tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post115499916879516135..comments2023-11-02T07:53:45.876-07:00Comments on Girl's Gone Child: The Garden of WeedenGIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155499336962693462006-08-13T13:02:00.000-07:002006-08-13T13:02:00.000-07:00Our back yard sucks, too. Hope your hollywood pro...Our back yard sucks, too. Hope your hollywood proximity comes through for you. I think we're screwed, though. My kids are destined to play in the weeds for their entire childhood.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667140531327670081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155096132158568582006-08-08T21:02:00.000-07:002006-08-08T21:02:00.000-07:00I am totally hopeless. My front yard is such an em...I am totally hopeless. My front yard is such an embarassment - the part that is not dirt is crabgrass. My excuse for now is that starting next year we'll be parking roughly a bin per year on it and there's no point until we're done... Yeah, that's the ticket.kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155082166102389702006-08-08T17:09:00.000-07:002006-08-08T17:09:00.000-07:00That variety of morning glory you have is the same...That variety of morning glory you have is the same one they plant on the side of freeways. (I know because I have the same stuff growing over a wrought iron gazebo in my backyard.) The good news is that it's gorgeous, the bad news is that it thrives in the heat and is a tough plant... oh wait, actually that's the good news. You can totally hack at the vines and not hurt the overall plant and it will bloom all summer. It probably looks great along the fence, right? Just not ALL OVER the backyard? I would go to the base of the plant where all the runners start and just cut straight across with your pruning shears, just like they were scissors. Then you can either yank it all up like a carpet or wait a couple days to dry out. If you wait a couple of days, anything that has rooted will still be green and you can yank that up separately. <BR/><BR/>I know it seems like a huge project but it will probably only take you an hour to pull a majority of it up. I go out in to my yard and do a 20 minute "runner yank" about once a month in the summer. Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155079527825768752006-08-08T16:25:00.000-07:002006-08-08T16:25:00.000-07:00Ooh, can I write a letter of recommendation or som...Ooh, can I write a letter of recommendation or something? You guys would be great on one of those shows. Plus, it would give you a great excuse to buy some new tv-ready hats for A.Mom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155075890534759342006-08-08T15:24:00.000-07:002006-08-08T15:24:00.000-07:00Maybe a morning glory relocation program?? Hee...Maybe a morning glory relocation program?? Hee...Chickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464391259920737902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155074916301573162006-08-08T15:08:00.000-07:002006-08-08T15:08:00.000-07:00I'm a little upset by your pictures. Why?...I have...I'm a little upset by your pictures. Why?...I have seen those vines before. They are X-Files vines and will grow into your house and attack the TV. If you cannot stop them they will take over the channel selctor. The end result is no reception except Fox. The only defense is a weed killer like Round Up. Fight back before it's too late!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155069773513897782006-08-08T13:42:00.000-07:002006-08-08T13:42:00.000-07:00I had grand plans this year for the garden at our ...I had grand plans this year for the garden at our first house. It looks like a weed explosion. Every time family comes over I just tell them that "next year" is when we have big plans to make it look decent. <BR/><BR/>I went to disney when I was a kid and had a knee that was so bad my parents rented the wheelchair so I could see the place? We too skipped every line. How cool is your Nanny too!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887803142491240945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155066652455368082006-08-08T12:50:00.000-07:002006-08-08T12:50:00.000-07:00I applied for the same home makeover for my back y...I applied for the same home makeover for my back yard last year and they never called... the jerks.<BR/><BR/>The same vine stuff ate my veggie garden this year and then we had a microburst storm finish it off. Lovely back yard... just lovely.<BR/><BR/>Hope you can find the sandbox soon! That first photo of Archer looks like an old fashion shot... so early 1900... cool!