Re: OT - another cold front has arrived

Getting colder here - the  weather people tell us that we can expect  
lows to -1F in the next couple days. DH went skating on the farm pond  
today (ice 4" thick, though I stood by with a rope for a bit, to  
assure he wouldn't fall in!). The deer are making themselves  
obnoxious in search of food - a group of 6 were in the yard this PM  
and one was nibbling on one of my eastern red cedar (Juniperus  
virginiana).


Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jan 30, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Theresa W wrote:

> I have (hopefully still do) an Australian tree fern- and we  
> certainly don't have humidity here.  But it is planted under the  
> big ash tree in the front yard and has done very well...up until  
> the big freeze here a couple of weeks ago.  Over the weekend I went  
> out and cut back the frozen/mushy parts on that fern and a bunch of  
> other plants- so we'll just see what comes back in spring. I  
> noticed the "mexican heathers" are all brown and crispy- so not too  
> optimistic about them either.  On a positive note- they did come  
> and put the final coat of stucco on our house today!!  Yeah.  I  
> didn't get home until after dark- so I'm looking forward to  
> checking it out in the morning.
>
> Theresa
>
> Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>> Lucky you to have an Australian tree fern! I have never had luck  
>> with  tree ferns - probably my inability to provide sufficient  
>> humidity. We  were in the single digits this morning with a wind  
>> chill of around -16.
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It's 24 here tonight. Brrrrr! Had to bring the Australian Tree  
>>> Fern  in even.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"   
>>> <islandjim1@verizon.net>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:53 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - another cold front has arrived
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> It must be contagious. It's 56 here today--that's the coldest  
>>>> day  in the last 3 or 4 years. Supposed to warm up to high 60s  
>>>> tomorrow.
>>>> On Jan 29, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It actually got a bit warmer here as the clouds rolled in. It   
>>>>> must have
>>>>> drizzled a little bit on Saturday night but not enough to be   
>>>>> measurable.
>>>>> On the gardening front, I did...nothing. Saturday my sister had a
>>>>> birthday party for my brother-in-law, which I wasn't planning  
>>>>> on  going
>>>>> to at first, but he is not in good health. Better to celebrate   
>>>>> now than
>>>>> regret later. Then on Sunday we picked up a camper; it's an old  
>>>>> one
>>>>> we'll use when we do horse camping, and it took all day to get  
>>>>> it  ready
>>>>> to put on the truck. Who knew that getting horses would lead  
>>>>> to  so much
>>>>> stuff? At some point all this has to reach equilibrium so we  
>>>>> can  ride
>>>>> the horses instead of getting ready to ride them, and  
>>>>> hopefully  at that
>>>>> point time will also open up for me to get back into the garden.
>>>>> I am looking at bare-root fruit trees though, and have to make a
>>>>> decision pretty quick. Can't decide if I want another peach or  
>>>>> if I
>>>>> should try a pear tree, we've never grown one of those before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-  
>>>>> gardenchat@hort.net] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Theresa W
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:50 PM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - another cold front has arrived
>>>>>
>>>>> Brrr-I'm chilly for you.  It's supposed to be 54 here and we might
>>>>> actually get some rain!!  It's been very dry this January.  I   
>>>>> spent all
>>>>> day in the garage today, cleaning, ripping out a crappy old   
>>>>> cabinet (can
>>>>> we say euwwww- disgusting).  Apparently that is where the mice   
>>>>> had been
>>>>> living last winter- even found a petrified mouse carcass-  
>>>>> yuck!   Anyway,
>>>>> got all of that out- now to figure out how to get it to the   
>>>>> dump!  Got
>>>>> another shelving unit, and at least got stuff stacked on  
>>>>> shelves,  but
>>>>> the whole thing needs to be organized.  But still.... visible   
>>>>> progress!!
>>>>> I have to do a little more tomorrow no matter what, so that we   
>>>>> can get
>>>>> the other car in the garage- but after that I think I'm going  
>>>>> to  leave
>>>>> this project for a week or two, and come back to it then.  I'm   
>>>>> rather
>>>>> sick of spending my weekends in the garage....even if it is   
>>>>> cleaner now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Theresa
>>>>>
>>>>> Donna wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> dropping here too.... tomorrows high is only supposed to be 18...
>>>>>> going down to 7 overnight....burr!  The bad news is all my  
>>>>>> snow  melted
>>>>>>           this week so the plants are on their own. (although  
>>>>>> they are
>>>>>> predicting snow showers for
>>>>>> tomorrow- we will see)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>>> From: Pam Evans
>>>>>> <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 27,
>>>>>> 2007 6:27:57 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] OT - another cold front has arrived
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here we
>>>>>> go again.  At 4:00 it was beautiful - 63 degrees - gardening in
>>>>>> shirtsleeves!
>>>>>> By 5:30 it was down to the lower 40's and the North wind is still
>>>>>> howling.
>>>>>> Thank goodness I got most everything done today before it hit.
>>>>>> Finally got the last of that flat of purple rain pansies,   
>>>>>> snapdragons
>>>>>> and irises planted by then.  Then I had to bring all the pots of
>>>>>> tender stuff in again.  Ugh.
>>>>>> But I dearly love my colorful ornamental peppers (Aurora &  
>>>>>> Nosegay)
>>>>>> and my walking iris so they're worth the trouble.  Also got my  
>>>>>> Vera
>>>>>> Jameson sedum relocated out to the new xeriscape bed (was my  
>>>>>> pepper
>>>>>> bed - a real water hog) and watered in just in time.  Hope  
>>>>>> Oklahoma
>>>>>> doesn't get blasted again like the last time.  *sigh*
>>>>>>
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>>>> 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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