tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post2304651028377478784..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: All Or NothingFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-24575551193517438802016-11-06T17:08:49.216+00:002016-11-06T17:08:49.216+00:00A garden is an ongoing piece of work, and like you...A garden is an ongoing piece of work, and like you I do a lot of gardening in my head and when it comes down to doing the task I fulfill not even half of it. And my garden is probably just a quarter of yours if even that. How wonderful that suddenly you had all this help, and your son was wonderful to clean up all the stuff without setting anything on fire. Living in a part of the world where Carola Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8239385264191834372016-11-06T05:11:32.398+00:002016-11-06T05:11:32.398+00:00A property as special as yours needs upkeep and no...A property as special as yours needs upkeep and now help came just at the time before winter heads over the land. We have a tiny garden that just gey two gardener visits a month to keep it tidy and fresh looking. No fires are permitted here. All must go out in special bags for pickup that is biweekly during the growing season. Love your posrs each time I come by. Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85969160805103555912016-11-02T17:03:40.369+00:002016-11-02T17:03:40.369+00:00Lovely writing that makes me wish I could get at m...Lovely writing that makes me wish I could get at my own garden rather than languishing in rehab with a broken ankle...Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49293492835124343432016-11-01T00:41:22.553+00:002016-11-01T00:41:22.553+00:00Such a tender resolution...All the people who love...Such a tender resolution...All the people who love you and whom you love surrounding you. Marvelous.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68846980791709459102016-10-31T18:40:17.420+00:002016-10-31T18:40:17.420+00:00Oh for people near enough to help . . . . . !Oh for people near enough to help . . . . . !Fredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672598946758847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66010835626031849792016-10-30T13:32:27.171+00:002016-10-30T13:32:27.171+00:00You have such a wonderful way of describing the st...You have such a wonderful way of describing the stories from your life, my friend :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84297408816105549202016-10-30T11:37:01.630+00:002016-10-30T11:37:01.630+00:00i just realize that the clematis looks like a shru...i just realize that the clematis looks like a shrub and not a vine?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29226723941440195592016-10-30T01:01:29.417+00:002016-10-30T01:01:29.417+00:00I do love the way you tell a story, and all the mo...I do love the way you tell a story, and all the more so as it is true. The clematis is a beauty. Autumn does have its charms, doesn't it?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-6345885182350737182016-10-29T21:47:13.714+01:002016-10-29T21:47:13.714+01:00How funny that all three were available to help at...How funny that all three were available to help at once. Especially great that your son offered up his gardening services.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2342164791526102132016-10-29T17:41:51.198+01:002016-10-29T17:41:51.198+01:00Ralph was commenting on aches and pains yesterday ...Ralph was commenting on aches and pains yesterday after a long day cutting hay, chopping the trash on the garden and other assorted chores. I had to smile because he denies he is getting a few years of age under his belt. Today he has hay to rake but is procrastinating! I just picked 4 gallons of Thai Red Roselle calyx's to make jam. Yes I know I am getting old:). I love your posts, they areFionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348495575211204989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-27990636111098029872016-10-27T08:48:12.919+01:002016-10-27T08:48:12.919+01:00Glad you have your gardening help again. Because ...Glad you have your gardening help again. Because of our continuing drought my gardening issues are a bit different than yours.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66333518629590122382016-10-27T04:03:27.287+01:002016-10-27T04:03:27.287+01:00It's feast or famine, it seems, in your garden...It's feast or famine, it seems, in your garden. Glad you had the help at this time of year. I look at my garden over the breakfast table and keep thinking how it needs a lot of attention and cleaning up, but then I get up and head out the door to school. And on the weekends we've had pouring rain. I'm making excuses, am I not?<br />Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14258637730168592242016-10-23T16:22:33.676+01:002016-10-23T16:22:33.676+01:00I'll bet your garden looks fabulous! Pail of p...I'll bet your garden looks fabulous! Pail of plenty -- and I'm so glad you had the help. I so understand what you mean about down on the knees and up again -- such an ordeal for me. And I think, "how come? I'm not that old?" But lately have felt more fragile and certainly in the past weeks with lung stuff. So I welcome any helping hand in the garden. And my garden is paltry Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72668476470188046762016-10-22T22:58:15.609+01:002016-10-22T22:58:15.609+01:00You need a magazine column. Your stories are that ...You need a magazine column. Your stories are that good.