Stupid landlord. I used to do the landscaping for my house, they even used to pay me. But my stupid next-door neighbor, who pays thousands of dollars for professional landscapers to do her "property" (stupid "property") complained that my landscaping was not up to her standards. So my landlord fired me, and now he sends around the very cheapest workers he can get, same as he does with all the house maintenance, to mow the lawn and trim the hedges. I live in fear of what they might do to my plants. And yesterday my fears were realized. A landscaper was here with his two kids, one with a leaf blower, the other with a weed-whacker! And they weed-whacked my herb garden nearly straight down to the ground. Grrr.
July 4, 2007 at 1:50 pm
OMG. That would send me into a blind rage.
All I have is Greek Basil for herbs and luckily my landlady owned her own nursery in PA so she’s been instrumental.
I seriously wasn’t watering and repotting correctly, so she gave me some tips and now my green thumb is coming out with pride.
I’m really, truly sorry about the careless, insensitive landscapers. Maybe you’ll have to plant ‘em on a porch or something. bummer.
Have you had a lot of “no-seem-ems”.?.those have been all over my leaves. I shake ou t the leaves and they fly everywhere!
July 6, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Hi! Thanks! You believe that shit? I don’t know if I’ve got noseeums but I’ve got lots of bugs – maybe some flea beetles? The kind that jump around with a little flea-like ping when you disturb them, plus the aphids…. My fava plants are mostly not producing beans, even though the plants look healthy. Only a few plants have any beans on them. I wonder if it’s something to do with the bugs eating them? Or maybe the soap I’ve been spraying? I wonder if I’ve kept the little flowers from getting fertilized by dousing them with soap? It’s kind of disappointing. That’s life in the garden, I guess…