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On 2019-02-06 5:42 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/6/2019 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.Â* Fact is, I'm not
>> interested in gardening.Â* I'm content to buy food from either the
>> grocery store or the local farm stands.
>>
>
> We've had a garden a few years but it is more work that it was worth. If
> you like tending the garden, enjoy, it can be a good hobby.Â* It was
> work, not fun for me.

My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow and a lot of other
things to maintain the house, so having to spend at least half an hour
every day tending the garden was just and extra unwanted chore. if I
went away for the weekend I would come back to garden overrun with
weeds. Then the critters would eat my produce. When the veggies were
finally ready to harvest they were dirt cheap at local farmer's stands.





>
> Even with no garden, we usually had two or three tomato plants.Â* You
> just cannot beat a fresh from the garden tomato.Â* Even the ones from the
> farmer's market are not as good. A pot or two of herbs is easy too.


Cherry tomatoes, some beefsteaks, sage, thyme, oregano, basil, parsley
and cilantro. That is as much gardening I care to do.

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 15:38:15 -0800 (PST), GM
> wrote:

>Jill McQuown wrote:
>
>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.
>
>
>Uh, he has never said that, not in the years ('bout 20) I've been larking around this here froup...

That's true, I've never once told anyone what they should do, I've
only said what I do and for all I care others can play with
thenselves, which is what they usually do.

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-02-06 5:42 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/6/2019 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.* Fact is, I'm not
>>> interested in gardening.* I'm content to buy food from either the
>>> grocery store or the local farm stands.
>>>
>>
>> We've had a garden a few years but it is more work that it was worth. If
>> you like tending the garden, enjoy, it can be a good hobby.* It was
>> work, not fun for me.
>
>My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow.

An acre of lawn to mow ain't shit, can't take more than an hour or two
with a push mower.

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
snip
>
>My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow and a lot of other
>things to maintain the house, so having to spend at least half an hour
>every day tending the garden was just and extra unwanted chore. if I
>went away for the weekend I would come back to garden overrun with
>weeds. Then the critters would eat my produce. When the veggies were
>finally ready to harvest they were dirt cheap at local farmer's stands.
>
snip

Around here the summertime sun gets up at about 5-5:30 a.m. I really
like going outdoors with my cup of coffee and wandering around and
seeing what is going on, pulling a couple of weeds here and there and
pretty soon I am fully engrossed in taking care of the garden. At
that time of day everything is quiet and the smells are fresh. I
dread getting too old to be able to do that.
Janet US

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:32:53 -0500, wrote:

>On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2019-02-06 5:42 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/6/2019 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.* Fact is, I'm not
>>>> interested in gardening.* I'm content to buy food from either the
>>>> grocery store or the local farm stands.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We've had a garden a few years but it is more work that it was worth. If
>>> you like tending the garden, enjoy, it can be a good hobby.* It was
>>> work, not fun for me.
>>
>>My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>>in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>>lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow.
>
>An acre of lawn to mow ain't shit, can't take more than an hour or two
>with a push mower.

If you're really moving and discharging the grass, probably not that
long. I've done it.

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:32:53 -0500, wrote:

>On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2019-02-06 5:42 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/6/2019 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.* Fact is, I'm not
>>>> interested in gardening.* I'm content to buy food from either the
>>>> grocery store or the local farm stands.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We've had a garden a few years but it is more work that it was worth. If
>>> you like tending the garden, enjoy, it can be a good hobby.* It was
>>> work, not fun for me.
>>
>>My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>>in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>>lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow.
>
>An acre of lawn to mow ain't shit, can't take more than an hour or two
>with a push mower.

Also, if his garden is overrun with weeds after one weekend, I'd like
to know what fertiliser he uses.

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 18:29:46 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/6/2019 5:42 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/6/2019 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.* Fact is, I'm not
>>> interested in gardening.* I'm content to buy food from either the
>>> grocery store or the local farm stands.
>>>
>>
>> We've had a garden a few years but it is more work that it was worth. If
>> you like tending the garden, enjoy, it can be a good hobby.* It was
>> work, not fun for me.
>>
>> Even with no garden, we usually had two or three tomato plants.* You
>> just cannot beat a fresh from the garden tomato.* Even the ones from the
>> farmer's market are not as good. A pot or two of herbs is easy too.
>
>I understand that. Gardening (even herbs) is not something I'm
>interested in doing. But I like plants.
>
>I've got some lovely non-edible blooming plants outside. I never have
>to use fertilizer. Last year they both stayed budded but didn't bloom.
>I didn't cut them back, just let them grow. Now they're both busting
>out with buds and blooms: :)
>
>https://i.postimg.cc/sx3XJpft/pretty.jpg
>
>and in a lighter shade:
>
>https://i.postimg.cc/L8G8Wd6k/pink.jpg
>
>The blooms this time of year make me feel happy and cheerful. :)
>
>Jill

Camellias?

