Re: Weekend events

No kidding, that is terrible.  I've always had very good service from HCG!

On 4/17/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Kitty did you ask for delayed shipping? Maybe you
> should call back and talk to someone higher up?
>
> Donna
>
> --- Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Well- oops, that's not to good.  The order I placed
> > a month or two ago
> > got to my mom in TX right away.  She was delighted
> > with the plants and
> > now a couple are even blooming for her in her
> > garden.
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> > Kitty wrote:
> >
> > >> My order from High Country Gardens showed up
> > Saturday morning
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, HCG cashed our check for $134.99, but didn't
> > bother to send any
> > > plants.  They say they have no order on file for
> > us.
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > > neIN, Zone 5
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Cyndi
> > D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT"
> > > <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:20 PM
> > > Subject: [CHAT] Weekend events
> > >
> > >
> > >> Ah, spring iz sprung, as they say. We had clouds
> > and the ever-present
> > >> wind
> > >> this weekend, but it could have been worse, as
> > I'm reading about you
> > >> folks
> > >> on the list having floods and tornados and
> > drought.
> > >> My friend and I went hiking Saturday morning and
> > surprised a couple of
> > >> coyotes. Two of our dogs were off-leash and one
> > of them was chasing my
> > >> Trixie - we yelled at the top of our lungs and
> > then it took off. Kind of
> > >> scary actually, although Trix is a rottweiler
> > she's young, and fairly
> > >> small
> > >> for her breed. Then my friend's idiot dog took
> > off after the coyote,
> > >> he came
> > >> back safe and sound though. My friend got some
> > good pictures of them
> > >> watching us after that, I'll try and remember to
> > put them up on Yahoo.
> > >> My order from High Country Gardens showed up
> > Saturday morning too so
> > >> I spent
> > >> a while putting those in the ground. Lots of nice
> > penstemons and a
> > >> couple
> > >> more salvia. I ordered zauschneria again but this
> > time I decided to
> > >> try z.
> > >> arizonica, not z.californica, we'll see if it
> > makes a difference next
> > >> winter. I haven't pulled up the z.californica yet
> > since the
> > >> literature makes
> > >> me think it might still be alive under the dead
> > foliage...I did see the
> > >> faintest thread of green in one spot, but no
> > other signs of life. I'm
> > >> expecting it's dead but you never know. The
> > hummingbirds were pretty
> > >> unhappy
> > >> with me, they were trying to get to the salvia
> > greggii. Not much else
> > >> blooming yet; the daffodils are almost completely
> > gone, my few species
> > >> tulips are blooming and a couple iris. Oh and the
> > lilacs, and of
> > >> course some
> > >> wildflowers. Everything else is in bud.
> > >> I also planted the tomatoes. I did not take my
> > own advice. Last summer I
> > >> decided I would only plant 5 tomatoes.
> > However...when I sowed seeds I
> > >> decided on 15 plants, down from my usual 20. (I
> > swear, I am cutting
> > >> down on
> > >> almost everything else. Really.) And in rummaging
> > around the cupboards I
> > >> realized that while I canned lots of cut tomatoes
> > last year I am out of
> > >> sauce. So, I rationalize to myself, I need to
> > make sauce so this is
> > >> good.
> > >> I'm growing fresh-eating types Black Plum,
> > Persimmon, Porter's Pride,
> > >> Tiger
> > >> Stripe, and Ugly; and paste tomatoes Classica,
> > Saucy, Super Roma, and
> > >> San
> > >> Marzano. Last year the blossom-end rot was so bad
> > I lost probably 75%
> > >> of the
> > >> fruit, I'll be reviewing all the sources again
> > this year to see if I
> > >> can't
> > >> figure out why the calcium thing is so out of
> > whack in my garden. I
> > >> never
> > >> did do the soil test but there's probably still
> > time.
> > >> And I reseeded some peppers using the saltpetre
> > trick IslandJim
> > >> mentioned.
> > >> It's very late to be starting pepper seed but
> > what the heck, I'd like to
> > >> know if it works, and since only about 3/4 of
> > mine sprouted I won't
> > >> have too
> > >> too many. Unlike most veggies they're pretty
> > forgiving about being
> > >> left on
> > >> the plant for a long time, and if I get
> > overwhelmed they can wait.
> > >> I really am running late on much of the veggie
> > garden, either the
> > >> weather
> > >> has been bad or I have commitments elsewhere on a
> > weekend day. This
> > >> Sunday
> > >> we were at my sister's so no gardening got done
> > then. And my patio
> > >> plants
> > >> really need to come out of the greenhouse, but
> > first I need to clean
> > >> up the
> > >> patio and fix the watering. Well...at least with
> > daylight savings I
> > >> can do
> > >> some things after work.
> > >>
> > >> Cyndi
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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