Re: where is everyone?

Same here for the forsythia.  I usually begin to prune them very gradually
during the winter bringing in the cut branches.  They are wonderful to
force when the weather is dull.  
ETN Bonnie

> [Original Message]
> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 12/4/2008 9:16:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] where is everyone?
>
> Haven't been able to do any fall gardening to speak of.  Combination of
> uncooperative weather, two big, time-consuming indexing jobs, a
> long weekend visit from the Colorado son and wife, and just a lot of
> other stuff.  I'm pretty frustrated - haven't even been able to put my
> bulbs in.  The week before Thanksgiving, the temperature dropped
> into the teens and we had a couple of days that didn't even get above
> freezing, but it has moderated since, and we have even had a few
> nights when it didn't freeze. Today it's 43 and very cloudy - will rain
> and will probably snow tonight.
> Before all this started, I did get my peonies cut down - I did it early
> because the deer had already stripped them. This is the first time
> ever that deer have eaten peonies.  What I must do as soon as I
> have a few minutes is cut down the mass of Artemisia 'Powis
> Castle' that filled the front bed. It was pretty magnificent this 
> summer, especially before the deer ate the handsome red Caladiums
> that were growing up through the silver foliage, but now that it has 
> frozen it looks awful.  'Powis Castle' survives about one winter out
> of three.  I guess it depends on the weather.  
> Judy, I know you are in a different climate, but here we would not
> cut forsythia at this time of the year.  It would have already set buds
> for next spring, and if we pruned it now there would be no bloom in
> the spring.  Maybe it's different where you are.
> Auralie
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/4/2008 1:02:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> judylee@lewiston.com writes:
>
> Not much here. We had a couple of frosty nights,but it's warm (40-55) and 
> rainy the past few days. I need to prune my forsythia, but it isn't
really 
> cold enough yet. Grapes are done, Walnuts are leafless with nuts still 
> falling. Buds on the winter blooming heathers. Trying to get in the mood
to 
> decorate for Christmas. We bought a new couch, then had to get a new
washer 
> so have already spent more than we planned. We don't have much debt so
we're 
> OK, just feeling cautious with the economy so slow.
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