Pretty simple. The first thing I would do is go buy some Round-Up concetrate and start spraying. This stuff takes a while to work, especially this time of year - a few weeks. Warm weather helps and bright sun helps even more when applying. Obviously wind and wet ground are bad...I have used it effectively here in Cincinnati in December for the following season. Second, a garden tiller will be tough work in sod but it is do-able, just be prepared for a sore back...You'll want a better tiller... This is a good time to ammend your soil with mulch, possibly sand or whatever you think you need. Compost is always good. A second till when things dry out is always good. My place is way too wet to even think about it right now. If you were going to do some raised beds, the sod will be less of an issue, but personally, I wouldn't do raised beds just because of this... If you are just planting things like peppers, tomatoes and a few mounds of melons, I would just concetrate on amending these key areas w/ a shovel for now - deep holes. Still till everything up but pay extra attention to these areas. If you like, buy some weed fabric or black plastic and stake it down. Otherwise, keep your Round-Up handy and also some Preen. Newspaper & dried grass clippings work okay directly under the plants. Cardboard, if thats your look... I'm liking the mold plow idea. Never considered this for a smaller garden. Sound a little pricey to me. I don't know anyone to share the cost with. I haven't noticed it for rent at a local tool rental, but I might inquire. I question if my mower will be able to "tow" it though. Anybody who OWNS one think my 22hp Craftsman Graden tractor will do a moldplow justice???

An oily, disreputable looking fellow walks into a bank with a large sack on his back. Seeing an open teller, the man walks up to the young lady and places the sack on the counter. "I want to open a f---ing savings account!" the man grunts. "I am sorry sir, we prefer politer customers," she replied, offended. "Okay, look I just wanna open a f---ing banking account." "I'm sorry, but you just can't speak that way." The supervisor, seeing the trouble went over to check on the situation. She got there and got the story from the teller. Trying another tactic, she decided to handle the situation herself. "How can I help you?" she asked, all smiles. "Listen, I would like to open a F---ING savings account!" "I am sorry, but we do not deal with people who use vulgar language." Finally, the bank manager came over to settle the matter. "What is the matter here?" he asked. "Look," replied the customer, "I just won 47 million dollars in the lottery and I wanted to open a f---ing savings account to deposit all the cash in." "Are these two bi-ches giving you trouble?" quickly replied the manager.

This thread is so timely. I had planned on repotting my gar***ia (too afraid to speak its name LOL!!) this week. I got it last spring and potted it into potting soil that turned out to basically turn into an adobe brick, and weighs as much! I got my new soil last week but still have not done it. The poor thing is surviving in the brick, when watered the water goes right down the sides of the pot, not even into the dirt! It is hanging on by a thread with half nice growth, some new growth and sticks that are withering away, turning upside-down and dying. Probably trying to look down to see what the hell it is potted in! LOL! What to do, what to do⦠Okay. Michael just came in and said "I'll pot that up in a New York minute!". He used to grow them in Australia, "Piece of piss to do!", as the Aussies say. Of course, he quickly followed that by saying "Lost them there, too.... too much sun!" LOL!! Oh my.

First, I LOVED Jeanne, and had to look for her other videos, too. Thanks for posting the link, imsoconfused! "He liked it so much he'd come to me every morning before work and say, Do you need me to go to the store tonight?!?!....I LIKE grocery shopping!" (panting in anticipation of all the treats and goodies he'd be able to buy without anyone there to stop him). " Flyingflower, you must be married to my dh's twin. :-) We have six varieties of popcorn now, enough tortilla chips to feed a platoon, and more salsa than we'll eat in a year. The only thing scarier than dh shopping at the grocery store is dh shopping at Costco. There he buys, on every visit, a three year supply of maple syrup, a giant steak seasoning bottle that will last through several hundred ribeyes, and huge bags of trail mix (at least the latter is kept at his office.) When we go together, he pouts when I shoot down his suggestions about buying the 5 lb. packages of salmon or tuna. If our kids still lived at home, we might actually use it, but with just the two of us there's no way unless we're throwing a dinner party.