tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post8428554944617069859..comments2024-01-19T10:38:38.041+00:00Comments on The Gardening Shoe: Garden GatecrashersSarah Shoesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-67052452840772795252015-03-21T23:07:20.701+00:002015-03-21T23:07:20.701+00:00Popping over from Over 40 Bloggers on FB and I ado...Popping over from Over 40 Bloggers on FB and I adore your gardens and your weeds. I am also learning to love my weeds...I can't let the dandelions take complete control though or they will take over my garden....Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-38529652871103984682015-03-21T11:58:17.610+00:002015-03-21T11:58:17.610+00:00Dandelions are such a good nutritional source. I u...Dandelions are such a good nutritional source. I use them in my juice every morning. It's unfortunate that we have destroyed them through pesticides and are no longer able to eat the ones out of our own gardens. Keep blowing all that wonderful glitter. xo LauraSImple and Serene Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08390085017238133076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-62957662061305829892015-03-20T19:19:50.994+00:002015-03-20T19:19:50.994+00:00You have great looking weeds. I am quite partial ...You have great looking weeds. I am quite partial to Dandys myself so cheerful and yellow my favorite flower color:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-3857366125934675992015-03-20T17:27:10.893+00:002015-03-20T17:27:10.893+00:00I was always a dandelion fan.....until I had a gar...I was always a dandelion fan.....until I had a garden of my own! I now have a totally different perspective, even though I find them quite beautiful.Marty Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334784980579392590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-27065804340491958812015-03-20T16:22:07.268+00:002015-03-20T16:22:07.268+00:00I love dandelions. I'll never understand why ...I love dandelions. I'll never understand why we call some things weeds. I think they are sunny and happy just like daisies. Happy Spring!<br /><br />Big Texas Hugs,<br />Susan and BentleySusan Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323206599839838089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-56662002520105336692015-02-03T09:59:13.905+00:002015-02-03T09:59:13.905+00:00Hi Jan - I am sitting at my desk looking at snow a...Hi Jan - I am sitting at my desk looking at snow and thinking of daffodils. It won't be long until spring.... fingers crossed. Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-69043122769268689502015-02-03T09:58:07.711+00:002015-02-03T09:58:07.711+00:00Ah yes - I love ground cover. I have also found Ja...Ah yes - I love ground cover. I have also found Jasione to do a good job. <br /><br />It's the establishing bit that causes all the weeding problems. That is where we are now. Borders being made; then left; then weeded; then I get side-tracked and they don't get planted up so they need weeding and by the time I have weeded them I don't have time to plant so the weeds grow.... and then I weed.... One day those borders will be filled with plants and I will lie in my hammock sipping a summery drink.Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-6839301256575689642015-02-03T09:51:57.415+00:002015-02-03T09:51:57.415+00:00Lucky you! I really don't like mowing. I bet a...Lucky you! I really don't like mowing. I bet all the kids loved the dandelions and daisies. I love daisies in a lawn... lovely memories of childhood.Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-51605151277784629422015-02-03T09:49:41.073+00:002015-02-03T09:49:41.073+00:00You are so right about fashion. I was just thinkin...You are so right about fashion. I was just thinking about Aubretia. It was everywhere when I was a child, then fell from favour and I seem to remember it became the butt of jokes. I hardly ever see it these days and it is such a good bee plant. I think I might give it a try. Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-90520855939712233592015-02-03T09:46:15.542+00:002015-02-03T09:46:15.542+00:00Oh! Clearly the blog has started eating comments -...Oh! Clearly the blog has started eating comments - I'm sorry. I would have remembered seeing a comment about a liking for dandelions!!!!! Respect - yes.... Like???.... I'm still working towards that one! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-80316635056093918412015-02-03T09:44:33.765+00:002015-02-03T09:44:33.765+00:00Wet the bed?! What a ruse - I wish I had used that...Wet the bed?! What a ruse - I wish I had used that one on the kids! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-55003804001754083482015-02-03T09:43:45.835+00:002015-02-03T09:43:45.835+00:00It is clover - which I love. Our last house had ma...It is clover - which I love. Our last house had masses of it in the lawn and it was beautiful. Bee heaven! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-47925401605940733612015-02-03T09:42:19.087+00:002015-02-03T09:42:19.087+00:00Me neither. I rather like the cultivated variegate...Me neither. I rather like the cultivated variegated form of ground elder. I hate ground elder though - I can't even muster up a grudging respect for it.Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-12135606747600674212015-02-03T09:36:15.877+00:002015-02-03T09:36:15.877+00:00It sounds like an excellent compromise! My brother...It sounds like an excellent compromise! My brother did the Great British Bird Watch recently and discovered that all the birds were enjoying the wild unweeded bit of the garden. He is still trying to work out how to break this news to his wife, who presumably prefers a little more order in the border.Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-11453981960945233782015-02-03T09:33:54.841+00:002015-02-03T09:33:54.841+00:00I think it just needs remarketing! I think it just needs remarketing! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-29591864739803429432015-02-03T09:33:31.177+00:002015-02-03T09:33:31.177+00:00There is always one of them which gets under our s...There is always one of them which gets under our skin... in our borders... in the paving cracks... gutterings.... veg plot... and even up the wall (where you appear to have been driven). Is there nothing to recommend creeping Charlie? Isn't there a garden version? Somebody must love it! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-868951052089851032015-02-03T09:31:18.002+00:002015-02-03T09:31:18.002+00:00Perhaps we should go into business supplying top r...Perhaps we should go into business supplying top restaurants with our carefully nurtured Urtica dioica!Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-79379960729429915072015-02-03T08:08:54.527+00:002015-02-03T08:08:54.527+00:00Haha - I now have a fab image of a furious man doi...Haha - I now have a fab image of a furious man doing battle with little Scarlet Pimpernel! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-72345461135266657392015-02-03T08:06:47.440+00:002015-02-03T08:06:47.440+00:00Thank you - I'm very pleased to hear that Andr...Thank you - I'm very pleased to hear that Andrew! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-20264278005011512772015-02-03T08:06:14.989+00:002015-02-03T08:06:14.989+00:00I agree with you about management, Shirley. I don&...I agree with you about management, Shirley. I don't have a croquet lawn, but I do enjoy a game of croquet on our less-than-perfect grass. Lawn weeds mess up my already poor shots. Then again... they provide a fine excuse for my appalling aim! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-9081081443047528192015-02-03T08:02:49.239+00:002015-02-03T08:02:49.239+00:00So now they offer an excuse to let the grass grow....So now they offer an excuse to let the grass grow... I am starting to like them more! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-73930551625741579602015-02-03T08:02:03.532+00:002015-02-03T08:02:03.532+00:00Oh they do. I am STILL finding needles in places w...Oh they do. I am STILL finding needles in places where there was no tree. I'm sure they have legs. Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-72926332657975942982015-02-03T08:01:18.014+00:002015-02-03T08:01:18.014+00:00Thank you! It's snowing here now - I have disc...Thank you! It's snowing here now - I have discovered that I love dandelions under snow (where I can't see them).Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-85499097074807420852015-02-03T08:00:16.413+00:002015-02-03T08:00:16.413+00:00Oh good! And thank you! Oh good! And thank you! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607070511807868177.post-8594568911429503492015-02-03T07:59:55.277+00:002015-02-03T07:59:55.277+00:00You are very big-hearted... and you may have done ...You are very big-hearted... and you may have done something towards deepening my affection for dandelions.Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.com