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950880083795695746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155065934398504042006-08-08T12:38:00.000-07:002006-08-08T12:38:00.000-07:00I applied for a HGTV show where they bring in a ma...I applied for a HGTV show where they bring in a marriage therapist and a designer to figure out why our house isn't a more harmony-inspiring environment. I got a call back and they were all ready for us to come in for an interview, but it turned out we were about an hour and a half too far from NYC for the producer's liking. Sigh. I can really relate to your weeds, metaphorically speaking. It's like my disorganization is this big vine strangling the household. Hopefully your problem is a little more aesthetic than that, though. I'll be looking forward to seeing the "After" pictures. I'm jealous of you West Coasters that are near all the good HGTV show producers. Go get 'em!Binkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161541480469324280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155062111540822012006-08-08T11:35:00.000-07:002006-08-08T11:35:00.000-07:00I've never seen it (King of Queens) but they must ...I've never seen it (King of Queens) but they must have them some cleva writers. JK.GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155061813080601882006-08-08T11:30:00.000-07:002006-08-08T11:30:00.000-07:00As soon as I read Garden of Weeden, I immediately ...As soon as I read Garden of Weeden, I immediately thought about that episode of King of Queens. I love that show!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13153813792289640964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155058969026871742006-08-08T10:42:00.000-07:002006-08-08T10:42:00.000-07:00Oh dear. I see that many of you need the assistanc...Oh dear. I see that many of you need the assistance of camera-ready professionals as well. I'll drop your names if we make the cut.<BR/><BR/>Nicole R- The little one is a Boston Terrier, very similar to a Boxer in personality, just smaller. Great dogs, both of them. Amazing with kids.<BR/><BR/>Frank- Are you offering your services? DUDE! I'll supply the wine spritzer and apps. COME OVER AND SAVE ME!<BR/><BR/>Karen- I think you're right. Problem is we have animals so I get nervous. I'm also very anti-killing anything alive. Like, if an innocent spider fell prey to the poison, I would feel awful. It's kind of insane.<BR/><BR/>Giddy- They are Morning Glory vines and at first I thought they were glorious. (Hee). Now I hate their guts. Assholes. If we don't get the show I'm going back there with SLAYER on my IPOD and I'm going to go apeshit on their tangled asses.GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155053329834737912006-08-08T09:08:00.000-07:002006-08-08T09:08:00.000-07:00you could have always called me to give it a littl...you could have always called me to give it a little "queer eye" make-over. i keep a good garden<BR/>LOL. miss ya sweetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155051370608624622006-08-08T08:36:00.000-07:002006-08-08T08:36:00.000-07:00All the other post-modern-Trader-Joe type mommys(n...All the other post-modern-Trader-Joe type mommys(no offense to anyone who shops at Trader Joes, really. No, really...) will scoff at this and throw up their hands in horror, but the only way to deal with that is to use Round-up or some other such killer of all things green. If you chop them down, they will come back. More of them will come back. And every time you cut them back, they will grow again. My friend, it's time for the destruction to commence. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes we have to burn it all down to the ground to get it to grow anew.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000259728837506250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155047383789389942006-08-08T07:29:00.000-07:002006-08-08T07:29:00.000-07:00I am so not a gardener, so I'd be competing with y...I am so not a gardener, so I'd be competing with you for one of those makeover my yard shows. Although I remember the more overrun gardens in my neighborhood being more fun to play in, in an Alice in Wonderland/Secret Garden kind of way.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612468442701491963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155044846115278532006-08-08T06:47:00.000-07:002006-08-08T06:47:00.000-07:00I'm no gardener but we have this problem as well a...I'm no gardener but we have this problem as well and my advice is to get out there and start tearing that shit up. Pull them off of anything they are clinging to or cut them back. It will clean up your yard and might be a good stress reliever. If you need that kind of a thing..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155042229062556092006-08-08T06:03:00.000-07:002006-08-08T06:03:00.000-07:00Ugh. A garden. I'm sooo not a garden person. Howev...Ugh. A garden. I'm sooo not a garden person. However, those weeds would drive me batty.<BR/><BR/>Then I'd hire a gardener.<BR/><BR/>Hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155033915844883092006-08-08T03:45:00.000-07:002006-08-08T03:45:00.000-07:00Thank God for TV and Nanas.Thank God for TV and Nanas.toyfotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925976386177377987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155031893609909352006-08-08T03:11:00.000-07:002006-08-08T03:11:00.000-07:00Hope you get onto one of those tv shows. I tried f...Hope you get onto one of those tv shows. I tried for my Mum.. apparently her yard wasn't shithouse enough. Shame, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1155028568087146472006-08-08T02:16:00.000-07:002006-08-08T02:16:00.000-07:00Good luck with your garden! At least your dogs ar...Good luck with your garden! At least your dogs are gorgeous. Are they both boxers? One seems too small.<BR/><BR/>I personally love to garden, but even I had to scale back this year -- nothing like a baby to cut into your free time.Nicole R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02871058550675072036noreply@blogger.com