Re: Queen's wreath

If it's this miserable for us, how much worse is it for the birdies?  I had
to drag an old umbrella out to do mine the other day.  Sugar had never seen
an umbrella before, it freaked her out when she saw it blow across the
porch.

On 2/3/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> It is bitterly cold and blustery here Donna, don't know how you can stand
> going out there to fill the feeders, but bless you for doing so.  I had to
> go out twice today, not counting getting the paper.  Once I went to help
> the
> lady across the street who couldn't for the life of her get her new dvd
> player to work. (you connect yelloew to yellow not yellow to white).  then
> later I had to visit a friend who'd recently had back surgery.  Meanwhile
> I
> have a zillion projects I need to work on.  Well, tomorrow is another day.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Queen's wreath
>
>
> > wonderful pick me up Jim.....
> >
> > Here it is currently 4 with the wind howling
> > at 37mpg, which translates to minus 18.... yipes!... going down to minus
> 4
> > tonight with a high of 2 tomorrow... then minus 10 tomorrow night. I
> think
> > they said we are in for a week of this nonsense.
> >
> > So all this means- start
> > cutting now... gonna loose allot of plants this winter as they really
> > don't
> > have the protection they need.  We usually have a couple inches/ft of
> snow
> > when this happens.  The last snowfall was light and fluffy and blew into
> > the
> > next county... sigh.
> >
> > My mother has taken on feeding every bird for miles...
> > trust me- they are all in our yards... hundreds of them.  Bird feeders
> are
> > filled twice a day and can't keep up... she also has started the 'bird
> > bread'
> > campaign.  Local thrift hostess place is doing a great business with
> > me....
> > they are going thru 8-10 loafs of bread a day.... I really didn't think
> it
> > was
> > a good idea to give birds bread, but there is no arguing with
> > mother...sigh.
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: james singer
> > <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday,
> > February 3, 2007 3:56:38 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Queen's wreath
> >
> >
> > For those, like
> > me, mired in crappy weather at the moment, our Petrea
> > continues to bloom.
> > Makes it almost pleasant to go outside for a look.
> > Here's an old picture:
> > http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/14176/
> > Wonderful vine, but I can't
> > figure out how to propagate it--I've tried
> > cuttings three or four times and
> > it doesn't appear to set seed. Maybe I
> > need to try air-layering it.
> >
> > Island
> > Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Sunset
> > Zone 25
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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