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The Hobbit Hole XXVIII - Through shadows to the edge of night
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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:52:11 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Through shadows to the edge of night

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

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To: RosieCotton

Not much we can add to all the good info you've received already. LSA uses a garden pitch fork type tool to keep the composter turned. The pile reduces quickly once it gets cooking; keeping it moist is important, though I don't think that will be a problem where you live.


3,981 posted on 03/19/2006 5:32:56 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: Overtaxed

How did your team(s) fare today?


3,982 posted on 03/19/2006 5:33:44 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman; HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; Lil'freeper; SuziQ; RosieCotton; JenB; g'nad; ...
In other news I wasn't very productive this weekend...

Last fall...

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March '06...

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3,983 posted on 03/19/2006 5:36:00 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.cafepress.com/liberalitees - Because they're too fun not to mock!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Looks great, Corin!


3,984 posted on 03/19/2006 5:41:09 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree; 2Jedismom

Thanks. I'm vey tired and sore.

2J did say it was okay to take up to fourteen Aleve at once...didn't she?


3,985 posted on 03/19/2006 5:45:26 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.cafepress.com/liberalitees - Because they're too fun not to mock!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
2J did say it was okay to take up to fourteen Aleve at once...didn't she?

I think that'd be fine :~D

Your river rock looks great :~D

3,986 posted on 03/19/2006 5:47:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Hey, I like it! Very nice!

At this point, my landscaping efforts are going to be far less ambitious. First goal: grow enough ivy type stuff to cover remaining fragments of frap. *sigh*

At least I'll have the garden, if'n all goes well. Right now, it's two tarps in the backyard, one of 'em covering some nice horse poo. ;-)


3,987 posted on 03/19/2006 5:48:07 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands

Dang, that looks great. That dry streambed should be effective in controling storm runoff. Kudos.


3,988 posted on 03/19/2006 5:52:28 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: RosieCotton
Right now, it's two tarps in the backyard, one of 'em covering some nice horse poo. ;-)

I just hope the grass dies soon enough... Maybe we could have some gypsies some live there for a month or two - worked in the front :~D

3,989 posted on 03/19/2006 5:53:31 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton

Rosie looks waaaay too happy about having a whole cart full of crap there.


3,990 posted on 03/19/2006 5:55:14 PM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog

Round-up works to kill grass...but I'm not sure anything would grow there afterwards...

So there's that.


3,991 posted on 03/19/2006 5:55:33 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: JenB

Can you believe it? I got it *all* for free!


3,992 posted on 03/19/2006 5:56:24 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: JenB

It's probably the most back-handed present I've ever given anyone :~D


3,993 posted on 03/19/2006 5:56:30 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: RosieCotton

I'd have to look on the bottle, but you can grow stuff where you've used Round up after a certain period of time.

I grow grass in my driveway every year. ;-)


3,994 posted on 03/19/2006 5:57:33 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.cafepress.com/liberalitees - Because they're too fun not to mock!)
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To: RosieCotton

LOL - I don't think you want to use Roundup in the garden ;~D


3,995 posted on 03/19/2006 5:57:33 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Scorched earth garden...

The stuff works as advertised, though! I finally used it around the stones I had along my path back home. Didn't have to weed for the rest of the year...


3,996 posted on 03/19/2006 5:59:27 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
Looks like hard work, Rosie ... why don't you go put your feet up?
3,997 posted on 03/19/2006 6:10:11 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... you're exhausting me AND making me feel guilty ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Though, I did get into the garage today ...
3,998 posted on 03/19/2006 6:10:49 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... dusty! ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Striving ...
3,999 posted on 03/19/2006 6:11:17 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... hmm ...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Acheiving? ...
4,000 posted on 03/19/2006 6:11:36 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... hmm ...])
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