Did You Have a Happy Labour Day?

It always makes me smile when I think of how many people think they must get away somewhere for fun and rest this last big weekend of the summer - at least in North America.

Dad always said, that it was called Labour Day so we should be working that day. Since our schools were closed until the following day, he thought it was the perfect day to have all of us digging up the potatoes or gathering in as many of the vegetables as were ripe and ready.

When I lived in London, Ontario, there was a Labour Day once ...perhaps twice, when I would pick up some single friends, even some teenagers from our Pioneer Girls Club and we'd go to a beach on a lake nearby to sun ourselves, and since I didn't swim I'd sit in the shallow water for a while and splash the water around me.

I'm pretty sure that each time I would be telling my friends that if I were back home I knew I'd be working in the family garden, gathering potatoes, picking the last of the raspberries, and checking for ripe tomatoes.

To this day I find myself smiling as I'd hear my parents both insisting that it was called Labour Day, so that's what it was intended for. "Let's get to to work out there!"

I did consider starting a harvest in my garden now; - I ended up weeding earnestly around the rain barrel and the rhubarb plant. I plan to clean out that space between my house and the neighbour's, of the weeds with thistles and burrs! It may take all rest of this week!

Cleaning up the garden for the end of summer will have to happen after that. (Oh, you should see how golden the squash and pumpkins are getting!)

By the way, how did YOU celebrate Labour Day yesterday? Did you work, or did you have a truly relaxed holiday?.

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Dealing with Burrs!!!?

If you have never dealt with burrs before, try a search online. Those who have past experience consider them a nightmare of troubles!

A controlled burn is a top desire, but close to the house or where your pets go, you only get worse problems. Best move is to get to recognize the plants in the spring and pull or kill them at that stage. If you wait until fall, (even now!) they will have born sheer thousands of burrs, and they are hard to destroy.

I did get some on my runners and lower pant legs a few weeks ago, but now they are out of control. I'll use Dad's thick leather gloves, and tools, but then I may have to spray the grounds with Kill-X or other poisons!

Any good working advice would be appreciated!!

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