Kaboom silliness, was Re: Rain, rain, and basil

They're getting more ridiculous.

My previous neighbors blew up something that didn't quite go high enough to 
miss hitting the power line pole -- set it and the lines on fire.  They
did this to two different sets of powerlines two years in a row.

Last year, they just aimed the rockets down the street.  I'm glad we don't 
live there anymore.

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 09:45:12AM -0500, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> You and me, too, Kitty.  I wonder sometimes if I'm getting more curmudgeonly 
> or people are just more ridiculous every year.  They, and I don't think it's 
> children, have been blowing things up here since Saturday.  My animals no 
> longer pay any attention to it, but it drives me nuts.  My neighbors, who 
> truly resemble the Jukes and the Kallikaks of sociology fame, are planning a 
> huge family blow-out complete with much loud talk, yelling and fiareworks. 
> Oh joy, oh raptaure, I have truly morphed into Weezer of "Steel Magnolias" 
> fame.  Maybe the fact that I've suffered from a horrible summer cold for 
> over a week now has something to do with my attitude, but I doubt it...
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain, rain, and basil
> 
> 
> > **$%#& fireworks have been going off here for HOURS.  And this is July 
> > THIRD.  The cats are all in and not happy.  Will I ever get to sleep with 
> > this noise tonight?  And how much tomorrow?  Geez I wish it would rain. 
> > HARD.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain, rain, and basil
> >
> >
> >> yep since 4am this morning.... clear for an hour or
> >> so, then rain again... street in front of work was
> >> flooded this am, and backyard had some standing water
> >> tonight here.
> >>
> >> Can't tell now if that is thunder or
> >> fireworks...probably both.
> >>
> >> Alan will get over it, just blame me...
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Rain - you got rain....Just a few sprinkles here!
> >>> Now that you have all
> >>> been talking herbs...It has been a bad influence.
> >>> Went to the area farm
> >>> store to pick up a couple of things to find the
> >>> remains of their bulk plants
> >>> were 25 cents!  Picked up Greek Oregano ( origanum
> >>> vulgare hirtum) and
> >>> Garden sage (salvia officinalis) in addition to a
> >>> few others.  Spent under
> >>> $2.  they were in the need help areaSeem to be doing
> >>> well at this point.
> >>> Thanks for expanding my gardens!  Husband has a
> >>> diffent opinion but it has
> >>> reduced his mowing!
> >>>
> >>> Vera
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/3/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > been raining here most of the day too.... but no
> >>> > lizards for the cat to play with...
> >>> >
> >>> > Donna
> >>> >
> >>> > --- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > I grow some sweet basil in the lathhouse, but
> >>> mostly
> >>> > > Thai or African
> >>> > > because they seem to take the heat better and
> >>> not
> >>> > > bolt as quickly.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > And it's raining now--Florida rush-hour
> >>> shower--that
> >>> > > the cats have
> >>> > > asked me to stop so they can get back to
> >>> terrorizing
> >>> > > lizards and such.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ
> >>> 95
> >>> > > CG/SCSRT wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > > That can't be good. I hadn't heard about that
> >>> one
> >>> > > before, hope I don't
> >>> > > > get
> >>> > > > unlucky with it - I try to grow a lot of sweet
> >>> > > basil. I'm not as fond
> >>> > > > of the
> >>> > > > other types.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > Cyndi
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> > > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> > > > Sent: 7/3/2006 5:33 AM
> >>> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where
> >>> > > you're needed
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > It may be that you got some infected seed,
> >>> since
> >>> > > it's the Sweet Basil
> >>> > > > that
> >>> > > > disappeared.  Even the tested seed isn't 100%
> >>> > > safe, I'm told.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > d
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > > > From: "MICHAEL HABIB" <godihabib@verizon.net>
> >>> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> > > > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:20 AM
> >>> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where
> >>> > > you're needed
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >> Daryl,
> >>> > > >> Thanks for the info. I have Asian basil and
> >>> sweet
> >>> > > basil in one large
> >>> > > > pot.
> >>> > > >> The Asian is growing like mad, the sweet
> >>> already
> >>> > > disappeared. I have
> >>> > > > never
> >>> > > >> had this problem with sweet basil, I also was
> >>> > > late planting this year.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >> Usually I plant at beginning April. I might
> >>> have
> >>> > > avoided all this by
> >>> > > >> planting earlier so the basil would have had
> >>> a
> >>> > > good root system before
> >>> > > > the
> >>> > > >> deluge.
> >>> > > >> Godi zone 7
> >>> > > >> Mt. Vernon, VA
> >>> > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > > >> From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> >>> > > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> > > >> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 7:20 AM
> >>> > > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain rain, move to where
> >>> > > you're needed
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >>
> >>> > > >>> Oooh, you *are lucky. You must have really
> >>> good
> >>> > > drainage in your
> >>> > > > garden
> >>> > > >>> beds.
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>> With regard to the basil- if you lose all of
> >>> the
> >>> > > leaves, check for
> >>> > > > wilt.
> >>> > > >>> It's a fairly new fungus that's taken out a
> >>> lot
> >>> > > of fields here,
> >>> > > >>> especially in wet spells.
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>> Here's a bit from NCSU. "A devastating basil
> >>> > > wilt disease caused by a
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >>> soilborne pathogenic fungus, Fusarium
> >>> oxysporum
> >>> > > f. sp. basilicum, was
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >>> first discovered in the U.S. in 1991 and
> >>> > > identified in N.C. in 1992.
> >>> > > >>> Plants infected with this disease usually
> >>> grow
> >>> > > normally until they
> >>> > > > are
> >>> > > >>> six to twelve inches tall, then they become
> >>> > > stunted and suddenly
> >>> > > > wilt.
> >>> > > >>> Initial symptoms usually include brown
> >>> streaks
> >>> > > on the stems,
> >>> > > >>> discoloration of the internal stem tissue,
> >>> and
> >>> > > sudden leaf drop.
> >>> > > >>> Interestingly, only sweet basil is affected.
> >>> > > Some of the specialty
> >>> > > >>> basils, such as lemon basil and purple
> >>> basil,
> >>> > > show some resistance to
> >>> > > > the
> >>> > > >>> disease"
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>> I gave up growing Basil because of it. I
> >>> > > apparently got some infected
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >>> seeds and it wrecked the bed that I used for
> >>> > > Basil.
> >>> > > >>>
> >>> > > >>> d
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
> >>> >
> >>>
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> >>> > > Island Jim
> >>> > > Southwest Florida
> >>> > > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>> > > Hardiness Zone 10
> >>> > > Heat Zone 10
> >>> > > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> > > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
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I didn't get a toy train like the other kids.  I got a toy subway 
instead.  You couldn't see anything, but every now and then you'd hear 
this rumbling noise go by. 

		 -Steven Wright

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