RE: weather

Cyndi, your place is beautiful! I LOVE the tea house. 

Andrea H
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> [Original Message]
> From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 1/13/2005 2:18:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] weather
>
> Thanks. Most of it is not exactly looking its best right now, but the
> teahouse garden isn't too bad. I made the psuedo-Japanese garden to go
with
> the teahouse my husband built, and tried to plant it with evergreen stuff
> that would still look decent in the winter and wouldn't need high
> maintenance ever. It's starting its third year now and I'm definitely
> finding things I would do differently. I planted several cistus around the
> lantern but they have grown much too big. I put small shrubs in what I
> thought were pleasing scattered patterns, only to find as they've grown
that
> they make straight lines (ick). I should have insisted on a water feature,
> although at the time we were both so tired of the project that we couldn't
> face it. And...oh well, we are all our own worst critics, and I do like
> sitting in the teahouse looking at the garden. 
>
> Cyndi
>  
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Donna
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:38 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] weather
>
>
> Pretty magical for this time of year, not that much to
> look at out my windows right now....
>
> Wonderful garden there!
>
> Donna
>
> --- Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>
> > And here in the supposedly dry high desert we had
> > almost 7 inches of rain,
> > from last Friday to Tuesday, and the waters are
> > slowly receding. That is
> > about our yearly average just in 5 days, on top of
> > the 5 inches we got just
> > after Christmas! We even got a dusting of snow on
> > Friday but not as much as
> > I would have liked - snow is an uncommon visitor
> > here, and usually fun to
> > watch. Half the roads are closed because of the
> > flooding and now with clear
> > weather comes freezing, so there are lots of
> > accidents this morning as cars
> > hit the black ice on the road.  I have 3 pregnant
> > ewes in the back who are
> > having trouble finding a dry spot to lie down, so if
> > this weekend remains
> > clear we will be constructing them a new shelter
> > with a raised concrete
> > floor.
> > On the plus side, this spring's wildflowers should
> > be spectactular. I'm
> > hoping for blooms on all the joshua trees and
> > poppies everywhere. 
> > I took some pictures of our place while the snow
> > fell, if you are interested
> > they are here:
> > http://community.webshots.com/album/246231835VecIJo
> > they were mostly for my husband's benefit, since he
> > was at work and couldn't
> > see it, so don't expect magical scenes.  
> > 
> > Cyndi
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> > Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:22 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> > 
> > 
> > Same here.  It was downpouring rain yesterday, 32
> > degrees last night but the
> > 
> > ground did not freeze because it was so warm the two
> > days before (62-70
> > during the day).  Crazy weather.  And since Monday
> > we have had 19 baby goats
> > 
> > born, so we are trying to keep all the new babies
> > warm.  We have five heat
> > lamps in the barn!
> > 
> > 
> > Jesse Rene' Bell
> > Claremore, OK
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > >Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> > >Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:04:55 EST
> > >
> > >We're getting the same sort of thing here, Donna.
> > Crazy!  It's been in
> > >the 30s for a week - even at night.  About three
> > inches of snow fell
> > >Monday, with the temperature at 34 degrees.  It's
> > still on the ground,
> > >and still no freezing.  Crazy!  It is supposed to
> > get warm and storm
> > >tomorrow, and then fall to the single digits.  I
> > think this is the
> > >nastiest sort of weather. I don't really mind
> > bright, clear cold
> > >weather, especially if there is a snow cover, but I
> > loathe this gloomy
> > >miserable mess.  And I hate to think what it is
> > going to do to next
> > >spring's flowers. Auralie
> > >
> > >In a message dated 01/13/2005 8:57:48 AM Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> > >gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes: well yesterday it
> > was 60 here, by the
> > >weekend it is supposed to be 6 if we are lucky.
> > hum....
> > >
> > >Last night we had a thunderstorm that woke me up..
> > >this is Illinois in January.. hum....
> > >
> > >Now wondering how my plants will survive this crazy
> > >weather without cover and lotsa wet!
> > >
> >
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