Re: Weekend events

Well, so much for not saying anything online - LOL - I forgot to change
the address to just Kitty's address. My husband has 2-3 different jobs
he is looking at. Two are in Texas (good), one is in Minneapolis (not
sure...and not sure I even want to know. I hate the cold weather).

  

Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
  me too. Probably some sort of glitch. Hopefully they'll figure it out 
before half the items I ordered are sold out.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Evans" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend events


> No kidding, that is terrible. I've always had very good service from HCG!
>
> On 4/17/06, Donna wrote:
>>
>> Kitty did you ask for delayed shipping? Maybe you
>> should call back and talk to someone higher up?
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> --- Theresa 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"
>> > > 
>> > > To: 
>> > > 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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> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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