I was walking by this beautiful peony and noticed how they open fully in the bright sunlight.
I've been spending a lot of time picking weeds painstakingly out of my lawn. One day my neighbour came over to tell me I am wasting my time as they will just grow back. What I need to do it over seed the lawn with lots of grass seed and top with quality soil. He recommended Scott lawn products, which I always see at Costco. He said if I do this once, I'll never have to do it again. Husband M says he will take on the chore. Meanwhile, I am still weeding as I actually enjoy it.
Lovely peonies. I declare everything that grows to be flowers, and then I don't need to pull weeds! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteBlessings, absolutely lovely. I love the end result not the work
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty to weed without it being the lawn. We just mow the weeds in the grass. I guess we could smother them. Worth a try.
ReplyDeleteThat is good advice from your neighbour. When grass is healthy and abundant, it can in fact rid the weeds on its own. We don't really mind on our end, so we just mow everything down. If it's green, it's fine!
ReplyDeleteOne can see the benefit of actually taking time to pull out weeds, as its not as bad as it sounds. And that is good neighborly love indeed. Greetings to you!
ReplyDeleteWe have to many acres to try that!!! Hubby mows and all is well :)
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers 💮
That is good to know. Thanks Christine and your peonies are lovely! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful colour flower that is.
ReplyDeleteThere is something quite satisfying about pulling weeds ...
All the best Jan
My wedding flowers! They are my absolute favorite - and yes, do what you enjoy!! Weeding is exercise, right? xo
ReplyDeletebeautiful flowers!
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are lovely! Interesting about the lawn.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy my weeds, the bees like the dandelions, we're just finishing devil's paintbrush, it's all green!
ReplyDeleteI am curious about this. Why not take before and after photos. That would make a nice post. If you have success, I might copy you.
ReplyDeleteSome guy told me his neighbor uses Thompson's waterseal to kill the weeds on his lawn. Makes sense as it would block air, water and sun from it. I woudln't do it for the whole lawn, but it's out of the box thinking
ReplyDeleteWe've overseeded the past two falls, and added a layer of compost once. It does seem to have made a difference. However, I think that the regular applications of fertilizer and weed killer help, too.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen peonies quite like this. So pretty.
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