Awwwwww Spring Time Contest - Closed Winners Announced

Aww its Spring Time in the Rockies here, I love spring time. I love to see the snow melt, grass turn green, trees in blossom and ohhhhh those beautiful spring flowers.

Time to put the flannel in the back of the closet and bring out the speedos and tube tops lmaooo NOT!!! Its also time to see the weeds start popping up. Grrrrr for some reason they seem to try and overtake the beauty of spring time. All of a sudden, that green lawn now has yellow flowers in it. The rose bush that you are trying to train to grow up a trellus has now a vine that has started from scratch and overpowerd the poor rosebush, in about a weeks time. lol How do they grow so fast?

We pick them, we dig them, we chop them we poison them, to no avail. Yes the mighty weeds. Do you have a particular one that you really dislike? One that you have fought and fought through the years, thinking in the fall you've finally won the battle, to find in the spring it raising its ugly head to challenge you again? lol

Crushers, this contest is simple, got any favorite weeds you love to hate? lol Any tales of woe of how you fought the battle and thought you won to find that you only helped them multiply? lol Any weed that should replace the state flower because of its bounty. lol

How about any success stories of how you fought the battle and won? Any help for us that have brown thumbs except when it comes to growing weeds? or other then salt, how about how you get rid of those slimmey snails, ughhh. lol Any gardening tips, do's and don't's? Any words of wisdom? No right or wrong answers here, anyone that enters this contest and places a casino banner in their post will be placed in a random drawing.

PRIZES

There will be 2 prizes of $25.


RULES

1) You must include a banner from the CC database in your post.
2) You must have a certified NeTeller account in order to receive payment.
3) You will need to have 2500 CC points in order to claim a cash prize. If the selected winner does not have the required CC points then 2500 CC points will be awarded in lieu of cash.
4) This contest closes on May 24th. Winners account will be credited within 10 days.

Good Luck Crushers!

Happy Gaming Always!

OrangeCrush

Hi,


Well I despise dandy lions, I am alergic to them also, so when they pop

up I used to dig them out.....didn't work they just came back, so I tried

liquid plumber, raid and anything else I thought might get rid of them,

well liquid plumber killed some grass but those darn dandy lions are still

there and Im still pulling them out.....

Good Luck,

sisters

It is so pretty here but oh such a pain to get rid of it.
I leave that up to my other half.
He sure does a good job, because we don't have any in our yard!!!!!
His secret..................... I sure don't know LOL


win4maw

well I can't even seem to get the grass to grow at my house and in winter i go out the back one day no weeds, next day or so massive - dont know what their called lol, everywhere - not a very good description i know, kind of as bad as my gardening ability

Nettles!

The scourge of the countryside and garden alike.

How they manage to survive growing just about anywhere such as through cracks in the concrete is beyond me.

As for snails... alcohol works quite well, just place some in a glass, and they get drunk - fall in - and drown! A bit gruesome, but quite a good way to go I would think

ok..I LOVE to garden and I am pretty good at it..SO...those snails you were talking about..ready???? put a bowl of beer in your yard!! Yep..they are drawn to it and will climb in the bowl and drown..yes you will have a bowl full of dead snails but if you use a plastic bowl you can just discard it. Another good tip for growing...put baby powder in when you plant any kind of flower bulb...it keeps the squirrels and moles away from them

I hate the dandelions. They just seem to multiply. LOL

LuckyItalian

All weeds in the lawn annoy me. Here is a recipe for a lawn so healthy it kills weeds for you! As for the snails, put out deep bowls or jars of beer! They love it and drink themselves to drowning.

The "Lawn Tonic"

-One full can of regular pop (any kind-no diet soda)

-One full can of beer (no light beer)

-1/2 Cup of Liquid dishwashing soap (do NOT use anti-bacterial dishwashing liquid)

-1/2 Cup of household ammonia

-1/2 Cup of mouthwash (any brand)

-Pour into 10-gallon hose-end sprayer (other sizes will work too)

-In high heat, apply every three weeks

The liquid soap is a wetting agent, helping the formula penetrate to the roots. The ammonia promotes growth and turns your lawn green, and the mouthwash does something you would never suspect mouthwash would do. It kills the bugs and grubs. NOTE: Do NOT use anti-bacterial dishwashing liquid in the mixture as it will kill off important microbes in the lawn and soil that help "digest" thatch.


"It essentially messes-up their re-productive cycles and keeps them out of your lawn and makes it look a lot better and leaves it minty fresh," laughs Heffron. And because it's applied with the hose sprayer, it's a direct shot to your sod. "When you don't have a lot of water and we're on watering restrictions, this is another way to get the nutrients to your lawn and keep it growing."

well i live in a apartment, havent always, i would love to hate dandaloins, but, it never fails the little tots love them. my daughters pickthem for me when they were tots, and my grandkids did the same. the last one i got was from my little amanda, 4yrs ago, she pick one ,and said this is for you grandma,i just smiled and said thats the prettiest flower i ever got.and i know, you all have the same memory. ty josie46

BURDOCKS + (1) Lhasa Apso + (1) Shitzu = an added $78 trip to the groomer to get them out of their hair.

Don't know the trick for getting rid of the burdocks but would be willing to invest $78 one time to save me those trips to Petsmart grooming shop. Not sure why they choose to piddle in a burdock bush when their are plenty of wonderful trees and fire hydrants that they could saddle up beside.

arggg i hate dandy lions and i also hate the ones that u can blow and the things fall off, for some reason or another

Ohhhhh I bet you would invest $78 to get a remedy for burdocks tunisianswife! I feel your pain I used to have a maltese that, without taking her out personally, would always end up going where she shouldn't and I've paid a few groomerys a pretty penny to take care of her little mishaps. hehee, good luck!

Happy Gaming Always!

OrangeCrush

Well...I absolutely am a garden and flower lover but when it comes to them slanky little yellow things..NOT!!! I have a very large yard and that is all you about see! It is a mess.I have never really even tried to get rid of them but I can tell you my neighbor across the street does not have ONE in his yard.Not ONE little one.I have thought about asking him how the H*** he keeps them out but he pays lanscapers to do his yard.The only treatment I can recommend is "MOW THEM LITTLE PESTY YELLOW THINGS!!!" and "KEEP MOWING" aggghhhh I really hate them dandelions!!
mlm51274

I also hate dande lions , i neel for hours and remove them with a special tool that pulls them out by the roots, the only thing is that they always pop up somewhere else. It,s a fighting battle that im in every year as soon as i see a yellow speck in my ward im out there.

We don't have much of a dandelion problem but we do have a lot of clover and some moss. Don't know how to get rid of either of them.
The weed I hate the most is the one that likes to grow in the grass with those sharp little prickly things in them that HURT when you step on them with your bare feet.