Re: Weather

It will probabaly be gone by Saturday because it is supposed to be in the
70's .

I only had to broom this snow. It was really light again.

betsy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather


> EIGHT INCHES.....gross.  I would have a heart attack.  This weather is
just weird this year.....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Betsy Kelson <bkelson@ix.netcom.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:57:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather
>
> We had 8" of snow between yesterday afternoon and this morning. It is now
> sunny at 11:00 am mdt. I have not seen this much snow this late in April
> since I have lived, which is 10years
>
> betsy
> evergreen co
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zemuly@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:49 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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> > > Me an' Squinty
> > > On The Road
> > > Somewhere
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