Tools of the Trade
Swamp Hag versus the environs……………
I suited up again and continued my assault on the nettles……………
I am happy to say (am I?) that after a number of years “the powers that be” have given the @%#$&*@#$ nettles its own call-name.
“Fireweed” finally seems to be the commonly accepted name…
Well, that rolls off the tongue easier I guess…
The insidious weeds are still highly invasive…
So I spray……………
And I slosh……………
And I waddle……………
But if I am anything……………I’m persistent…
I can wear anything down……………
……………just ask Paolo……………
I have an internal glee at seeing the nasties withering out there…
However, the Brazilian Soda Apples appear to be swilling the herbicide and asking for cheese and crackers to go along with it……………I’ll have to think on that one…
Jimmy Billy (our fabulous repairer-of-all-things) showed me a hand-held blow-torch…
I like it…
Plus it’s easily procured on the computer…
I can do that…
Incendiaries added onto nasty chores is always a plus for a pyromaniac…
I’ll just add the toasted marshmallows to the baked soda apples…
It is the dry season, so maybe I should wait until after a rain before I torch the Soda Apples……………so I don’t torch the pasture……………so I don’t torch the neighborhood……………and so on…
But hand-held lawn-torches REALLY appeal to me…
As much as my herbicide doesn’t contain glyphosates…………………who would trust something like triisoproponolammonium-salt in anything……………(?)(?)(?)
I wish the Epsom salts and dishwashing liquid had worked……………or the boiling water……………
So instead……………I spray this stuff……………and I’m sure I’ll glow in the dark…
But it says there are no glyphosates in it…………….
I’m sorry Monsanto/Bayer………..
……………you have always been such good buddies with the environment……………nurturing……………self-less…………..just caring about the birds and the bees…
Speaking of bees…
I am going to try starting up my hives next month……………………AGAIN…
What will this be?……………Attempt #6?
Thank you, Monsanto/Bayer for your global ministry and concern and husbandry of the world…….