Re: Rain... again

That may not be a bad thing Jim.   No one needs another  Katrina.

On 8/8/07, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Weather channel calls it "the ring of fire"--that heatwave in the
> middle of the country. I don't know where the tropical storms are
> either. We haven't had anything of significance so far this year--and
> the calendar says mid-August begins next week.
>
> On Aug 8, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
>
> > And, meanwhile, we (TN) are having one of the hottest and driest
> > summers in
> > decades.  Sure wish we could pull some of your weather towards us.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 8/8/2007 10:55:45 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] 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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> Island Jim
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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