tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956908.post111911843389591408..comments2023-06-21T01:42:41.301-07:00Comments on Letters From Amboy: The Great Thistle Massacre of Ought-FiveAmboy Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364240920939457248noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956908.post-43915459132345425322011-03-31T17:21:38.933-07:002011-03-31T17:21:38.933-07:00Love the post. Im about to order a Scythe from Sc...Love the post. Im about to order a Scythe from Scythe supply.com and found your post there. wonderful. Im hoping to fell about 1/3 acre of flax that refused to come peacefully from the covercrop of last year with my new ditch blade. Your story has lent me the courage also to tackle our 9 acre orchard which has been taken by blackberry over the last 6 years since the bulldozer came by!Sanders W. Howse IIIhttp://www.steeledforlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956908.post-66803462492643473962009-03-03T17:06:00.000-08:002009-03-03T17:06:00.000-08:00Enjoyed your story and had some advice. Next time...Enjoyed your story and had some advice. Next time, wait until the thistles form flowers and then just nip off the flowers before they go to seed. If you slaughter a field of thistles then they will just regroup and come back with a vengeance! Take their nice flowers away and you will be assured victory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956908.post-1119244997358197412005-06-19T22:23:00.000-07:002005-06-19T22:23:00.000-07:00It was heathen invaders such as these, from beyond...It was heathen invaders such as these, from beyond the northern barbarian borders, that caused the Greeks and Romans to begin planting turf.<BR/><BR/>Please do not falter in your quest for a natural landscape. Encourage the growth of Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Oregon Grape, wild Strawberry, Salal, Lupine and other indigenous species.Bop-ophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15716167190955144278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956908.post-1119199594022630352005-06-19T09:46:00.000-07:002005-06-19T09:46:00.000-07:00We laud your valiant efforts, pressing on amidst s...We laud your valiant efforts, pressing on amidst such adversity with vast courage. Indeed, the fierce glint from your fallen comrade instills the necessary courage in us all to press on.<BR/>Please know that we mourn the injury of your fallen comrade but recognize that his loss was not in vain.<BR/><BR/><B><I>Sir Lief, Lady Angela, and Princess Peanut</I></B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com