Love this, Doug, especially your last line. Suicide…LOLOLOL.

Judy Lowe/Diggin’ Its last blog post..In Maine, and other states, local fare is on the Fourth of July menu

A Master Gardener in a Butterfly Gardening program asked me why she didn’t have any butterflies in her garden. It turned out she grew lots of hybrid roses, frequently dusted with insectides (hello?)

Lisas last blog post..Eastern Cottontail rabbit

P.Prices last blog post..Roadside Foodies

Can’t write a book. After reading your reply I have come to the conclusion that I do not possess the vast vocabulary necessary to create a tome.

See ya later. It just stopped raining so must go out and turn off the sprinklers.

Jan

1) “Now, on a serious note” Lorra, Lorra, Lorra, it is impossible to be serious about this post but I give you your due – you tried mightily.

2) “Darling Doug doesn’t know everything” This is an egregious misstatement if there ever was one. D.D. does indeed know everything and proves it time and time again right here on these pages. Good grief – this is exactly the kind of thing I was posting about. Sigh….

3) Lorra, everybody knows which way North is – all you have to do is watch Santa leave – he’ll show you the way home.

with all my best wishes –

Your friend

Doug

p.s. most authors can’t write enough to fill a book – that’s why there’s so much b.s. in most of them. The good authors can take one single idea and fill an entire book with it. But that’s a secret best kept between we writers/bloggers/commentators dontchathink?

p.p.s. so when are you starting your own book? or blog?

Organic Gardening?

Simple: do not use chemicals (it will only take 2-3 years for the fishing worms to return and enrich your soil).
Mulch, using leaves (from the whole neighborhood if possible), get a little shredder for all the limbs and trimmings instead of putting them out for the trash, and make your own compost even if it is just that overabundance of leaves you collected.
Know thy enemies. If you can cuddle a kitten, you can carefully move that yucky big green worm with the black stripes and yellow polka dots to another location. He will reward you later and flutter by in the form of a lovely butterfly. And that big green worm eating your tomatoes – pretend he is an ant on the kitchen counter: squish him. The Japanese beetles? Get a popsicle stick and flick them into an empty peach can with soap and water in it. After all, no one wants a dirty bug around.
Inform thyself. If you can read this blog, you can research ANYTHING on the web. As hard as it is to believe, Darling Doug doesn’t know everything.
Last, but not least: study the sun light and shadow in your garden. That is the only way to make a guess on the type of plant. And ask your neighbor which direction North is.

Well, like many people, I would like to be a writer, but could never write enough on any subject to make a book.