Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Get to the Root

In the garden of your life, I hope that thistles are few,


and that you can get the whole root out easily.


(Now does anyone have any tricks for getting thistle stickers out of my skin? I can't see them, but I sure can feel them!)


7 comments:

  1. Oh gee! I love the flowers that thistles have, but what a pain (literally and figuratively).

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  2. Ouch! I wish I knew a remedy, but I don't.

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  3. Oh, I can relate! I was weeding on Sunday and I kept feeling like I had little thorns in my hand but I couldn't see anything at all!

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  4. Ouch! I know that uncomfortable feeling well -- and now I leave those for the landscapers to pull!

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  5. My battle with thistles is non-stop. I feel your pain. (and I don't have a quick fix for this lingering stickers...but they are such a pita!)

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  6. Oh, ugh. Thistles! I have so many to dig out . . . And I have no fix for the stickers. They just kind of need to fester their way out, unfortunately. (I have a pair of "rose gloves" that I try to remember to put on when I'm dealing with the really bad thistles. They don't offer much in the way of dexterity, but they do provide a good coat of armor against thorns and stickers.)

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  7. (Oh. Just remembered that a gardening friend uses a pieces of packing tape to try to pull the stickers out of her skin. She applies the tape to her hand/finger/wherever, presses it down firmly, and then peels it off. She swears it works. I've not tried it myself.)

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