Weeds in seed pots and elsewhere
Jane McGary (Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:58:52 PST)

Ernie wrote, "got rid of the lawn mower folks who blew the seeds of
grasses and other weeds all over after mowing the grass and weed wacking
the patios."

If you grow winter geophytes such as Cyclamen coum, the leaf-blower
fellows have to be trained. Being old enough to give up mowing my own
lawns, I hired an assiduous crew who blew the leaves off the driveway
onto the "bare" spaces where cyclamen and galanthus, etc. were emerging.
They're trained now to blow the leaves into a pile on the driveway,
where I can scoop them up for the compost bins (where pulled cress is
banned!). I also had to explain the bulb lawn, which can't be mowed
during the autumn crocus and colchicum season, and later from February
until mid-June. This is leaf as well as weed season around here, and
though I have only one big deciduous tree, my immediate neighbors
rejoice in survivors from the original oak savanna community, with
60-foot-tall oak trees -- upwind of my lot.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA