Re: Thanks & weather

Pam, I'm so sorry for you.  I woke up once again to rain, and then it came
down harder. I've lost a few plants to rot; some of them just can't take it.
I mowed the lawn 3 times this week.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Thanks & weather


> Still not a drop here.  Watered unitl 11 pm last night.  No, that's not a
typo.
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:13:18 -0500
>
> >Bonnie, glad the colchicum arrived ok.  Don't worry, just try to get them
> >down by Labor Day.  Scaevola (Fan Flower) is from Australia. Likes
> >well-drained soil and, as I think Marge mentioned, less phosphorous.  I
have
> >the new S. 'Zig Zag' that has done extremely well. Sorry yours didn't
make
> >it, but try again next year.
> >Kitty
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> >To: "Agardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 9:17 AM
> >Subject: [CHAT] Thanks & weather
> >
> >
> >> Kitty...thanks so much...my bulbs arrived and half are in the
> >> ground...we continue to have so much rain that it is difficult to get
> >> prepared and I must be careful as where I tend to put them already has
> >> spring bulbs. One of my former work colleagues grew them and said they
> >> do very well here so I am really looking forward to them.
> >>
> >>
> >> I also have a "disappearing plant". I started a new section of bed with
> >> Angelina and decided to add a Scaevola...all were doing fine...slightly
> >> different shades of color . I went out yesterday and the Scaevola was
> >> GONE...nothing in sight.
> >>
> >>
> >> We have had storms and so much rain this year...a surplus of 7.52
inches
> >> since as of July 31 and we have had rain everyday in August...but the
> >> butterflies are numerous...also the birds...also mosquitoes with
reports
> >> of West Nile in the county and rabbits everywhere. We saw two green
> >> hummingbirds and a bright yellow finch yesterday. My flowers have
> >> required much more pruning and deadheading than normal just to keep
them
> >> coming. Several of my herbs have given up due to wet feet even though I
> >> built a raised herb bed with plenty of sand and stone.
> >>
> >>
> >> Our paper did a feature on the rain comparing each month with "normal"
> >> conditions. March and April seem to have just reversed with February,
> >> May and July having more than double the usual rain.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
> >> holmesbm@usit.net
> >>
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