Re: everyone okay?
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: everyone okay?
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:58:32 -0600
cripes.  that's practically obscene.

On 1/10/10, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> It was minus 7 here this morning.  The wind chill was like -21.  Snow
> drifting
> everywhere tonight with the strong winds-- claim a heat wave by weeks end -
> like 30.  sigh
>
> Donna
>
> --- On Sun, 1/10/10, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] everyone okay?
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 6:36 PM
>
>
> Cold spell is really something, especially re Florida. I didn't see
> anything
> like this either time I lived there... so there's something to be said for
> being west of the Rockies afterall.
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2010, at 3:26 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:
>
> > On this side, we are worried about FL where we get most of our citrus,
> other
> fruits and veggies.
> >
> > ETN Zone 7
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:39:12 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] everyone okay?
> >
> > still no wheel spinning in the meter and it's almost 40 degrees. woo hoo.
> > hope the Valley didn't get hit too bad, that would not be good for our
> > citrus industry.
> >
> > On 1/10/10, teichfauna@aol.com <teichfauna@aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It is said that the pipes don't break until the thawing starts,
> something
> >> to do with the pressure. You should notice a lack of pressure, or no
> water
> >> at all if the pipes are frozen in part or whole. If this is noticed, you
> >> are to shut off water to the house at the meter.
> >> This was interesting to me, since when our pipes broke 20 years ago, we
> >> were out of town, so were not able to notice if anything prior to
> >> the break.
> >>
> >> Survived the hard freezes the past few days.....didn't get down into the
> >> teens like we thought, but first time I've ever seen my small ponds ice
> >> over. Larger ponds had no signs of ice at all. Plants are
> >> frozen, hopefully
> >> not at the roots in the pond. Covered plants look a bad, but citrus
> seems
> >> to have survived okay. Not sure about the rest. Orchids appear fine,
> >> bromeliads sustained damage to the foliage, but hopefully will
> >> pup out. Plants
> >> that didn't get covered look really bad, but hopefully they will come
> back
> >> from the trunks or roots. Had no frost on the ground that I saw. Don't
> >> think it got quite as cold in my yard... my thermometer showed a good 5
> >> degrees higher than the reports for the area. Hoping for the best!!!
> >>
> >> Sure hope that was the end of the freezes for the winter. Winter is
> >> usually when I get so much done, not so far. Grateful that the
> >> temps didn't get
> >> too low.
> >> Noreen
> >> zone 9
> >> Texas Gulf Coast
> >>
> >> In a message dated 1/8/2010 3:51:35 PM Central Standard Time,
> >> gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> ok here - just checked the water meter and the wheel isn't spinning - so
> >> no
> >> busted pipes. that's a very good thing.....
> >>
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> >
> > --Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
> >
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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