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Gardening as therapy.
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The rooster's hallylooyer. Love it! What's the date of it, please?
When the Frost is on the Punkin
By James Whitcomb Riley
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock,
And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens,
And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it’s then’s the times a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin’ to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo’ lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin’ sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover over-head!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin’ like the tickin’ of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock!
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the celler-floor in red and yeller heaps;
And your cider-makin’ ’s over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With their mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and saussage, too! ...
I don’t know how to tell it—but ef sich a thing could be
As the Angels wantin’ boardin’, and they’d call around on me—
I’d want to ’commodate ’em—all the whole-indurin’ flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock!
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
-Robert Frost (1857-1963)
Thank you Garden Artist for this special thread!
This discovery reminded me of how much I miss Borders; I could get literally any magazine there. It was such a treasure house of reading materials.
What have become invasive are the Vinca Minors, but they're checked by the Virginia Creepers, which are also checked by a plant I can't identify. The stalk and leaves are something like Lunaria, but the flowers are white and different shaped. They spread prolifically, as do those absolutely miserable attacking plants of Black Locusts.
Those rapidly spreading monsters are like something from a science fiction movie. The thorns are sharp, close together and it's hard to handle them to cut them down and get rid of them. Of course, they come from the yard of someone who gets angry b/c my grapevines grow up on the fence on the common property line. But he won't cut down an invasive species tree.
Chinese lanterns over the years migrated up to the house, so they're far away from the garden, and hopefully stay that way.
However, over the years I've discovered that something which I can't identify is nibbling on the herbs and feeds regularly on the applemint and lemon balm.
CWillie, I think the beetles are the reason gardeners stopped planting Chinese Lanterns, although it might just be that they fell "out of favor". I think some of the "Proven Winners" are marketed so heavily that more people are buying them. Wave petunias also seem to be popular.
Other than dedicated gardeners, I don't see much about people planting the old garden favorites either - plants such as hollyhocks, which we had as children in our gardens.
CM - carefully speaking Physalis - you're a riot!
I grew some of the annual type for fruit a couple of years back, and pretty successfully - they germinate like billy-o, but what nobody warns you about is how enormous the plants get.
And my neighbours tell me that the landlords fought a running battle with one of the perennial monsters and got rid of it. Umm, not quite they didn't - it's back, like Arnie, in a corner against a south-facing wall.
Are all the chinese lantern plants "invasive"?
I have seen something similar, looking at online photos, what a perfect plant for fall!
Also discovered some lovely red color in the garden this afternoon, but unfortunately it's not from a desired plant. I think it's a Virginia Creeper. I might pick the leaves for wreaths.
Everything I have planted here at our new home, was planted as barefoots for the fall planting. When we moved here the end of June, nurseries were already on clearance sales! Oh my, so different from my zone 9a in the Central Valley of California! I ordered plants online for fall planting.
Or just before spring. I can do both, I think. This rose bush was left behind for me from a neighbor years ago.
My husband just snuck over a rusted old tool box, ready for the junk yard, given to him by a neighbor who just moved. We cannot have this outdoors, not allowed. He spent two hours cleaning it up. Somebody please help me! He is a hoarder! We need his time and efforts to go to maintaining what we have, and I am about to break!
Maybe, we can make room on the back porch by removing a few defunct computers, but he says No!
Something good: He found Zink, the skink in the neighbor's driveway. He is okay, but another lizard came out, Zink jumped, and went back into the bushes in our yard.
At least he is safe, still living with us. We have not seen him at all for a long time.
Waiting, waiting, Something is going to get better soon. imo.
Is it now time to cut back the rose bush? I used to ask the neighborhood gardener-he taught me a little-then said that my hubs and I could do our gardening, we didn't need to hire him, just before he was retiring. He passed a few years ago, after teaching me a clean, quiet way to blow the grass cuttings.
So, is this the month? Not sure which number zone I am in, but there are currently no blooms on the plant. Last seen, was a week ago.
Asked my dH about this, because we have purchased electrical at biglots and dollar stores with returns necessary. He thinks Costco sells a better quality, paying a bit more.
But won't that just make the total cost more?
He uses rechargeable batteries, that is his thing, and it must be saving us some money, somewhere.
Our neighbors throw away or give us their dead solar lights when he stops changing their batteries for free, and even then, it is mostly dark all the time if you are using solar.
They are high maintenance products, so we have motion detector lights now, the kind that are not too powerful. They are not too powerful when the batteries wear down, so I am happy he changes the batteries, but he waits until there is no light available left to unlock the front door. We also use a variety of high powered flashlights that can be used as a weapon, but you need to carry them. He has several headband headlights too.
BTW, my favorite is a rope light at the pathway powered on an all night timer.
Let there be light! Or a better light solution.
I'm so sorry to hear about your neighbor. Please take care. Glad you are OK now but what a terrible neighbor.
Her dog did die several years ago of a neurological problem.
We should move, since the property managers are notorious for being unconcerned.
We all have so much to be vigilant for.
Do you have a HOA?
I remember years ago, a neighbor used a similar banned substance and ended up poisoning his own dog
I would try to find any city codes for banned substances as well and write an anonymous letter
I can't tell whether you had a reaction to it or not; I checked the symptoms and it's possible you did. But if this woman is irresponsible enough to possibly continue using it, I would consider any bodily sensation out of the ordinary and worth getting checked out.
Thinking of Sharyn's comment, a larger hospital complex, especially a teaching hospital, might be more appropriate than a community or just a regular hospital. There are more resources at these teaching hospitals.
Seriously. DO NOT take any chances.
The CDC said it was good I had left the house just then, when the symptoms occured.
Fortunately, a look back on the forum is telltale as to the date of shaking. I think the cure for that was ice cream was suggested, and it worked! (Milk can help somehow, although the CDC guy reading from his little script would not agree)
Guessing I should just accept: Nothing happened, you are seeing things, that is not a sprayer, it is a dust pan, dH says, I am just crazy.
And, just like in the movie, "Gaslight", the lights just dimmed, but it was all in my mind.
Please come and visit me when they lock me away, Lol. ha ha ha, mwah ha.
I dislike the drama in real life.
I am calling the poison control center.
Update: They know where I live.
Inspite of reading that symptoms can last for months....they said I am ok. lol.
But they meant, it is not an emergency now. They do not know if there is a blood test to detct the poison.
Thank you everyone! Such good ideas! I feel very supported!