Re: Weather

I adore salvia greggii's!  which ones do you have??

On 4/14/08, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I haven't been gardening as long as many of you, but I think I caught on
> pretty quickly.  It's April.  Yesterday we were potting, huddled in an open
> garage to stay out of the sleet.  This afternoon after work, under a
> glorious blue sky, I was shoveling soil in buckets in shirtsleeves. It's
> April.  Seems normal to me.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zemuly@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather
>
>
>  Looking at the weather map this morning I noticed the same thing.  Either
> > parts of the country are warmer than normal or colder.  Nothing seemed just
> > ordinary.  I would really like to be ordinary instead of expecting frost on
> > April 14!!!  Of course, our (usual) last frost date is April 15, and that's
> > the date we had an awful killing frost last year.
> >
> > Btw, Cyndi, the flowers you described sounded really lovely.  I'm also
> > jealous over your progress with your gardens.
> >
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <
> > islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather
> >
> >
> > I don't know if I'm seeing this because all of you are mentioning it,
> > >  but the weather does seem to be seesawing between chillier than usual  for
> > > the time of year and warmer--without so much as pausing at normal  on its
> > > way up or down.
> > >
> > > On Apr 14, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/
> > > SCSRT wrote:
> > >
> > > It was warm here, at least in the 80s. Husband and I took off work on
> > > > Friday to go horseback riding amongst the poppies. I took a few
> > > > pictures
> > > > and if I can figure out Flickr I'll put them up. There are so many
> > > > flowers it was just awesome, had to be a few hundred acres of solid
> > > > orange. Just a little bit of wind, nothing like the gales we've been
> > > > experiencing for the last three weeks.
> > > > We also rode Sunday up in the foothills to see more flowers. The
> > > > variety
> > > > is not quite as spectacular as it was the year we had so much rain,
> > > >  but
> > > > there were still lots. The purple of the thistle sage against the
> > > > orange
> > > > poppies was particularly stunning. From the top of the ridge we
> > > > could
> > > > see the blaze of flowers where we rode on Friday, about 20 miles
> > > > away.
> > > > Sadly we forgot the camera Sunday.
> > > > We are wondering what's happening with our own little wildflower
> > > > display. Our neighbor's yard is brilliant with goldfields and
> > > > poppies.
> > > > Ours had goldfields, which are mostly fading out while his are still
> > > > going strong, and very few poppies. I am sure that the sheep grazing
> > > > out
> > > > there have had an impact but we've had sheep for 15 years, always
> > > > the
> > > > same routine, and up until this year have not noticed any difference
> > > > between next door and our yard.
> > > > Saturday I worked in the garden! It was warm, but the wind came
> > > >  back, I
> > > > ignored it. I transplanted all my peppers into bigger pots and I'll
> > > >  let
> > > > them grow in the greenhouse for another few weeks. I ended up with
> > > > about
> > > > 70 plants and so far they all look good. I put six tomato plants out
> > > > and
> > > > got them mulched and protected in case of cold weather to come, and
> > > > I
> > > > planted the squash seeds. Still haven't gotten under the row cover
> > > > to
> > > > check out the lettuce or the peas, but I can see a lot of pea plants
> > > >  so
> > > > I think they're okay.
> > > > The dry garden is starting to really bloom. I have weeded about
> > > > three-quarters of it, and it shouldn't take more than a couple hours
> > > >  to
> > > > finish, I just have to find the hours. There are poppies; salvia
> > > > greggii
> > > > is looking good, so are salvias dorrii, spathacea, chamaedryoides
> > > > and
> > > > clevelandii, but not the leucophylla. The Shasta buckwheat is close
> > > > to
> > > > blooming. Spanish lavender is just getting started. My spineless
> > > > opuntia
> > > > cactus is dead for sure, but I am going to wander down to the
> > > > neighbor's
> > > > and see if they will let me take a few pads off theirs, it is nice
> > > > and
> > > > big.
> > > > I have a few roses on the bushes I didn't manage to prune and some
> > > > iris.
> > > > The daffodils are gone. The purple lilacs are fading and the white
> > > > lilac
> > > > is in full bloom now. Gophers took a big toll on my dwarf nandina in
> > > > the
> > > > teahouse garden, and the rest of it needs some work, but at least
> > > > it's
> > > > not a big weed factory. I have much to do in the front yard, but I'm
> > > > trying not to obsess over what's not getting done.
> > > >
> > > > Cyndi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> > > > On
> > > > Behalf Of Zemuly Sanders
> > > > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:05 PM
> > > > To: gardenchat
> > > > Subject: [CHAT] Weather
> > > >
> > > > I just finished reading all my e-mail on the web because, for some
> > > > reason, I'm
> > > > not able to receive it on Outlook Express.  It's so cold here!  We
> > > >  have
> > > > a
> > > > freeze warning for Tuesday morning between midnight and 9:00 a.m.
> > > > Home
> > > > Depot's nursery vendors are going nuts!  I had hoped to get my yard
> > > > mowed or
> > > > something like it today, but my mower is not back from the shop.  My
> > > > neighbors
> > > > are probably taking up a collection for me.  I am more behind than
> > > >  ever
> > > > this
> > > > year!  I'm wondering if I will ever catch up...
> > > > zem
> > > > zone 7 (and freezing)
> > > > West TN
> > > >
> > > >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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