tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post4528679696324252279..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Porch Chat: Confessions About My GardeningCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-62739276083616752212008-09-08T10:39:00.000-04:002008-09-08T10:39:00.000-04:00I had to take you off the top of the ladder and pu...I had to take you off the top of the ladder and put you down one rung. Where the rest of us are standing. Every year I just plain get tired of something. I can only be motivated so much. This year, it was pruning. My Knock Out roses look like beasties. <BR/><BR/>I don't think our gardens look neglected though. At least we do something when most do nothing. I think our nothingness is still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-83154420862368953132008-09-07T21:58:00.000-04:002008-09-07T21:58:00.000-04:00I have alread confessed about my mess twice.I have alread confessed about my mess twice.Aunt Debbi/kurts momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663049154538571378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-90638249990941828642008-09-07T20:34:00.000-04:002008-09-07T20:34:00.000-04:00I have to confess that I almost let some of my per...I have to confess that I almost let some of my perennials drown due to not knowing they were sitting in a low spot in my backyard and with all the rain we've had it congregated right where they were planted. <BR/><BR/>But yesterday my guilt got the best of me and I transplanted them elsewhere. Hopefully, they will recoup.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270611634380137009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-33801126286401765212008-09-07T14:19:00.000-04:002008-09-07T14:19:00.000-04:00I guess I would confess to being a little lazy, a ...I guess I would confess to being a little lazy, a little wimpy, a little prissy, a little unfocused, and a little indulgent of Ranunculus (my dog)--when it gets too hot, too buggy, too humid, too tiring, I come in. And Ranunculus is a delicate flower, unlike his namesake--he's a blonde, shorthaired dog and he's as sensitive to heat as he is devoted to us--he won't stay inside if we're outside. Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-26302056520448064212008-09-07T12:29:00.000-04:002008-09-07T12:29:00.000-04:00Confession is good for the soul, and we fellow gar...Confession is good for the soul, and we fellow gardeners understand.<BR/>The only mulching I do is with cocoa bean mulch, and I am no big mulcher myself.<BR/>I love that the birds get to enjoy your grapes. They enjoy the mulberries and lots of blackberries at my house.<BR/>Sensational ferns in your photo.<BR/>Thanks for the congrats on my Christmas book.<BR/>TerraTerra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-33193881247140107832008-09-07T12:21:00.000-04:002008-09-07T12:21:00.000-04:00That is a very friendly invitation to do some conf...That is a very friendly invitation to do some confessions too. Our aloes are very ungrateful towards weeding and mulching. Those teeth are very sharp and it is not possible to wear gloves. We have fine grass which makes a lot of fine roots. Pull it out and you lift a clump of dirt with it, leaving a hole which will need to be filled up with mulch. sigh..ericathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03102130769291030167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-76177657586478453402008-09-07T10:00:00.000-04:002008-09-07T10:00:00.000-04:00I confess not to confess because of too many confe...I confess not to confess because of too many confessions I'll have to confess. (I just confessed, I think.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-42435849803108722112008-09-06T21:28:00.000-04:002008-09-06T21:28:00.000-04:00All this confession feels good, doesn't it? But wh...All this confession feels good, doesn't it? But who brought up penance? It was MSS! I'll have to think about that. Maybe my penance will be that I have to buy more plants this fall, and do some mulching and spend time in my garden? Yes, that's what it is going to be... gardening time!<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-63942737722003340992008-09-06T21:23:00.000-04:002008-09-06T21:23:00.000-04:00I forgot to mention that I love your porch! With t...I forgot to mention that I love your porch! With the ferns it looks so inviting. Too pretty for all of this negating talk.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-46085688046529109152008-09-06T13:09:00.000-04:002008-09-06T13:09:00.000-04:00Carol - if you could see my balcony at the moment ...Carol - if you could see my balcony at the moment ...<BR/>If I dared confess I'd be doing penance from now till Christmas.<BR/>Every time I go out there's another plant looking at me accusingly.Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-5076455948616063452008-09-06T10:27:00.000-04:002008-09-06T10:27:00.000-04:00I don't want to confess anything. Nope, nyett, na...I don't want to confess anything. Nope, nyett, nada.<BR/><BR/>Glad you got all of that off your chest. LOL.~~DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-60860168024253792332008-09-06T10:19:00.000-04:002008-09-06T10:19:00.000-04:00I confess that I neglected my cherry tomato plants...I confess that I neglected my cherry tomato plants for almost two weeks. (It was the last two weeks of summer before the kids went back to school.) When I finally got out there, I had lost tons (I mean tons) of tomatoes...delicious tomatoes...gone. Oh the shame! The guilt!<BR/><BR/>But now that I have read everyone's confessions I feel so much better. Life happens and we get busy, tired and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-17265897375675242552008-09-06T10:01:00.000-04:002008-09-06T10:01:00.000-04:00I have to confess that I don't think I've touched ...I have to confess that I don't think I've touched a single weed since June, (now I can't find the garden because the weeds are so tall), and I haven't posted on any blogs for a good month. I've been neglectful, neglectful, neglectful :-(Sherry at the Zoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087213659575570975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50756239215865777742008-09-06T06:58:00.000-04:002008-09-06T06:58:00.000-04:00Are you kidding. August was so hot and dry I didn...Are you kidding. August was so hot and dry I didn't even look at the front garden. Weeds abound. Our 11 or so truck loads of mulch pretty much took care of the back garden. I do look at it more often so it isn't too bad but I would need to do a lot of work around here before I would be comfortable to have a Sogi come visit.