Daily chat thread 24th March

LouiseJ

Oh no Keren...we all have our lazy moments x Best get it sorted now though.
We have a pebbled driveway and it gets full of weeds, some days I think it would be easier to just run the lawn mower over it...again if we kept on top of it, it wouldnt get in that state. Lazyness also.

spud30

Hope the car is OK Keren.

Have you tried googling 'kill pampas' It does seem like a very common problem :rotfl:

ZTD

keren29 wrote: »

I've just cut the pampas down as far as I can but I can't get it out altogether. It's about 7 inches in diameter and about 3 inches high now. I guess I'll have to either burn it or get some stump killer.

Use a knife to try to gouge as big a crater as possible, then boil a full kettle and pour the water into the crack.

The heat should cook and kill any seeds/taproots/various nasties that are lurking there. Use all of the water though.

Burlesque_Babe

I certainly have googled kill pampas - the word 'burn' seems to come up regularly!!!!!!

I'm in the mood for a bit of gouging.......................

LouiseJ

Hiya Z you OK hun?

ZTD

keren29 wrote: »

I certainly have googled kill pampas - the word 'burn' seems to come up regularly!!!!!!

I'm in the mood for a bit of gouging.......................

Unfortunately, you can burn the top, but the roots survive - as they are designed to.

If it's in the middle of your drive with nothing near it, then also pour salt down with the water. It won't be able to tolerate that.

ZTD

LouiseJ wrote: »

Hiya Z you OK hun?

Yes, I'm fine - how are you?

spud30

ZTD wrote: »

Unfortunately, you can burn the top, but the roots survive - as they are designed to.

If it's in the middle of your drive with nothing near it, then also pour salt down with the water. It won't be able to tolerate that.

I was just going to suggest lots of salt

LouiseJ

ZTD wrote: »

Yes, I'm fine - how are you?

Not bad, just dreading work tomorrow usually dont mind work but its the push before exams so it gets a bit panicky as you are expected to get all the students through or the blame falls with you.

Some are really lazy though so im a bit of a worry puss at the moment...feel like hiding from the "real" world.

Good job I have here to let off steam.

Bunnyinthelights

Hi all!
Well, my wonderful Easter weekend continued last night as DD was sick AGAIN about midnight, not long after finally falling asleep-bless her, it's ever so strange-she hasnt been eating loads but hadnt been ill for about 36 hours??
We've been out and picked up a carpet cleaner from my friend and the tackled Argos, Boots, Matalan, Pets at Home and then came home for lunch. OH now asleep on sofa, DS almost asleep and not sure what DD is doing-it's VERY quiet upstairs.

I'm going to tackle the carpet in the breakfast room first, It's minging. Who ever thought it'd be a good idea to put a CREAM carpet down in an eating area I'll never know...

Happy Easter!
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