RE: Ripout time

Visiting David? Or kids?

> Behalf Of james singer
> 
> Depends on the climate at the time. Might go to Santa cruz.
> 
> 
> On Saturday, December 4, 2004, at 03:31 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > Jim,
> > As usual, most of the plants you've named are foreign to me, so I can't
> > really comment. However, If Ms. Fatma is taking off for Boston for
> > Cmas,
> > what are you doing?
> >
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> >> Spent most of the morning ripping out a large duranta hedge that we
> >> planted when we first moved in. We planted it as a privacy screen
> >> because we knew it would grow fast. Then we planted red-tip cocoplums
> >> behind it. Well, now the cocoplums are about 12 feet tall and very
> >> dense, so it's time for the durantas to go.
> >>
> >> There is also a honeybell tangelo on the end of the cocoplum hedge.
> >> Now
> >> that the durantas are out, I can see clusters of ripe and near-ripe
> >> tangelos hanging in the cocoplums. Way more than we can eat, even if
> >> we
> >> go on a tangelo-only diet. So I guess we'll be squeezing and freezing
> >> tomorrow, although it would be nice if we could hold some on the tree
> >> for Ms. Fatma to take with her when she goes to Boston for Christmas.
> >>
> >> Once I'm satisfied that the durantas are dead, I'm going to turn the
> >> bed into a cactus garden--whortleberries and Peruvian apples. They're
> >> both columnar types and should thrive in that bed. It gets full sun
> >> most of the day.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Zone 10a
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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