Re: Rain... again

well I hope you keep that weather over there!  Today was perfect, right about
80, not sunny.... but of course, I can't be outside...sigh.  It is supposed to
be in the 90's next week, but we are also supposed to get rain daily... we
will see.

Donna


----- Original Message ----
From: Cathy Carpenter
<cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2007
4:51:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain... again


Only 87? We are in the low to
mid nineties and there are threats of a  
triple digit forecast for next
week.... UGH

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 2, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Donna
wrote:

> Well it is 87degrees with 51percent humidity and 5 to 10 mph winds
> at 6:30ish
> tonight... YUCK
>
> They promised me some rain tonight, but now
decided that
> isn't going to happen.... sigh.
>
> Garden is frying and it
appears most of my
> flowers are not into this weather, but a few are blooming
their  
> heads off...
> like the hibiscus.
>
> Donna
>
>
> ----- Original
Message ----
> From: Johnson Cyndi D
> Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent:
> Thursday,
August 2, 2007 3:04:16 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Rain... again
>
>
> Way to
>
make me jealous! I got brown desert, dirt, and the barest hint of
> a cloud
way
> way off to the south. It is a pleasant 99F with 11% humidity
> and no
wind.
> On
> the plus side, yesterday we did have clouds, and at least 10
>
raindrops hit our
> windshield on the way into work. Woo-hoo, moisture!
> Last
night we blew off
> team penning practice (husband is showing signs
> of
strain after weeks of
> rushing from work to home to horse event three
>
nights a week) and I started
> getting the onions out of the garden.
> Should
have grabbed the red ones
> earlier, many of them are not in the
> best shape.
The yellow ones - Candy - are
> looking good, I'll see if I
> can't get all
those inside this weekend. Some of
> them were under stress
> though, they
have those bizarre extra growths.  I have
> plenty of
> tomatoes to play with
too, I'll make chili sauce and canned tomatoes
> since I entered those in the
fair. I'm running a bit late on  
> getting my
> entries done but it's par for
the course this year.  I doubt I will  
> have
> available half of what I
planned to enter in the garden  
> competition, oh
> well.
> I might be able
to substitute some tomatoes for the pepper
> entries.
>
> Cyndi
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>
[o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent:
Thursday,
> August 02, 2007 10:33 AM
> To: Garden Chat
> Subject: [CHAT]
Rain... again
>
> It's
> been raining for much of the last 3 days. And NOAA
says we've got a
> lot of the
> same through next Monday PM. Not easy to tour
the plantation
> between
> cloudbursts, but I did notice quite a few baby
starfruit this
> morning--and I
> didn't even know the tree had bloomed.
>
Pleasant surprise. Unpleasant
> realization: we're almost out of mangos,
> one
more picking, two at most.
>
> The
> orange jasmines--including the one I
nearly killed with the
> wheelbarrow full
> of softener salt--are in their
third or fourth bloom
> cycle. And when the flush
> of small, multi-petaled
white flowers is
> assaulted by driving rain, it looks
> like it snowed in the
front patio.
> But snow never smelled this good.
>
> The
> Barbados cherry is
in its third bloom cycle, too. It's a mass of
> pink and
> white flowers. The
first two cycles produced heavy crops of
> fruit, but I don't
> know if this
one will--the rain may keep the wasps,
> bumblebees, and other
> pollinators
at home. Usually when it blooms, the
> wasps and bumbles get
> possessive and
let you know you're not welcome in
> the neighborhood until
> they've had
their fill. I've had bumblebees,
> which show no interest in me when
> they're
working on avocado flowers,
> dive-bomb me when I go near the Barbados
>
cherry when it's in bloom.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>
Maximum 100
> F [38 C]
>
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