Hi Mike, I am curious about the window screening & how you placed it around your beds? How much of a reduction in weeds did you notice? Thank you Heather On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Michael Mace <michaelcmace@gmail.com> wrote: > Subs wrote: > > >David was polite. Understand that no means no. Take it elsewhere. > > Hi, Subs. I don't think I've seen your address before. Perhaps you could > introduce yourself? > > Just to clarify, I think David's right that this is not a place to discuss > ways to evade government regulations. It is, though, an OK place to > politely > mention the wisdom of those regulations, as long as we don't let the > discussion go on for a long time or get nasty. > > Or did I miss something? > > Mike > San Jose, CA > > PS: The rainy season arrived here two weekends ago. For those of you who > don't live in a Mediterranean climate, this is our equivalent of spring -- > you can almost feel the land starting to wake up after the long summer > drought. Amaryllid seeds are ripening, the hills start to turn green, and I > rush through the last bits of bulb planting that I didn't finish in the dry > season. Little green sprouts are starting to appear in many pots. Two > thirds > are weeds, one third are bulbs. But which are which? When in doubt, I leave > them -- but that means more weeds later, and I'll never have the time to > pull them all. So I'll call them "indicator plants," and promise myself > that > next summer I'll change out the potting mix. > > PPS: It turns out that putting window screening around a raised bed doesn't > keep out all weed seeds. Darn. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >