Re: Weekend events

Tell Robert if he takes that job up North, love ya honey, gonna miss ya,
send money, big kiss.

On 4/18/06, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> 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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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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