Re: Happy new year!
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  • Subject: Re: Happy new year!
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:31:28 -0600
It really is!   :-)

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Zemuly <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:

> It's always a delight to hear from you, Auralie. Your life is always
> filled with adventures.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 8, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>
> > So sorry about your bad cold, Cindy, but these things happen.  It's good
> to
> > have all the
> > new seed catalogs for distraction now, as I look out at the snow-covered
> > landscape, I try to imagine what next spring will be like.  Thanks to
> Sandy,
> > Chet's fall and concussion, and numerous other such events I was not able
> > to get my usual fall clean-up done, and things are still pretty much a
> mess.
> > There is still a large hemlock down in the back yard blocking one entry
> to
> > the fenced vegetable garden.  We told the tree man to come when he had
> > finished with others who were more urgent.  I hope he gets here before
> > spring.
> >
> > We did have one unusual distraction over the holidays.  At noon on the
> > Thursday before Christmas had a telephone call from our middle grandson
> > saying he was in Dover, heading north, and could he stop by to see us in
> > about four hours - bringing his new wife and baby.  It was quite a
> scramble
> > for me to get food and bedding prepared before they got here, but it was
> a
> > real treat to meet his wife and our first great-grandchild.  I'll bet
> none
> > of you
> > can beat that.  They spent the night and left early the next morning.  I
> > figure
> > his wife is a pretty sensible girl, who said it's really too long a drive
> > from
> > Norfolk, Va., (where he is stationed,) to upstate New York to see your
> > parents.
> > Let's see if we can get a free night's lodging along the way. Anyway, we
> > were
> > glad to see them.  Hadn't seen that grandson in five or six years.
> >
> > It will be interesting to see how well plants survive this strange
> winter.
> > At least
> > we have had snow cover for the past two weeks, even though the
> temperatures
> > have generally been in the low 30s - unusually mild.  Last winter was
> mild,
> > and
> > lots of things survived.  The winter before was unusually cold, but we
> did
> > have
> > snow cover all winter, so again many things survived.  I've had good luck
> > the
> > past few years with several things that used not to be reliably
> > winter-hardy -
> > notably Artemisia 'Powis Castle.'  I like to grow a lot of that because
> the
> > deer
> > aren't especially fond of it, and I can tuck a few deer favorites in
> among
> > a bed
> > of it.  Growing a deer-resistant garden leads to some unusual looks.
> >
> > Here's hoping every one of you have a new year of great gardens.
> >
> > Auralie
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/8/2013 9:55:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > justjess01@gmail.com writes:
> >
> > Wow Cindy...that's awesome.  The drought has been so horrible in the
> > midwest the last two years...my vegetable gardens have not done so well.
>  I
> > even put some shade over it to protect it from the searing heat last
> > summer...they still fried.  I miss my home grown tomatoes....
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Zemuly <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Wow, Cindy, that's great. I admire your vegetable gardening. I often
> >> tell customers how to grow vegetables, but I can't imagine having the
> >> time to actually grow more than tomatoes and peppers in pots. I am also
> >> really glad you are feeling better.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:22 PM, "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 412
> CS/SCOSI"
> > <
> >> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all, happy new year! Hope your holidays were good. I came down with
> a
> >>> bad cold right after Christmas so none of the things I planned on doing
> >>> got done.  But the weather was pretty unpleasant too so I probably
> >>> wouldn't have done anything outside anyway.  I knew it was bad when I
> >>> looked forward to going back to work, because it would mean I wasn't
> >>> sick.
> >>> The usual pile of seed catalogs showed up though, so I had something to
> >>> do when I wasn't asleep.  I notice the big thing in the veggie catalogs
> >>> this year is grafted tomato plants.  Getting kind of expensive if you
> >>> ask me, but I guess not everyone wants to start 20 tomato plants from
> >>> seed.  I have most of mine planned out the only question is will I have
> >>> enough time to deal with it. Last year the corn came ripe when we were
> >>> away, by the time I picked it, it was pretty tough. This year I thought
> >>> I'd try the sh2 varieties that are supposed to hold longer.  And maybe
> >>> mark on the calendar when I think it'll be ready.
> >>> I did get to spend quite a few hours in the greenhouse while it was
> >>> sunny, I turned the thermostat up a little so the fan doesn't come on
> >>> till it's about 85 in there. Very nice. It has been getting pretty cold
> >>> at night though so I may have to run the heater. I notice the croton
> and
> >>> the coleus are suffering, and there's even one of the pelargoniums
> >>> looking a bit unhappy.
> >>> I got an email from a guy who wants to interview me about my website
> for
> >>> his radio program. I guess it's internet radio. Has anyone listened to
> >>> his program? It's "In the Garden with Ron Wilson".  I'm going to
> >>> download a podcast tonight and see what it's like, think he wants to
> >>> talk to me next Saturday.
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >>> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which
> >> had a name of winmail.dat]
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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