Or carp the day, or what a carpie day it is, or carp on them;-) This is a phrase that the fish monger in Asterix could use when the blacksmith tell him that his fish aren't fresh. The fish monger usually says that the previous year was an outstanding year for fish, and then hits the blacksmith with one:-)
Don't be pedantic and critical about someone's language usage, or intentional misuse, until you are certain that the person, with whom you are not familiar, doesn't know what they are about. :-)
Have you been reading the other thread about my eating carp and the resultant hilarity that is developing over carp being made into fertilizer? CharlieCarp, to be precise.
Thus.... carpie diem....playing with words with Billy, who knows what/who/when/where/why is what.
*Now* I am off to build fence. Charlie
Hm. Might try that on the main garden bed this year to finish killing out the bindweed and wild sunflower. I intend to ONLY container garden this year (except for Okra out front) so I could lay down heavy mil plastic and put the pots on top of that.
I won't have to weed! (happy dance!)
From another thread dear. ;-)
Seize the fish...
Catfish Diem?
Now don't be down my good friend, you brought a lot of smiles to many faces today, faces that need as many smiles as they can get. Good on you, mi amigo.
No... that's Carpe Crappie.
or Carpe Piscis
...then there's Crappie Diem.
Nothing wrong with a good laugh. :-)
Not really, all in all it was a pretty good day. ;-)
Charlie
:-) And seize the day we did, mon ami, indeed we did.
Not a thing wrong with some daily silliness to counter the unsilliness of the world. Glad I was able to serve some positive function. I only exist to serve. ;-)
Oh, BTW.....byte me Fran! ;-)
Charlie, who spent a good part of the day helping younger son set 4x4s for privacy fence. Digging a couple dozen three foot deep holes sounded like more than I wanted to do (manual post hole diggers are a bitch to run).....so we went and rented one them there gas powered gophers and made short work of tunneling. Likely prevented me from developing.........*CARP*al Tunnel.......
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I've been thinking about this reply. It seems to me that not only would you kill fungi, weeds and undesirable pests, you'd also kill fauna which you want. And weeds would re-establish themselves by seeding. It doesn't seem a good idea to me.
How long has it been practised?
I suppose if you have a lot of land it's practicable, providing you don't mind killing everything.
Mary
You're right, if you simply removed the plastic and don't do anything else to the ground. But, once the ground has been sterilized, so to speak, you can either cover it in three or more inches of mulch, and plant what ever your little heart desires, or leave the plastic in place, and cut openings in it, where you wish to place your plants (good to install drip irrigation if you do this).
...sounds fishie to me.
Oh now don't carp about it please!
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