tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post5983265338860066377..comments2024-02-23T02:02:35.985-05:00Comments on Mudpies and Magnolias: Tending the gardenMaggie Toussainthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-20922032750044333082012-07-25T14:27:52.748-04:002012-07-25T14:27:52.748-04:00Hi Beth,
I can always tell when I'm not tendi...Hi Beth,<br /><br />I can always tell when I'm not tending the garden of life. Hope your garden is carefully nurtured.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-69504045311203496652012-07-25T14:27:08.982-04:002012-07-25T14:27:08.982-04:00Hi JQ,
You're just the kind of vegetable grow...Hi JQ,<br /><br />You're just the kind of vegetable growing friend I like to cultivate. I'm so glad you enjoy growing veggies and giving them away.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-56561178013818137432012-07-25T14:26:14.503-04:002012-07-25T14:26:14.503-04:00Hi Judi, Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to m...Hi Judi, Thanks for stopping by. I'd love to meet up with you again soon.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-73420236874949422732012-07-25T14:25:49.484-04:002012-07-25T14:25:49.484-04:00Sounds like your garden is your apartment. Still n...Sounds like your garden is your apartment. Still needs lots of tending or the weeds (translation, clutter) will run amuck!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-39132535996180391452012-07-25T14:25:02.078-04:002012-07-25T14:25:02.078-04:00Thanks, Diana. Always good to connect with you onl...Thanks, Diana. Always good to connect with you online.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-70139674131414819132012-07-25T14:24:39.997-04:002012-07-25T14:24:39.997-04:00Good plan, Merrillee!Good plan, Merrillee!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-24070064918023572042012-07-25T13:35:26.481-04:002012-07-25T13:35:26.481-04:00I totally hear you. I have many gardens to tend an...I totally hear you. I have many gardens to tend and it's a term I use. Love your post! There are many applications to life in gardening.Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-38612299723386415672012-07-25T09:20:40.311-04:002012-07-25T09:20:40.311-04:00I like your post. Quite the metaphor for life. My ...I like your post. Quite the metaphor for life. My husband "tends" our enormous garden full of veggies. This has been a banner year. Thank goodness we have water and irrigation in the garden since it has been dry here. In fact we are drowning in vegetables. Can't give away enough. I think people forget how good it is to harvest a vegetable crop, but how fun it is to give away the produce too. Not to mention the rewards of tasty dinners!!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-87884996397453547852012-07-23T21:08:28.853-04:002012-07-23T21:08:28.853-04:00So much truth to this- trying to "weed out&qu...So much truth to this- trying to "weed out" the important things in life. Hope we can connect soon.Judi Toussaint Fleminnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-88130040890806427512012-07-23T16:01:45.697-04:002012-07-23T16:01:45.697-04:00I've never been able to grow anything but weed...I've never been able to grow anything but weeds when I lived in a house with a big yard. But I took good care of removing or spraying the weeds, because they had a tendency to spread to our neighbor's yard-- an old cranky man who got very upset when he saw a pretty yellow dandelion on my loan. Now, in my apartment I can't afford the luxury to accumulate things. There is no space, not even under the bed! So every quarter I have to get rid of unnecessary items, paper, clothes...Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-91732576368547885732012-07-23T12:30:06.791-04:002012-07-23T12:30:06.791-04:00Excellent blog and advice. EXACTLY what I needed ...Excellent blog and advice. EXACTLY what I needed to hear! *Hugs* So proud of you!!!Diana Cosbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417576796848731002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-57890424273970587472012-07-23T12:13:09.107-04:002012-07-23T12:13:09.107-04:00I'm trying to ignore the weeds until the weath...I'm trying to ignore the weeds until the weather gets cooler.Merrilleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617320163408645299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-76833786556318782492012-07-23T11:28:26.709-04:002012-07-23T11:28:26.709-04:00I've been keeping multiple paper calendars, Be...I've been keeping multiple paper calendars, Beth, but I need to morph over to the latest century and go electronic with my calendar to make sure work, home, and play don't get gorped up. One of my shortfalls is that I don't schedule these things I don't enjoy as much.<br /><br />I admire your discipline this morning. And now I should get back to work myself.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping in!Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-49508850293834147502012-07-23T11:20:04.339-04:002012-07-23T11:20:04.339-04:00Calendars are my friend. Scheduling maintenance fo...Calendars are my friend. Scheduling maintenance for me, maintenance for the intentional plants, and maintenance for my home. Today the contractors are weeding the chimney and back wall that needs replanting with higher grade materials so I won't have to prune the rot as often.<br /><br />I'm learning if I don't maintain me first, everything else slides. If you schedule in exercise, schedule in periodic gardening, schedule in friends and worship, a little effort goes much farther and longer so it doesn't get to the wrist thick vines.<br /><br />And this ends my scheduled break time, so back to the manuscript with a refreshed brain. Amazing how I'm writing fairly well around the pounding, hammering, crashing and other sounds of men at work!Beth T Irwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250245555272009783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-69068624667330261772012-07-23T11:19:59.934-04:002012-07-23T11:19:59.934-04:00Celia, There's nothing I'd like better tha...Celia, There's nothing I'd like better than to mow this stuff down, but I'd need a bush hog and several chain saws to do it.<br /><br />Do sticky vines flowers? Never thought of them in that light. I hate them because they poke me with their thorns and they keep coming back.<br /><br />I'm thinking to let the ground cover take over some of the beds in our yard and keep it mowed/trimmed. That would be a whole lot easier than making such there wasn't a speck of unwanted green in the mulch.<br /><br />Thanks for swinging by.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-40656757416659763952012-07-23T11:16:21.924-04:002012-07-23T11:16:21.924-04:00I hear you. I don't mind a little clover or so...I hear you. I don't mind a little clover or some of the other small stuff. Vines are my nemesis!<br /><br />Thanks for the visit, Barbara.Maggie Toussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011893139722870283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-6202422827485232792012-07-23T10:46:28.526-04:002012-07-23T10:46:28.526-04:00Maggie! There's no such thing as weeds--only &...Maggie! There's no such thing as weeds--only "Misplaced flowers." I learned that in a botany class--which turned out to be one of the most difficult courses I took. Have you ever tried to find the male chromosomes in a pistil? I didn't think so. But you have to identify such things to classify the plant.<br />All weeds bloom..therefore all weeds are flowers.<br />Your could do as I do. Mow everything down. Also, if a bush or tree can't live on its own, it doesn't deserve to live.<br />I know.. it's harsh...but I do have prioties.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740858803121444958.post-83233281509772369072012-07-23T10:45:29.692-04:002012-07-23T10:45:29.692-04:00Gosh, so I'm not alone in ignoring the weeds! ...Gosh, so I'm not alone in ignoring the weeds! i just did the bed around the flagpole with its red, white and purple petunias. without the weeds it looks empty.<br />BarbaraBarbara Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379534828904059584noreply@blogger.com