Comments on: Mow The Field, Mind The Blueberries http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Tyree II http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/comment-page-1/#comment-61498 James Tyree II Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:58:39 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=593#comment-61498 As a certified Permaculturalist I empathize with your plight. Good for you for having an ecological conscience. I wish more did and wrote about it. Then we would all see the value of ALL plants As a certified Permaculturalist I empathize with your plight. Good for you for having an ecological conscience. I wish more did and wrote about it. Then we would all see the value of ALL plants

]]> By: Kathy’s Autumn Picture Show | Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/comment-page-1/#comment-16277 Kathy’s Autumn Picture Show | Cold Climate Gardening Sun, 06 May 2007 23:26:22 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=593#comment-16277 [...] field gets mowed yearly with a brush mower, which is also used to keep paths through the woods cleared enough so a suburban girl like me can [...] [...] field gets mowed yearly with a brush mower, which is also used to keep paths through the woods cleared enough so a suburban girl like me can [...]

]]> By: M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=593#comment-2146 I feel just the same way when I try to clear any area. On the one hand is the gardener who knows I should just clear the patch at once if the job is going remain manageable, if the result is going to look like a garden. On the other hand is the steward who can't stand to see any plant who has the will to survive in Central Texas plucked out before its time. If I had a field of wild berries, I'd haven't the heart to destroy a single one. I feel just the same way when I try to clear any area. On the one hand is the gardener who knows I should just clear the patch at once if the job is going remain manageable, if the result is going to look like a garden. On the other hand is the steward who can’t stand to see any plant who has the will to survive in Central Texas plucked out before its time.

If I had a field of wild berries, I’d haven’t the heart to destroy a single one.

]]> By: Kim http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Kim Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:54:44 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=593#comment-2141 Nice article... I felt like I was along for the mowing! I am very jealous that you have all of those wild blueberries to enjoy. :) Speaking of blueberries, I've noticed that most of the leaves on my highbush garden blueberry shrubs come out with a red tinge. Maybe the different leaf coloration just has to do with which growth is new? Nice article… I felt like I was along for the mowing! I am very jealous that you have all of those wild blueberries to enjoy. :)

Speaking of blueberries, I’ve noticed that most of the leaves on my highbush garden blueberry shrubs come out with a red tinge. Maybe the different leaf coloration just has to do with which growth is new?

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Kathy Purdy Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:54:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=593#comment-2130 Don't worry about the honeysuckle. That's Tartarian honeysuckle and it's considered invasive. You're <em>supposed</em> to mow that down. Actually, you're probably supposed to uproot it. At any rate, don't keep that on your conscience--it was a good deed. Don’t worry about the honeysuckle. That’s Tartarian honeysuckle and it’s considered invasive. You’re supposed to mow that down. Actually, you’re probably supposed to uproot it. At any rate, don’t keep that on your conscience–it was a good deed.

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