SDP... BECAUSE THE BOARD OF HEALTH IN IT'S GREAT WISDOM DECIDED HER MILKING PROCESS WAS NOT UP TO BOARD OF HEALTH STANDARDS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION..
ANOTHER THING SHE HAD WAS A 3' DIAMETER LIQUID NITROGEN FROZEN SPERM CONTAINER IN HER CLOSET IN HER BEDROOM,- SHE HAD A L O T OF THINGS-- INCLUDING VERY WELL BRED NUBIAN GOATS WHICH SHE DONATED TO THE HEIFER PROJECT IN AFRICA.
WHAT MADE HER GOAT OWNERSHIP[ POSSIBLE WAS HER CONTRACTOR SON WHO HAD CONSTRUCTED 6' TALL --- THEY WEREN'T FENCES, BUT BARRICAIDES.. TO KEEP THE GOATS CONTAINED.
SINCE SDP/CA DOES NOT HAVE THOSE KIND OF FENCES.... NO GOATS.... SORRY MEL....