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-42865538146953193752008-09-06T00:06:00.000-04:002008-09-06T00:06:00.000-04:00I confess that my container plants are pretty path...I confess that my container plants are pretty pathetic from lack of watering. <BR/><BR/>I didn't get around to mulching my new border and have been fighting weeds all summer. I think they are winning. <BR/><BR/>I so enjoyed this fabulous cool day.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-42059414923572719552008-09-05T23:54:00.000-04:002008-09-05T23:54:00.000-04:00How much time do you have to listen to my confessi...How much time do you have to listen to my confession??<BR/><BR/>Carol, I love it when you admit to being a little lackadaisical about some gardening chores; it makes me feel like I'm not such a slouch. I confess to not mulching enough and not weeding enough--the vegetable garden is not fit to be seen by company! <BR/>And now that Gail has owned up to it, I have been known to leave a tool or twoRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-18738000571486203662008-09-05T23:30:00.000-04:002008-09-05T23:30:00.000-04:00It's late, and like MSS, my confessions would fill...It's late, and like MSS, my confessions would fill a book. All those that have been named and more: failure to water, failure to replace tools in a safe environment, failure to plant in a timely fashion, failure to stake, failure to prune ... and, yet, despite my failures, the garden grows! Nature is at once a cruel and a kind mistress.Cindy, MCOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094260737874973235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-18056933772432659762008-09-05T22:54:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:54:00.000-04:00oh boy oh boy! I confess I have entertained husban...oh boy oh boy! I confess I have entertained husband's idea of pouring concrete over 50% of the lot we call home. I confess I wished one day the only plants I had were the half dozen 1/5 story arbs and the pom pom junipers (which was all that was here when we moved in). I confess I still have 23 plants in the side yard in their 4 inch pots. <BR/><BR/>How's that? I feel better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-52389419176618058462008-09-05T22:14:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:14:00.000-04:00The confession's fine and dandy but what's your pe...The confession's fine and dandy but what's your penance?<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid that my confessions would fill a book--although it all revolves around, "Failed to water sufficiently". I have the grim realization while looking out at the brown garden, "Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-64750763881748316692008-09-05T22:06:00.000-04:002008-09-05T22:06:00.000-04:00It's those tempermental WOOs that get us. It ...It's those tempermental WOOs that get us. It was nearly impossible to weed in August because the ground was so hard. My confession is that I never got around to finishing stuffing all the cracks with compost. I ran out & didn't get another bag until today. I also haven't deadheaded all my Hostas yet. Those bare, brown sticks are so unattractive.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-84369943652542205542008-09-05T21:54:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:54:00.000-04:00I have to confess weakness this summer. A lot of ...I have to confess weakness this summer. A lot of neglect has occured in my garden. Fortunately, most of what I have are hardy and the Houston climate is forgiving... just enough rain with me just enough watering when there wasn't... and most things made it.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to cooler weather and perhaps, feeling better.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629439279545629954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-87076738260329915712008-09-05T21:53:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:53:00.000-04:00Carol,Thank you for inviting me to the porch for t...Carol,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for inviting me to the porch for this visit, I have to confess...that I left my tools outside in the rain last night. Who knew it was going to rain; we are so used to dry weather that I left them in the wheel barrow. Then the wheel barrow filled up with rain water and the tools were swimming in the weeds that I didn't cart to the compost pile! <BR/><BR/> I Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-81979640191561530862008-09-05T21:38:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:38:00.000-04:00I'll have to confess your 2008 mulch experience is...I'll have to confess your 2008 mulch experience is a lot like mine a year ago, Carol. We had so much rain early in spring 2007 that it seemed like a good idea to wait until the ground dried out a little. Then when it got dry I never got around to doing it, starting out this year with a mulch deficit. <BR/><BR/>Do you truly like grape jelly? Or are you making it from a sense of duty? Although I Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34311900068064030152008-09-05T21:00:00.000-04:002008-09-05T21:00:00.000-04:00I confess that I am a water miser, and because of ...I confess that I am a water miser, and because of my limited watering (I was trying to toughen up my plants, really!) early in the summer, many of my plants did not thrive even when I gave them more water...Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071261767244278953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-4915535311074147862008-09-05T20:50:00.000-04:002008-09-05T20:50:00.000-04:00It's nice to know I'm not the only gardener has my...It's nice to know I'm not the only gardener has my lackadaisical moments in the garden. I have to confess it's hard to stay motivated during the heat of summer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com