"Not Easy, Being Green".....

Certainly NOT in my family. For instance, my Dad'll go buy out any Pesticide or Herbicide that's going to be yanked from the market, Beleiving that only stuff that works does. My younger brother disinfects EVERYTHING. If it wasn't for his newage wife, their house would be a mini Love Canal.
Then you have me. I "bug" them....literally. There are Weeds in my lawn(there are also wild Orchids and a number of Wildflower species that have seeded into it...). There are bugs. There are caterpillars(as well as their Adult forms which folks drive by my house to see the clouds of them...). The yard isn't oriented to make a lawn easy to mow, in fact, most of it is gone! What there is of it there are these trees that you have to mow around('course, most of them are fruit trees, which are "messy" according to them...). Yesterday my Dad brought by a Gas lawnblower for me. I only have the driveway, which I sweep regularly with a broom. Funny thing, the reason is that "appearantly" that's not doing good enough job. The area? The result of going cheap on a contractor for something we didn't want...a concrete driveway. It's zGraded to that water pools at the front of the carport. A blower isn't going to remove the stain of oak tannins pooling on white cement. Besides, I don't like to use them. Sweeping is very Meditative. A Gas powered garden tool never is;>....
Truth,
Pat

Quiet....

Saturday's unusually quiet...mostly since with the rain it's too Humid to clean the house. I follow the Icelandic Washday to get everything major done but with 100% Humidity, I'm not Interested in wet EVERYTHING today. So we rest. Sort of;>.
The last of the SUmmer veggies will be planted out tomorrow, including those rare purple-fleshed Sweet Potatoes. The Okinawan ones didn't make it. Hopefully, I can talk a listmate of mine on one of my Homesteading lists out of a tuber or two for next yr.
I discovered a nursery a few hrs away that's big into Permaculture and have been cooresponding with the owners about ideas for my property. As much as I love Plums and Nectarines, they talked me out of them, which is funny because they sell them. They told me that they wouldn't do well in my local conditions(sandy soil, nematodes, high Humidity,etc). They certainly made themselves a loyal customer and I've not ordered anything from them yet;>! Honesty and Decency should always be rewarded.
They pretty much focused me down to an ASian Pear, an Ugli Citrus and a Peach(eitehr a Snow or a CHinese Donut). While they have problems with nematodes, they don't with the fungal diseases that Nectarines and Plums get. Maybe a Saijo Persimmon, though I get enough Fuyus from the folks' tree. I've got two Banana trees coming later in the month recommended for my area. That'll give us fruit from at least one tree next Fall. All the Papayas are potted up into gallon containers. Probably by mid-September they'll be ready for their last potting before going out in the yard next Spring.
Other than that, not much.
Cheers,
Pat