Re: peppers/what's everyone ordering?

Beautiful name, Pam, sounds like one "H" of a pepper, haven't had too much
luck here with those South/Mediterrean type veggies here, not warm enough
long enough.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] peppers/what's everyone ordering?


> Lots of onions down here, it's onion planting time right now actually. I
> do the SSE heirloom peppers because I can't get them here. If I walked
> into a local nursery and asked for Quadrato Asti Giallo peppers they'd
> look at me like I'm nuts. Doesn't that name just sing? Italian heirloom
> variety - loves the heat, big gorgeous blocky yellow bell peppers.
> They're almost to pretty to eat!! Almost.
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Richard T. Apking" <richa@midlands.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:15:53 -0800
>
> >I'm a little like Donna, and purchase myveggie plants locally, have
ordered
> >my usual bunches of onions from (Hey Pam, can you believe this) Texas;
have
> >been designing some changes to some flower beds (which means re-routing
some
> >of the railroad) into something just a little more interesting.  But with
> >two plus feet of snow on the ground and temps in the low teens, it's just
a
> >little difficult in getting real worked up about ordering plants.
However,
> >suppose I'd better get my dibbs in before everything is gone.  Rich
freezing
> >his --- off in Z-5
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 6:22 PM
> >Subject: RE: [CHAT] peppers/what's everyone ordering?
> >
> >
> >> I am not a big order of plants... have a few catalogs in front of me
> >> that need my immediate attention, but just to dang tired to decide. I
> >> did make it thru one and sent that in....
> >>
> >> Veggies always come from neighborhood places as do most of my plants.
> >>
> >> Here with snow on the ground, hard to think plants. I like to access
the
> >> garden in the spring and then decide what to get.... who am I kidding..
> >> I tour the nurseries, find something I just have to have, and then
> >> figure out after it is home where I am going to plant it....
> >>
> >> Donna
> >> Who is still sorting this mess of a house.... hoping to be done by
> >> spring!
> >>
> >> > Well I ordered my pepper transplants from SSE today.
> >> > Our average last frost date is only about a month off, so time to
kick
> >> > into high gear. Those heirloom varieties do beautifully and three
> >> > varieties fruit and produce all season long - even in the heat of our
> >> > summers. Anything that requires daily watering has to produce here or
> >> I
> >> > don't plant it again.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So what's everyone else ordering this Spring?  I'm curious
naturally!!
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Pam Evans
> >> > Kemp TX/zone 8A
> >>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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