Re: Blooms
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Blooms
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:58:54 +0000 (UTC)
Yes, I saw fleas on my dogs in Jan even with Frontline. 


B 
ETN Zone 7 
Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Catharine Carpenter" <cathycrc@comcast.net> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:41:40 PM 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blooms 

My issue with the temperature is that we will not have the 
overwintering insect kill that we should have, which means that 
gardeners and especially our farmers will have to deal with more 
insect depredation during the upcoming growing season. 
Cathy, west central IL, z5b 

On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Zemuly wrote: 

> My hellebores have been blooming for weeks. Like you and your plowing 
> bill, I'm grateful my gas bill hasn't been through the roof. Our 
> garden 
> center looks great with a new shipment of evergreens. 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
> 
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote: 
> 
>> You're a bit ahead of us, Zem, but we're not far behind. 
>> I have daffodils up several inches. My quince has large 
>> pink buds just a few days from opening. This is the 
>> first year in the 40 that we have lived here that our pond 
>> has not frozen totally enough for skating, and today it is 
>> almost totally free of ice. Hellebores are up several inches. 
>> 
>> Last winter we had a heavy snow cover from early December 
>> until March, and my perennial bed came through beautifully, 
>> even the things that were marginally hardy, even though we 
>> had extreme cold for a good part of the winter. This year we 
>> have no snow cover - the ground is not even frozen. There have 
>> been a couple of cold spells - down into the single digits for 
>> one or two nights - but bounced right back up. Crazy! I'm 
>> sure many things will suffer. I've tried to cover my beds with 
>> leaves and cut Christmas tree branches, but I'm sure that has 
>> not been enough protection from the wide temperature swings. 
>> 
>> Oh well, at least we haven't had a big plowing bill - yet. 
>> Auralie 
>> 
>> In a message dated 2/2/2012 2:05:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>> zemuly@comcast.net writes: 
>> 
>> Not only do I have daffodils blooming, the Magnolia soulangeana is 
>> ready 
>> to burst into bloom. Bridal wreath spirea and forsythia are in full 
>> array. One freeze and I could have a sad spring. In the meanwhile 
>> it's 
>> at least 70 and sunny today. 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 
>> 
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