You should have used some mulch. o^o

o^o
Maryann

I don't understand the o^o internet short hand?

Wow, those have REALLY popped out of the ground in a week, eh?

Mulch is not my friend right now. I just finished spreading about 6 cubic yards and still have 4 or more to go. Mulch is my nemesis. LOL

Ademink, I don't think any were even showing when you were down except maybe the 'Torchlight' in the front.

Are you ready for picture day? Can wait to see them! Patsy and I have been planting all day. I have not found a single bud on any of my Jap maples and the big 'Forest Pansy' red bud is dead. I think you said you have a dead maple?

The o^o is my face upside down, I just made that up. Cute, huh? I'm too old and nutsy not to be funning with you, and totally agree with you about mulch. Here's my personl dedicated Mulch Hauler, notice the back is filled with loose leaves!

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maryann, I assumed joke but didn't get it.

I got my ideas from many others but I went on to run experiments on my own to see how it worked.

It's an old wives tale that mulch increases slugs. Yes, you can find slugs under mulch but that has nothing to do with having slugs. Slugs will find their food source then hide where they can, if you don't provide mulch then they will hide somewhere else.

I still have leaves in my station wagon from the fall. I pick up bags but they always have or get holes.

Love you leafmobile, here's looking at you 0\/0

LOL...love it, Maryann!

EO, they bog hostas were up about 3" by the time we left. Remember how they literally popped up overnight? I remember the ones around where GE used to lie...but it looked like it wasn't coming back....I think an all blue June and a few others.

I am almost ready for picture day - just mulching and I'm ready.

Unfortunately, tonight when I was downtown, I picked up a case of water and stepped backward.....and my leg went about 3 feet into a storm grate b/c it had been moved by the city and not fixed. I fell backward onto the sidewalk and thought I broke my leg. It isn't broken but WOW is it bruised and swollen and I can't really walk on it.

Looks like I'll be crawling and mulching tomorrow. LOL

Oh NO Andrea,

That's horrible news. I am so sorry to hear about your accident :-( Glad you didn't break your leg, but it sounds like it probably feels as if it is anyway.

Are you planning to contact the city tomorrow to let them know what happened to you? It seems like the sort of thing they need to know about.

I hope you have some help to get your mulching done. If I lived close I would volunteer!

~Angie

Unfortunately, tonight when I was downtown, I picked up a case of water and stepped backward.....and my leg went about 3 feet into a storm grate b/c it had been moved by the city and not fixed. I fell backward onto the sidewalk and thought I broke my leg. It isn't broken but WOW is it bruised and swollen and I can't really walk on it.

You may remember that both of my sons are attorneys and you need a lawyer for sure. If you don't go in with an attroney they will assume you are a fool and try really hard to screw over you. One son works for insurance companies and the other represents plaintants, I know both sides of those stories.

sometimes i forget how nice it is to have a truck ;~)