Re: Busy weekend

Zem, I think she said she had  "I already have
> two
>> indoor cats "

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Busy weekend


> That is really awesome of you, Cyndi.  I can identify with finding (or
being
> found by) strays.  Some of the most beat up tom cats have become the most
> loving and appreciative pets I've had.  They are the most affectionate of
> all cats.  Your new addition probably won't spray in your house because he
> will be the only cat there.  At least that's been my experience.
> zem
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Busy weekend
>
>
> > You're an angel, Cyndi
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:38 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Busy weekend
> >
> >
> >> Kitty is neutered, fortunately. I suspect the owner of the house had it
> >> done, he did at least try to get all the strays fixed and get them vet
> > care
> >> when he could catch them. But kitty can't live outside at my house, we
> > have
> >> coyotes around too, and while I can pretty much guarantee my dogs good
> >> behavior inside I can't do it outside. He was obviously someone's pet
at
> > one
> >> time; my sister says she knows he has been strictly outdoors for years,
> > but
> >> he sure acts like he's used to better things. If he sprays or has other
> >> problems I will figure out something...at the very worst I can build a
> > kitty
> >> condo outside where he'll be protected.
> >> Hopefully one of my sister's friends needs another cat.
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> >> Of kmrsy@netzero.net
> >> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:36 PM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Busy weekend
> >>
> >> By 'proper cuts' I just meant simple things like angled and the right
> >> distance from the node. Shaping cuts are another matter, and you're
> >> right, difficult to decide. But if you cut some and remove crossers and
> >> in-growers, even if you don't do a perfect shaping job, I'm sure it
will
> >> be fine.
> >>
> >>
> >> Your new-found kitty sounds a bit like my Woody. He had a very large
> >> head, half of it was scar tissue. He'd had a rough time of it after his
> >> owner died and her son turned him out. The last time I saw him he
stayed
> >> with me most of the summer of 2004 and was mature and relaxed, but
still
> >> getting into fights. Why in the world people don't get these animals
> >> neutered, I just don't understand. If your kitty is neutered, you may
be
> >> able to just keep him as a mostly outdoors cat and he may prefer it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >>
> >> -- Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
wrote:
> >> Yah, it's the "proper types of cuts" that makes me stand there
> > indecisively.
> >> I never feel like my trees are so obliging as to look like the
> >> illustrations. But like you say, I ended up figuring that doing nothing
> > was
> >> worse than doing a little. Same with the roses although they get so
huge
> >> over the summer I end up just hacking everything down to waist height
and
> >> then doing the selective cutting.
> >> I have two plums that I'm considering replacing. They are semi-dwarf
> >> Santa
> >> Rosa plums. One was damaged by insects and we had to remove almost half
> > the
> >> tree a while ago to get rid of the dead wood. The other I bought
> >> bare-root
> >> last year from Home Depot, but it barely grew. I was so happy with the
> >> advice and the peach tree I got from Bay Laurel Nursery I thought I
might
> >> yank the plums and replace them with something better. But I'm bad at
> >> removing plants, I always think they deserve to live. I decided to give
> > them
> >> another year.
> >> I got a dwarf nectarine as a present and need a place to put it, always
a
> >> problem when you need to irrigate everthing. And I have to protect the
> >> jujubes to see if the fruit is worthwhile, they are so thorny that if I
> >> don't like the fruit they are coming out. Didn't get even one jujube
last
> >> year, I'm pretty sure the dogs ate them.
> >> Scar tissue, I didn't think about that, could be. Very furry kitty, two
> >> large even round lumps behind each ear, another round lump on one side
> >> beneath the lower jaw. He doesn't object if you press them. My husband
> >> pitched a fit when I brought up bringing kitty home a few weeks back,
but
> >> has since grudgingly said I could if I wanted, still he is right it
would
> > be
> >> uncomfortable for a while. Kitty has lived outdoors for years
apparently
> > but
> >> is extremely friendly and very sedate. I told my sister if she could
not
> >> find anyone else I would take him. She can't, her dogs would try to
kill
> > him
> >> and he cannot live outside there, coyotes would get him. I already have
> > two
> >> indoor cats so my dogs know they must behave themselves. So we'll see.
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> >> Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> >> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:35 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Busy weekend
> >>
> >> To my way of thinking, if you basically know what you are doing when
> >> pruning, make proper types of cuts and the like, you won't really do
> >> anything wrong.  It's possible to have done better, but you won't have
> > done
> >> any harm.
> >>
> >> As to the cat, I'd bet the odd lumps around the face are scar tissue
from
> >> fights.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:55 AM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] Busy weekend
> >>
> >>
> >> > You guys were sure busy on the keyboards over the weekend, I had over
> > 150
> >> > messages waiting this morning. Our weather was gorgeous but I only
got
> > out
> >> > in the garden one day. I did get the fruit trees pruned finally, they
> >> didn't
> >> > get it last year. I hate pruning - I am so fretful about doing it
> > "wrong"
> >> > that I end up frozen, unable to decide where to cut. But I gritted my
> >> teeth,
> >> > read my pruning book and then just cut away. Judiciously. I'm sure I
> >> didn't
> >> > take off as much as they needed. I have three peaches, two plums, two
> >> > apricots, and two jujubes. And I got about four pieces of fruit total
> > last
> >> > year, the trees just didn't bear well to start with and then the
birds
> > and
> >> > my too-tall dog helping themselves to the rest while I wasn't paying
> >> > attention. Next weekend the roses, I missed pruning a lot of them
last
> >> year
> >> > too.
> >> > I am helping my sister get an old house ready for sale, that used up
> >> > all
> >> > Saturday, much to be done. Too bad it's two hours from where I live
or
> >> > husband I might try to buy it and renovate. It's a 1900s Craftsman
> >> bungalow
> >> > and quite a lot of the interior is still beautifully intact. Oh
> > man...the
> >> > mahogany woodwork. The leaded glass cabinets. The hardwood floors.
> >> > Unfortunately there's also a major amount of work to be done - like
all
> >> new
> >> > electrical not to mention plumbing. Alas my sister does not want the
> >> hassle
> >> > and I can't afford it so it goes for sale as is. I took some
> >> > pelargonium
> >> > cuttings from the backyard (gotta mention gardening somewhere) and it
> >> looks
> >> > increasingly likely that I am going to end up with a cat too, the
last
> >> > remnant of 20 or 30 feral cats that were being fed there. He is a
very
> >> > friendly fellow but has some odd lumps around his face so if I end up
> > with
> >> > him I think a vet visit is first off. I wouldn't mind some advice
from
> >> those
> >> > of you who often take in strays as to what precautions I should take.
> >> >
> >> > Cyndi
> >> >
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