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We didn't come here for the grass...: Home - where the grass is greener, especially from March to November!
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We didn't come here for the grass. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Home - where the grass is greener, especially from March to November! I didn't want to be one of those Irish immigrants who cried into my beer and sang sad songs about missing the ould country. Oh, no, not me. And why would I, when I can see green fields from my garden? Okay, they are only green for a a couple of months, during the rainy season, and given the drought we've been having in California, that's now down to a matter of weeks. The othe...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: The Tufty Club and other stories
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We didn't come here for the grass. Tuesday, January 13, 2015. The Tufty Club and other stories. Today I contacted the Armagh City Library. To ask if they could accommodate me for a book signing when I go home at Easter. The manager was terrific and immediately agreed. I was delighted because the Armagh City Library holds a special place in my heart - I used to live in the same street as it. Market street, 2014 - Our house on the right and the Library is house in the building on the left. Dad open the doo...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: June 2014
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We didn't come here for the grass. Monday, June 23, 2014. I love it when a plan comes together. This time last year I was laying out plastic to solarize my lawn. Well the jury is in. I wouldn't recommend it. After solarizing the lawn, my friends helped me build Wee Lee Canyon. A dry creek around the what used to be the lawn. Another friend, and very talented carpenter, constructed a pergola. You can just make out the little seedlings in the picture below. The grapes are really bounding up the posts!
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We didn't come here for the grass...: June 2013
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We didn't come here for the grass. Saturday, June 15, 2013. For want of another name, I've been calling the 20'X25' patch of grass and weeds at the back of the house "the lawn." The weeds, burr clovers, dandelions, thistles and bermuda grass were mown and watered and from a distance provided a green patch where garden designers would say you could "rest' your eye. On closer inspection it did nothing but cause me embarrassment. Something had to be done. Step one for either plan: Kill the Weeds. This can b...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: July 2013
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We didn't come here for the grass. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. When the weather is as good as it is here, you tend to use outside as another room or rooms. My grand plan for taking out the lawn involves creating a living room and a dining room outside. Eventually, I will also have an outdoor kitchen, whenever property prices increase and I can justify the investment, or I sell my book and become mega rich and famous, or I win the lottery! It just looked ugly. Four years ago, I fished two white ones (left in ...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: Writing for a great cause
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We didn't come here for the grass. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Writing for a great cause. Cookbook for a Bug. Is compiled and written by a group of gardeners who coalesced in a social media group called Gardenaholics Anonymous. I became aware of this group through Gardening Jones. A fabulous blog on gardening that I've been following for years now. One of the members has a daughter with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This is a wonderful cause and so I was absolutely delighted that Cookbook for a Book. Since I...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: October 2014
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We didn't come here for the grass. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Breakfast - the most important meal of the day! Tommy followed her to the table where Molly was just bringing out the last of the food platters filled with bacon, sausage, potato bread, fried soda bread, mushrooms and eggs. The potato bread was crispy, golden – fried to perfection. The mighty Ulster Fry – heart attack on a plate – would keep their bellies full until dinner time. Tommy’s mouth watered. And their Irish breakfast. Then there's bl...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: August 2013
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We didn't come here for the grass. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The creation of Wee Lee Canyon. The lawn is dead - or perhaps not - we'll know for certain after the rains come, but it sure looks deader than a dead thing, and I'm fairly confident that we've blasted most of those weeds seeds. So now it's time to landscape the area. Within three hours of girl power, my friends Cathy, Eva and Christal (from left to right in photo) had it dug! And halfway along the side fence too. The solarization of the soil on...
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We didn't come here for the grass...: January 2015
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We didn't come here for the grass. Tuesday, January 13, 2015. The Tufty Club and other stories. Today I contacted the Armagh City Library. To ask if they could accommodate me for a book signing when I go home at Easter. The manager was terrific and immediately agreed. I was delighted because the Armagh City Library holds a special place in my heart - I used to live in the same street as it. Market street, 2014 - Our house on the right and the Library is house in the building on the left. Dad open the doo...