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- Subject: Re: everyone okay?
- From: c*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:36:57 EST
Donna, Sorry to hear your mother has to have another round of surgery on that knee. Will she be in assisted care for a few weeks before she becomes your responsibility again? Don't know how you do it. Kathy In a message dated 1/10/2010 7:47:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes: 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..... >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT >> >> > > > --Pam Evans > Kemp TX > zone 8A > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT > > Inland Jim Willamette Valley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
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