This was yesterday…..
This is today!
Yesterday something was niggling me – you know the type of something which annoys you – and it hacks you off? So I took my revenge on the weeds and guess who came out best?
Exactly!
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A backbreaking job but worth it in the end, although I do like to see the odd weed growing where it shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteDandelions are such a lovely cheery colour don't you think? Impossible to eradicate, especially when your neighbours let them run riot and the seeds blow about. Have you ever tried coffee made from dandelion root? I got some once in Holland and Barrett years and years ago, and actually, it was rather nice and I preferred it to coffee.
ReplyDeleteI hope your fingers aren't too sore today - or your back.
ReplyDeleteWell, you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Mrs Nesbitt...weed whacker extrordinaire! Remind me never to cross you!
ReplyDeleteJane x
Indeed I am ON he war path! lol! Will be ready for our visitors!
ReplyDeleteSo which cure did you go for? I am having good results with all 3, but we'll have to wait and see if any regrow!
ReplyDeleteThe results you see kath are with the boiling water - but I am now digging out the roots. I will then pour boiling water + vinegar down all of the cracks/spaces in the patio! What a task!
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise for your comment! Seeing your yard, I can tell you that I have also tiles in the back and front yards. So I also have to fight against the weeds of which the dandelions are the most difficult to remove. But the difference between for and after weeding is great!
ReplyDeleteGood job! Hope your back and/or your knees are holding up. And let's hope you don't have to do this ever again! :D
ReplyDeleteHahahaha, remind me to niggle you next time you're in my garden..!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad the vinegar is helping.
ReplyDeleteThe Dandylions wouldn't last a second in Tucson many of the wild animals living around my home would devour them in a second !
cheers, parsnip
I bet you felt better when you'd finished!
ReplyDeletewell done, great weather for taking revenge on the weeds!
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Great job, Denise! And I bet you felt better, too!! Fun post for the N Day! And a tidy yard as well!! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
ABC Team
Good job, but it makes my back ache just to think about it!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about things niggling at you, though. Nice to do something about it.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
I quite like dandelions but then I don't have a garden so don't have to dig them up ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to work off the negativity, Denise. You can come weed my gardens anytime - not the dandelions, though, as I rather like them.
ReplyDeleteI think some of your weeds flew over to my back yard. Next week its clean flowerbeds, plant some new flowers, and get ready for our Family BBQ May 1st for my 70th BD.
ReplyDeleteI will post picture of the back yard afterwards....not as brave as you. HaHa
It would be a rabbits paradise!
ReplyDeleteLove the patio!
Maggie X
Nuts in May
The weeds looked kind of cute ;-)
ReplyDeleteI am impressed! Let us know how the vinegar works. I'll try it.
ReplyDeleteIs that a rooster or hen in the bottom of the photo?
ReplyDeleteYour patio looks marvelous now.
Always feel great when I get rid of the weeds.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of you today. Did you watch on the news?
Some one knitted a whole lot of dolls for Kate and Williams wedding.
If I were to execute anything on that I'd leave the 'weeds' alone. The yellow thingies look ok to me. Then arrange things a bit, and viola! ... charming sun-drenched patio with a rooster to boot :)
ReplyDeleteHow tidy you are. I've learned to love those little pokes of green and blooms that force themselves to fill the cracks. :)
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's better taking things out on weeds, than on loved ones or on people or things that will be counterproductive. This way, you get it out AND have a beautiful yard too.
ReplyDeleteDid you make wine out of those weeds to null our niggling? : )
ReplyDeleteAh, the Niggle treatment ~ seems to have worked really well. Perhaps you'll feel like having fish and chips on the patio after smelling your next treatment of vinegar ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, you did well!! If I were weeds, I would want to be anywhere near you.
ReplyDeleteDandelions can look quite pretty when they're in flower, not that they get to flower for long on my lawn!
ReplyDeleteMrs. N, not to nag but I must admit I have two minds about dandelions. And usually the mind that wins is the "aren't they pretty!" one.
ReplyDeleteHelenMac, ABC Wednesday Team
Wow, you did work hard! I quite like dandelions myself, though!
ReplyDeleteYou picked a good patch to go to work on - it's great when the results are immediately obvious isn't it? Looking good :) Mo
ReplyDeleteWOW! You sure got a lot of weeding done. Although, I kind of liked the dandelions.
ReplyDeleteYep, its this time of year that you just have to take a deep breath, roll up the sleeves and get on out there and do it.
ReplyDeleteBut boy oh boy, doesn't it feel good when it is done!
And doesn't it look good too!
Hi Denise, thanks for visiting my blog. As you've seen, I don't destroy the dandelions - I just eat them!!
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