Re: Re: It's winter garden time

Poor Andrea, it's a rough week ye be havin'.   

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 12/15/2004 9:36:11 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

may have just been a rumor.  haven't found anything to substantiare it yet.

kitty

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>

To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time





> WHAT!???!??!?!? That makes me want to cry, again....

> A

>

> Andrea H

> Beaufort, SC

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:49 PM

> Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

>

>

> > > > 27 tonight. I wish I was sitting at Cafe Demonde in New Orleans

right

> > now.

> >

> > Someone told me that it closed.  couldn'tbelieve it.

> > Kitty

> > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>

> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:12 PM

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> >

> >

> > > You didn't sound callous Kitty, I'm having a bad week, sorry to sound

so

> > > bitchy.  I did plant fast growers but only a couple are evergreen, as

I

> > > really don't have space for giants like live oaks, which take a

> gazillion

> > > years to grow anyway.  I turned my small heater on in the greenhouse

and

> > > still covered everything with sheets INSIDE as it's supposed to get

down

> > to

> > > 27 tonight. I wish I was sitting at Cafe Demonde in New Orleans right

> now.

> > >

> > > A

> > >

> > > Andrea H

> > > Beaufort, SC

> > >

> > >

> > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>

> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:03 PM

> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> > >

> > >

> > > > Oh, I give you lots of credit, Andrea.  I didn't mean for the remark

> to

> > > come

> > > > across callous.  When you wrote "no trees", I thought you meant you

> had

> > > > none.  Yes, they're small when you plant them and they take years to

> get

> > > the

> > > > height you want, but you have to plant them if they're ever going to

> get

> > > > there.  Your complaint must have meant that you've planted but

you're

> > > > waiting for the height.

> > > >

> > > > Kitty

> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>

> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:18 PM

> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > > Give me a little credit here, I have. But they don't make up for

the

> > > giant

> > > > > pines and live oaks that keep others around here relatively frost

> > free.

> > > > > Those are the ones that provide the most protection for our yards.

> > > > > A

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Andrea H

> > > > > Beaufort, SC

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>

> > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:47 PM

> > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > > >  It's due to lack of the trees that the contractors cut

> > > > > > > down. No trees.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Plant some.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Kitty

> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > > > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>

> > > > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:31 PM

> > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > I just finished putting everything in the greenhouse, plugging

> in

> > > the

> > > > > > > heater, and shoving sheets around the back opening and front

> door

> > to

> > > > > help

> > > > > > > insulate. My greenhouse is old and kind of warped in some

> placed.

> > > LOL!

> > > > > > Looks

> > > > > > > stunning in the winter time. We are expecting our first

serious

> > cold

> > > > > > night.

> > > > > > > They say 38 degrees but my place tends to frost easily and

I've

> > told

> > > > > y'all

> > > > > > > this before I'm sure. It's due to lack of the trees that the

> > > > contractors

> > > > > > cut

> > > > > > > down. No trees.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Anyway, my pineapple sage is still blooming and the salvia

> Greggii

> > > > seems

> > > > > > to

> > > > > > > prefer this kind of weather and blooms all winter. Everything

> else

> > > is

> > > > > > > probably going to be nice and brown by tomorrow night. That's

> OK,

> > > it's

> > > > > > time

> > > > > > > to start cleaning up for spring. I need something to do while

> I'm

> > > > > waiting

> > > > > > > for classes to start.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > Andrea H

> > > > > > > Beaufort, SC

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > > > > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>

> > > > > > > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:36 PM

> > > > > > > Subject: [CHAT] It's winter garden time

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Ignoring the chill this morning, I went out to stake my

tomato

> > > > > > > > plants--I noticed yesterday they were starting to bloom--and

> > > > > discovered

> > > > > > > > one of them [a "Better Bush"] has several walnut size green

> > > > tomatoes.

> > > > > > > > The jalapenos are blooming also. In the flower department,

all

> > the

> > > > > zygo

> > > > > > > > cactus are either blooming or loaded with buds, as are many

of

> > the

> > > > > > > > orchids.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Island Jim

> > > > > > > > Southwest Florida

> > > > > > > > 27.0 N, 82.4 W

> > > > > > > > Zone 10a

> > > > > > > > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

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