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4susiesjoy said:Chelle. My avatar is a distant view of my big garden 'cuz I haven't gotten it all cleaned out this whole summer. Weather and terrible biting bugs, that are very prolific because of all the rain, and life seem to have put a crimp in gardening. I've still got hopes for catching up though! Well maybe not this year.

I understand entirely! I think we need to hope for a long bug-free spell after the first frosts to get things cleaned up this year!

Weeded, trimmed or not, your gardens are still most amazing to me; there's such a wealth of variety and complimentary colors!

abhege said:I always think I'm going to put sand and oil in a 5 gallon bucket to clean/oil my shovel, fork, whatever, but I still haven't done it.

Me, too! I did finally pick up the extra bucket a few days ago; now, I wonder how long it'll take me to add the rest? The oil is about 25' away, and there's sand on the beach at my yard's edge! It really shouldn't take too terribly long, but we'll see.