Re: lurking

Pam and Noreen,
This is what I love about gardneners - that eagerness to share!
Kitty
> Scottie - If you do join the landlubber crowd, I can fill up the car w/
> stuff for your garden. Four o'clocks, volunteer purple coneflowers,
> summer/annual poinsettias, black-eyed Susans, cannas and whatever else
> I've got growing on!! Not to mention my usual overabundance of seedlings
> every Spring. Just say the word. I made a road trip to Jesse's her first
> Spring in OK. Car was so full I had to use my side mirrors. LOL
> 
> 
> keep us posted - excellent to hear from you!!
> 
> Pam
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Scottie Baugh" <scottieb@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:27:48 -0500
> 
> >I confess, I'm still lurking.  I didn't realize the list had dropped to so
> >few contributors.
> >
> >My dock garden is just about at the end of it's time.  It's been so hot here
> >for so long, then we have afternoon showers, which just make it hotter.  The
> >combination of 90 plus temps and humidity, and things are nicely steamed.
> >The lemon basil was first to go, then a couple of pots of petunias, then we
> >had the storm and had to move everything to keep the seawater out.  Lost the
> >nicotiana and 4 o'clocks, even the marigolds gave up.  Nothing worse that a
> >collection of dried out, burned up container plants.
> >
> >So I'm thinking about a late summer crop.  Thought I might plant some
> >tomatoes toward the end of the month, and more lemon basil.  Maybe some
> >other kitchen herbs, though the oregano, chives, sage and parsley have
> >managed to survive, and I think cooler weather will revive them.
> >
> >In the meantime, I'm trying to save my miniature roses, the jasmine, some
> >verbena and a beautiful hibiscus a neighbor gave me. Sometimes I really wish
> >for a nice shade garden!  Lovely cool ferns and hostas.
> >
> >And my husband is fulfilling a life long dream of growing orchids (under the
> >awning on the boat).  This is great, except the boat looks like it is
> >growing green hair, and he expects me to do most of the watering and
> >feeding.  He takes over on weekends, and presents me with lists of things to
> >do for the next week.  On the other hand, the vandas are blooming, and the
> >Lady of the Night (B. nodosa) seems to stay in bloom and wafts it's
> >enchanting fragrance over the deck as soon as the sun goes down.
> >
> >The best news is he is so taken with the orchids he is considering moving to
> >land and getting a greenhouse for his 'babies'.  I will benefit, because
> >I'll get a kitchen, bathroom, and a closet, and best of all the rest of the
> >yard to garden in.   I read the post about 4 o'clocks last week and thought
> >how wonderful it would be to grow them again; they're one of my favorites.
> >
> >So, if I end up with a real garden, I'll probably start quizzing you guys
> >for ideas, especially those of you in our hot, humid, very looooong summers.
> >
> >Any body do fall gardens?  I know many of you have suffered with more rain
> >than you can handle; are you thinking about doing a fall planting?
> >Unfortunately, most of the things I planted in the fall in Colorado won't
> >take the heat here, so I'll have to be creative.
> >
> >Where there's a will, there's a way!
> >
> >Scottie
> >Texas Gulf Coast
> >(still) aboard Betelgeuse
> >docked in Kemah, Texas
> >
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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