Monthly Archives: July 2022

July 21, 2022

Click on the picture to see the video in Flickr. At first I couldn’t lift my side that high, and I reminded Andy he had said he couldn’t do it that morning. He smiled and said he had cheated. He … Continue reading →

Life is one adventure after another…we have new garbage dumpsters in our apartment complex. Andy told me about them this morning and he said they were hard to open. He figured out the latch and was able to open the … Continue reading →

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. –Charlotte Bronte Do you think there is any truth to that? Have … Continue reading →

Andy ordered it in 2020 but it didn’t work as well as we had hoped because it needed a special high-altitude jet. It was an adventure (took over a year) to get one ordered and then installed. But it works … Continue reading →

Another thing we tried, five years ago, was this super duper brush cutter: We had great hopes for it but it doesn’t work on our rocky, uneven ground. Still, it was worth a try. July 16, 2022

I’m not sure Andy’s digging down to remove the roots of the entrenched mulleins is the best strategy. It’s a lot of work and hard on the back.. If they don’t come up easily it might make more sense to … Continue reading →

As I’ve mentioned, one thing Andy tried was soaking the roots of a mullein for about 15 minutes before trying to pull it up. It worked fine if the tap root went straight down, but it took more than that … Continue reading →

The Op Pack said their soil is like clay, so Grandpa’s Weeder probably wouldn’t work there. She’s right, the reviews say it doesn’t. Here are three pictures illustrating my results in our rocky soil. This one didn’t work, it just … Continue reading →

Andy said Grandpa’s Weeder didn’t work very well for him on the mullein in our clearing — the roots were too firmly attached to the rocky soil. So I went up today and tried it. When the rocks were fine … Continue reading →