RE: Rain... again

Meanwhile, we seem to be having an early taste of fall. It has not even
reached the 90s over the last couple days - in August!! I turned off the
cooler last night after just an hour or so, the house was only 74.  I
fully expect we'll get back to summer before long, but it's kind of
interesting. 


Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Andrea Hodges
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:28 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain... again

No rain here-it was 100 on my way home with really high humidity. It's
miserable. I had to force myself to go out and water just now. I'm
dripping and it's not from the hose! I'm ready for September.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zemuly@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain... again


>I worked outside all day Saturday and Sunday when the THI was 105!  I 
>surely did drink a lot of water, and I stayed out of the air
conditioning.
>I don't mind heat and humidity as long as I stay in it.  It's the 
>constantly going from one extreme to the other that knocks me out.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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