<br /><br />I love hearing about your garden. With love and remorse I say my daughter and son-in-law will never think to help me in my yard. <br /><br />And i like I think you now often sit down even with a shovel in my hands :-)<br /><br />Love <br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68367647391257451622016-10-22T22:05:03.818+01:002016-10-22T22:05:03.818+01:00Your garden is a bit larger than mine, so it's...Your garden is a bit larger than mine, so it's nice you have three helpers. Where indeed is our energy. I am still decompressing from a westward trip last week. I don't fly as well as I did. And my sleep schedule is shot to hell. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80867524197845243102016-10-22T18:27:16.143+01:002016-10-22T18:27:16.143+01:00Wow, that surely was a treat (for your garden). I ...Wow, that surely was a treat (for your garden). I loved your description of the smell of autumn. Thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31319659286468656072016-10-22T16:04:25.731+01:002016-10-22T16:04:25.731+01:00Been away for a bit and just catching up with some...Been away for a bit and just catching up with some well written posts. All or Nothing for sure. Same here. One day there's everyone you need and next week???? Same on both sides of the pond. Glad you didn't have to worry about the bonfire. Big changes in and aboot my yard and house these past months, and now all done just in time to enjoy the rest of fall, before old man winter makes his LilliStJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771499579700164919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15511171000167828212016-10-22T04:52:15.634+01:002016-10-22T04:52:15.634+01:00Do what you can do. I only have one little garden...Do what you can do. I only have one little garden and the rest has gone wild...it is just easier that way. I used to spend about 4 hours a day weeding, deadheading...I was a slave to flowers. Now I just enjoy what blooms:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86735765075528993612016-10-22T00:57:59.960+01:002016-10-22T00:57:59.960+01:00ah the bliss and tranquility of gardening. ah the bliss and tranquility of gardening. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-33069000393250229702016-10-21T22:13:00.506+01:002016-10-21T22:13:00.506+01:00I love how the trickle became a deluge of helpers....I love how the trickle became a deluge of helpers. Well done all including you. I totally get why you can't like down while the help busy-bees. I have to do the same when my wood is being cut and my leaves been raked. Look interested and sorta "help".<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12280454848275363172016-10-21T19:54:04.024+01:002016-10-21T19:54:04.024+01:00Fires make me nervous, too. Being housebound in t...Fires make me nervous, too. Being housebound in terrible physical shape for over a decade I can't do half what I used to be able to do--and that's not all from the health issues. Age has entered into it now, too--LOL! I am thrilled for you to have gotten all that help when you really needed it! Even if old gardener didn't get his bonfire--LOL! ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-67644885593870229502016-10-21T18:19:02.106+01:002016-10-21T18:19:02.106+01:00Not having a garden , I can save all my frustratio...Not having a garden , I can save all my frustration for no longer do-able things like standing on tiptoe at the top of a ladder , changing light bulbs ...SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64753360467074313412016-10-21T17:28:37.792+01:002016-10-21T17:28:37.792+01:00I lost quite a bit of strength and flexibility and...I lost quite a bit of strength and flexibility and find it harder and harder to do the work I once did. Fortunately I have a very small garden . You have a way with words that I enjoy. Vielen DankGerlinde de Broekerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174961875518661639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-63456774032041629162016-10-21T15:37:18.783+01:002016-10-21T15:37:18.783+01:00I added to my own burn pile last Sunday. It will ...I added to my own burn pile last Sunday. It will be quite a bonfire when we finally torch it. fortunately, the pile is in an area that is clear all around. but yes, it's finally cooling off enough I can get in the yard and do some of my own fall maintenance.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29470353709644087272016-10-21T15:21:12.962+01:002016-10-21T15:21:12.962+01:00Long time I hadn't been here, time flies by ! ...Long time I hadn't been here, time flies by ! I noticed the same I become slow, I had breathing troubles and was breathless when I only pulled out one little weed. Sometimes this Facebook which I don't like is useful, as a member of a page called "Vivre à Waterloo" I found first a young man in spring who planted what was to plant and later in August a young student who cleaned Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com