Re: you know it's hot when...

Ha!  I forgot to add the part about raking leaves in July because they're burning up and falling off the trees!!

LOL

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:04:27 -0500

>Chill out, Pam! :+)
>Kitty
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:33 PM
>Subject: [CHAT] you know it's hot when...
>
>
>> 1. You can't get a shovel to make a dent in your baked clay yard even when
>you jump on it repeatedly.
>>
>> 2. When the birds follow you from bed to bed as you water so they can
>> burrow down in the wet mulch and stay cool. And they spend more time
>> there than in the trees.
>>
>>
>> 3. When you can walk into an 80 degree house and it feels like a walk-in
>refrigerator.
>>
>> 4.  When you drink bath temperature water from the garden hose and it
>tastes like the coldest spring water in the world.
>>
>> 5.  When even the most vicious mosquitoes won't come out of their hiding
>spots to bite you.
>>
>> Ah, gardening in Texas folks.  It's not just an obsession, it's an
>adventure in heat tolerance.
>> Jesse calls it gardening in hell, I call it home.
>>
>> Have a good evening y'all!
>>
>> :-D
>>
>> --
>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX/zone 8A
>>
>>
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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