Re: Weekend events

Wow- that will be a change in the weather.  If you do end up there, I'll 
send you all my gardening hints from when I was living in northeast 
Maine.  On the other hand, there looks like a possibility for my husband 
getting a job in San Diego.....I could live with that.

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:

>Kitty, do you know anything about the weather in Minneapolis? I know
>it's gardening zone 4....and I don't want to say anything
>online...*sigh* but there is a chance my husband may take a job there. I
>know nothing about it, except that it's COLD...for a LONG time. I'm
>trying to keep an open mind. The farthest north I've ever lived was
>Kansas City...and I thought winters were FOREVER there.
>
>  
>
>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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