tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post217159261293892838..comments2023-12-02T03:36:14.917-05:00Comments on Tracy Helgeson Art: Endless LoveTracy Helgesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-67872538034888724012007-05-30T17:53:00.000-04:002007-05-30T17:53:00.000-04:00Thanks Karen, you know I forgot all about that pho...Thanks Karen, you know I forgot all about that photo of the patio last winter. It's hard to believe it ever snowed here at all on a day like today.<BR/><BR/>Meno, well, I don't know about that. It has been 20 years and 4 kids after all:) All I can say is no one was interested in sex what with all the yard work to be done.<BR/><BR/>Chris, Believe me, I am with you about the lawn fixation. We don't do a thing to our lawn except mow it. It isn't really grass either, it's a good mix of clover, dandelions and a variety of other things that looks green.<BR/><BR/>I am totally opposed to using chemicals on lawns and gardens and I only use water in the garden until new plantings get established.<BR/><BR/>We used to really get annoyed in Utah when our neighbors sprayed their lawn 2x per year. We had a lovely brown lawn each August and it was a nice change of pace:)Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-30242487203071090732007-05-30T17:17:00.000-04:002007-05-30T17:17:00.000-04:00I'm a big fan of weeds. They're green and require...I'm a big fan of weeds. They're green and require no maintenance. Our very tiny yards have been steadily overrun by various weeds and I couldn't be happier. Our backyard hardly has any grass left -- it's all onions and dandelions. Every so often I go out and weed-whack them. Our front yard is mostly clover with some grass mixed in and the occasional dandelion. But last year we hired a local guy to mow out front so that we wouldn't become total social pariahs (you know how important lawns are to these Americans!) and he puts down (without asking us) some kind of weed-and-feed. I'd rather he didn't but I haven't gotten around to tell him to stop.<BR/><BR/>Grass just eats up too much water and energy -- not just mine but in terms of fertilizer, mowing, and so on -- for what it does. It's a total waste. Other countries don't have this obsession with lawns. What's wrong with us?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, all I do for gardening is cut roses off the bushes that came with the house every so often.Chris Rywalthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766746064219235983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-54892673225937979912007-05-30T16:13:00.000-04:002007-05-30T16:13:00.000-04:00The sex would have been more fun.Your yard looks l...The sex would have been more fun.<BR/><BR/>Your yard looks lovely. That stone fence is very picturesque. I can't believe it's the same place that was under all that snow.<BR/><BR/>I hope you will post a picture someday of all the different colored eggs. Or post a picture of a painting of all those different colored eggs.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-60610045461328325222007-05-30T14:16:00.000-04:002007-05-30T14:16:00.000-04:00Lovely home and gardens... and that's the patio th...Lovely home and gardens... and that's the patio that we saw with mounding snow... wondered what it would look like in summer. Your workload makes me tired... actually, so does mine and I don't have chickens ;-)Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.com