Northern weather

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe for the best - spent my 4 day weekend tearing apart the side garden and yesterday started building the new stone wall - got about 15' done - too much of the stone was too big so I spent time with the hammer shaping stone..... I need a recovery day....

The uncle of an associate of mine was a stone mason in England...his specialty was repairing dry-stone walls built as fence lines a few hundred years ago. I once made the mistake of raising the topic of stiles with him...took me three quarters of an hour to extricate myself from his conversational grasp. That said, the stuff he built/rebuilt/repaired was masterful. Some of those walls were five or six feet high and not a spec of mortar to be seen.

He'd laugh himself silly at my efforts. Fortunately, I only have to meet those standards set by SWMBO'd,

[Mitch]

Waited all spring to get on the river, but high fast water makes it impossible to fish. Finally on Sat. and Sun., we made it out for some walleye fishing. The river was near perfect on Saturday, even clearer on Sunday, so we figured the holiday on Monday would be great for fishin'. Unfortunately, Sunday night the heavy thunder showers rolled in, caved the tarp in on my boat sittin' in the yard, and the river is back up 3 feet, brown and ragin'! Dammit!!!

[robert.]

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[rogruth]

Robert,
Nice photo.
Where was this?

[robert.]

That is one foot from a bus stop in my front yard. You wont believe how that plant keeps my hedge from smelling like urine.

[rogruth]

That is one foot from a bus stop in my front yard. You wont believe how that plant keeps my hedge from smelling like urine.

OK but you gotta "splain that urine stuff. And just where is your front yard? I know it's in front of your house so where is your house?

[robert.]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia pa. That cactus keeps people from peeing in my hedge. Septa buses don't have restrooms. People would use my hedge When nature called. Now they need to walk through a patch of cacti to get behind a bush.

[rogruth]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia pa. That cactus keeps people from peeing in my hedge. Septa buses don't have restrooms. People would use my hedge When nature called. Now they need to walk through a patch of cacti to get behind a bush.

70 years ago I might have run to an alley but I would never go in somebodys front yard.
Is the flower on the cactus? Do you know what it is? Does it grow back every year?
If you don't know maybe Wayne can identify it. I like plants that do not need to be replanted every year.
Guess I am lazy and cheap.

[robert.]

I dug it up while on a trip in Texas. Every fall I would move it inside. This was one of the dumbest things to do. My hand would get covered in hairy little stingers. One year Rufus said "leave it out it will look bad all winter then come back in the summertime " he was right.

[healey36]

You could grow some great cacti in Maryland/DC/Virginia today...last check it was 97 degrees on the back-porch in the shade.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia pa. That cactus keeps people from peeing in my hedge. Septa buses don't have restrooms. People would use my hedge When nature called. Now they need to walk through a patch of cacti to get behind a bush.

70 years ago I might have run to an alley but I would never go in somebodys front yard.
Is the flower on the cactus? Do you know what it is? Does it grow back every year?
If you don't know maybe Wayne can identify it. I like plants that do not need to be rep;anted every year.
Guess I am lazy and cheap.

Opuntia compressa. -- basic prickly pear.... nice yellow flowers, nice ground cover. Can spread like a weed and tough.

[robert.]

ice cream weather.

[rogruth]

All that needs to be said is

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia pa. That cactus keeps people from peeing in my hedge. Septa buses don't have restrooms. People would use my hedge When nature called. Now they need to walk through a patch of cacti to get behind a bush.

70 years ago I might have run to an alley but I would never go in somebodys front yard.
Is the flower on the cactus? Do you know what it is? Does it grow back every year?
If you don't know maybe Wayne can identify it. I like plants that do not need to be replanted every year.
Guess I am lazy and cheap.

I'm still looking for plants that don't need replanted/replaced because the deer eat them. I have a big hole in my front yard, right next to the front porch (ever so lovely a way to greet visitors ) where a new (last year) holly bush was planted, " guaranteed" by the landscape dealer to be of no interest to deer. HA! They preferred it! They devoured it in three days. Sumbichez.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia pa. That cactus keeps people from peeing in my hedge. Septa buses don't have restrooms. People would use my hedge When nature called. Now they need to walk through a patch of cacti to get behind a bush.

70 years ago I might have run to an alley but I would never go in somebodys front yard.
Is the flower on the cactus? Do you know what it is? Does it grow back every year?
If you don't know maybe Wayne can identify it. I like plants that do not need to be replanted every year.
Guess I am lazy and cheap.

I'm still looking for plants that don't need replanted/replaced because the deer eat them. I have a big hole in my front yard, right next to the front porch (ever so lovely a way to greet visitors ) where a new (last year) holly bush was planted, " guaranteed" by the landscape dealer to be of no interest to deer. HA! They preferred it! They devoured it in three days. Sumbichez.

They won't eat that cactus. They don't touch my holly bushes or trees either.

Strangely, the deer are not out in numbers eating gardens this year around here and there is no shortage of deer either. 1st year in many where the hosta blooms and stalks have not been eaten down to the ground.