tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post114721954700801359..comments2024-01-01T00:31:18.174-05:00Comments on Calendula & Concrete: Gardening is murder sometimesChristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-80409918607926118012007-01-21T13:08:00.000-05:002007-01-21T13:08:00.000-05:00I used to feel this way until I built compost bins...I used to feel this way until I built compost bins. Now thinning is a part of the cycle of life and death in a garden for me and I know the thinned plants will be recycled into life giving compost. EvanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-1147467804778962452006-05-12T17:03:00.000-04:002006-05-12T17:03:00.000-04:00When I thin plants that self-sow with abandon -- h...When I thin plants that self-sow with abandon -- hollyhocks, rudbeckia, coneflowers -- my wife refers to it as "the massacre of the innocents."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-1147266041451888352006-05-10T09:00:00.000-04:002006-05-10T09:00:00.000-04:00I planted two seeds per hole with my tomatoes and ...I planted two seeds per hole with my tomatoes and had to thin when I transplanted them, it was so hard! I hate it too! <BR/>I think it's the kind hearted nature of a gardner plus the motherly instinct of a woman that makes it so difficult.Jeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007038840074862624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-1147227919588142812006-05-09T22:25:00.000-04:002006-05-09T22:25:00.000-04:00I HATE thinning. I sow too widely or sow one seed...I HATE thinning. I sow too widely or sow one seed in each container (ending up with a million containers, half empty) rather than thin.Nibletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580081948148501028noreply@blogger.com