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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