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On 2019-02-06 7:32 p.m., wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith

>> My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>> in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>> lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow.
>
> An acre of lawn to mow ain't shit, can't take more than an hour or two
> with a push mower.
>


That's funny coming from the guy who took three hours to clean your
driveway with your tractor. It takes me more than an hour to mow my lawn
with lawn tractor. My property is not a simple square or rectangle. It
is a triangular and goes back 465 feet from the road. It divided into 5
different sections. There are a couple stone walls that separate the
front yard and back yard.

There is a stream that runs through between the back yard and the barn
and a row of trees that separates that from the fourth section. Then
there is another stream and the fifth section beyond that.

For the first couple of years I did it with a walk behind more. Each
section took me an hour. During the spring it needed to be mowed twice
a week. I used to do at least one section a day. If it rained and was
too wet to mow I would have to catch up by doing two or more when it
dried up.

My wife had a job working at a school for the trainably mentally
retarded.. and yes, that is what it was called in the late 70s. They
had a lawn care program and they worked cheap. When that program folded
I bought a lawn tractor.

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:39:57 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>snip
>>
>>My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>>in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>>lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow and a lot of other
>>things to maintain the house, so having to spend at least half an hour
>>every day tending the garden was just and extra unwanted chore. if I
>>went away for the weekend I would come back to garden overrun with
>>weeds. Then the critters would eat my produce. When the veggies were
>>finally ready to harvest they were dirt cheap at local farmer's stands.
>>
>snip
>
>Around here the summertime sun gets up at about 5-5:30 a.m. I really
>like going outdoors with my cup of coffee and wandering around and
>seeing what is going on, pulling a couple of weeds here and there and
>pretty soon I am fully engrossed in taking care of the garden. At
>that time of day everything is quiet and the smells are fresh. I
>dread getting too old to be able to do that.
>Janet US

Me too. Early morning is the best time to be outdoors.

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Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-02-06 7:32 p.m., wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 19:18:33 -0500, Dave Smith
>
>>> My parents always had a garden and as much as I disliked having to work
>>> in it I felt compelled to have one in when I bought my house. That only
>>> lasted a few years. I had an acre of lawn to mow.
>>
>> An acre of lawn to mow ain't shit, can't take more than an hour or two
>> with a push mower.
>>
>
>
> That's funny coming from the guy who took three hours to clean your
> driveway with your tractor. It takes me more than an hour to mow my lawn
> with lawn tractor. My property is not a simple square or rectangle. It
> is a triangular and goes back 465 feet from the road. It divided into 5
> different sections. There are a couple stone walls that separate the
> front yard and back yard.
>
> There is a stream that runs through between the back yard and the barn
> and a row of trees that separates that from the fourth section. Then
> there is another stream and the fifth section beyond that.
>
> For the first couple of years I did it with a walk behind more. Each
> section took me an hour. During the spring it needed to be mowed twice
> a week. I used to do at least one section a day. If it rained and was
> too wet to mow I would have to catch up by doing two or more when it
> dried up.
>
> My wife had a job working at a school for the trainably mentally
> retarded.. and yes, that is what it was called in the late 70s. They
> had a lawn care program and they worked cheap. When that program folded
> I bought a lawn tractor.
>

I bet Popeye could have mowed yoose yard, and humped yoose wife, in only
15 minutes.

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On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 8:32:13 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> My wife had a job working at a school for the trainably mentally
> retarded.. and yes, that is what it was called in the late 70s. They
> had a lawn care program and they worked cheap. When that program folded
> I bought a lawn tractor.
>
I'm not being facetious; what is the program called now?

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On 2019-02-06 10:25 p.m., wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 8:32:13 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> My wife had a job working at a school for the trainably mentally
>> retarded.. and yes, that is what it was called in the late 70s. They
>> had a lawn care program and they worked cheap. When that program folded
>> I bought a lawn tractor.
>>
> I'm not being facetious; what is the program called now?
>

It's not. The school board succumbed to pressure to integrate their
kids into regular classrooms. it's a shame because they had a very
dedicated staff of teachers and TAs who gave them a basic education and
some vocational training in the types of jobs they would be able to handle.

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Sheldon wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 15:38:15 -0800 (PST), GM
> > wrote:
>
> >Jill McQuown wrote:
> >
> >> Sheldon thinks everyone should be growing food.
> >
> >
> >Uh, he has never said that, not in the years ('bout 20) I've been larking around this here froup...
>
> That's true, I've never once told anyone what they should do, I've
> only said what I do and for all I care others can play with
> thenselves, which is what they usually do.


Well, what do we expect from "Jill the Spill", she spends her waking hours with her snout ensconced in a trough of Gallo...

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Greg