Re: hum....

Ungodly hot here today! Didn't help that I had to travel between several schools and the car was like 300 degrees each time I got back in it!! Maybe grape hyacinth, but they look like they are going to be bigger than that. Don't have any naked ladies. We had a coolish spell a couple of weeks ago, so got lots of new green tomatoes started then, which are all ripening now. 
For that space I'd like something edible- either fruit or veggie....

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

Yep, hot here too, although I think it will actually be hotter in the
valleys than here in the desert, they said highs up to 110 in the
valley. It was over 100 here yesterday, at least that's what I heard,
although I was inside for most of it. I did walk to a meeting about 1:00
but it didn't seem all that bad so who knows.
Your bulbs might be grape hyacinth, mine start coming up about this time
of year. Or naked ladies (either the amaryllis or lycoris), those have
leaves in winter.
I don't have much in the way of tomatoes right at the moment. Standard
tomato behavior here, all the fruit that set in spring is ripe and
picked, and there's very little green fruit because it's been too hot to
set. They will start again very soon and will be loaded with green
tomatoes right at frost. If I wanted to get a jump on winter cleanup I
would dig them out now, because I never use many of the green tomatoes;
but I probably won't. Optimism springs eternal you know and I always
think I will harvest the green fruit and make chutney or relish or
pickles or carefully store them to ripen. I won't, but I also won't give
up the idea that I might. I think there's probably a clinical term for
that...
So what do you want for that space, more vegetables or something more
permanent? Or annual flowers?


Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:56 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] hum....

Insanely hot here today-  thought I was going to melt!  And it is going
to be hotter tomorrow!  Ugh!
I haven't been out in the garden in ages, trying to get my house
reorganized.  I drug a bunch of stuff out to the curb to donate (they
were supposed to pick up today) but they didn't come!!!  So, I'll call
again tomorrow- but it's got to go before I leave for TX again on
Friday!  What a pain.  I did manage to drop the last load of stuff off
at my ex's this evening and get all the keys back.  One more thing off
the list if stuff to do.
On a gardening note, I have some bulbs coming up in the front garden-
can't think of what they would be coming up this time of year.  Kind of
a mystery.  My tiny coral tree actually didn't die last winter and now
has some leaves : ).  Everything is rather crispy-  to hot and watering
helps, but too much moisture is evaporating out of the leaves before it
can be replaced by the roots.  I still have tons of cherry tomatoes. On
variety (some German one- Blonden... something or other- means "little
blonde girl") is just not that tasty.  Won't plant is again.  All of the
others are yummy.  Jim's tomato is growing like crazy and seems to be
impervious to everything.  All the other plants near it have wilt (I
really just need to give up planting tomatoes in that area)- but not
Jim's plant.  I do need suggestions of what to plant there instead of
tomatoes.  It is on a south facing wall- garden is about 4 ft wide-
raised bed.  Any suggestions?

Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

still hot & dry here.  i'm watering, whoopee.

On 8/28/07, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:

Nice weather here, but still too dry.  Not as hot as predicted - only



about 78. I'd love to be out gardening, but of course this is the
week I have an indexing job, so can't play.
I was just out having a mild argument with Chet.  When the tree fell,



it took out the big old mountain laurel bushes beside the front
stoop.  I have been trying to decide what to put there, but Chet says



he likes it better with nothing - he likes the looks of the bare
doorway.  I think it looks much too stark - needs something leafy to
soften it.  He said "How can we compromise."  I said "By buying me a

nice shrub to go there."

Jim, I've been meaning to tell you that the scarlet beans are really
a delight.  I have planted them in containers with Silver King
Artemisia, white caladiums, and white impatiens.  They provide just
the right touch of color.  They were also the hit of the "edible
flower" workshop and luncheon my club put on - really brighten up a
salad. Thanks.  But why, so far, have they not made any beans?  The
blossoms just drop off without making beans.  I had hoped to save

seeds for next year.

Auralie

In a message dated 08/28/2007 4:01:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:

hum.... anyone home?  any new storms I am not aware of?

Where is everyone?
Is the list broken?

Donna





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