Re: weather

Yeah, what she said.....but I also like to razz Pam once in a while ;+)
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather


> Auralie, I truly don't think anyone of us in the south looks down upon or
> judges anyone living in the north...or vice versa for that matter.  I for
one, am
> truly sorry that you got that impression.  I think Pam is just expressing
her
> love for the heat....which not everyone shares.  I for one dont' like it
very
> hot, but do love the 70's and 80's....on the other hand, I don't like it
cold
> either.   I know many folks (non-gardeners)  that live for the winter
though
> and would be miserable in our climate.  To each their own.  Isn't that
what
> makes the world so interesting?? If we were all alike it would be terribly
> boring.   I think this group has an open mind and enjoys hearing about
others
> experiences, etc.  We might not want to trade places with that person, but
it's
> interesting to learn about different interests, experiences, etc..  We
share info
> about our lives to give others a better idea how things are where we
> are....not to say one is better than the other...but to share.  Everything
has its
> pros and cons.... no place is perfect, no person is perfect.
>
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
> In a message dated 1/16/2004 9:35:08 PM Central Standard Time,
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> Pam, I think you should consider two things.  One, is that if everybody
loved
> hot weather as much as you do, you would be crowded out.  Look at Florida
and
> California now  - far too many people.  The other is that many of us have
> chosen to live in different climates for reasons other than gardens -
jobs,
> in
> particular.
> I grew up in the Florida panhandle, and couldn't wait to get away from
that
> whole ambience.  I fell in love with New York before I ever though I could
> live here.  I won't say I married my husband because he was a ticket to
New
> York,
> but it didn't hurt.  We lived in the city for nearly three  years - until
my
> second child was immanent.  We knew we couldn't really afford to live
there
> with small children, but thought we could live in the "country" for a few
> years
> and then move back.  It  was about fifteen years before I really realized
I
> could never live in the city again.  I still could live there if we could
> afford
> "garden apartments" like some people we knew once had - but I doubt they
even
> exist for millionaires any more.
>   I don't enjoy the extreme cold we are having this year, but it's mostly
> because I am concerned for my plants.  If we had had a snow cover last
week
> when
> the temps were below zero I wouldn't have been so concerned.  I enjoy the
tr
> ansitions from one season to another. Of course you can grow things  that
we
> can't, but we can grow things that you can't.  My grandmother, who had
been a
> child in upstate New York, never got over longing for lilacs and peonies
> which
> would not grow in Florida.  I would  hate to give them up, too.  Others
talk
> about having different interests in the winter.  I, too, have other
> interests,
> but not seasonal.  My indexing business takes up a lot of time whatever
the
> season, but since I am free-lance it is erratic.  Been very busy this
winter.
>  The
> gardens I build in my daydreams during the winter when the seed catalogs
> arrive are as great a pleasure to me as the ones that actually develop
during
> the
> growing seasons - sometimes better because the actual ones never quite
live
> up
> to my dreams.  So don't feel sorry for us northeners, or look down on us
for
> being misguided about where we live.  We love our gardens.  The motto of
the
> current president of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State is
"Bloom
> where you're planted."  That's what we try to do.
> Auralie
>
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