Re: Kaboom silliness

... everything is bigger in Texas :)

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 06:29:32PM -0500, Pam Evans wrote:
> It's been better here w/ the explosives the last two years after my
> blistering lecture to the stupid police chief and his aimless underlings
> about drought and fires and ignorant puerile pasttimes.  It's against city
> ordinances to pop them off in town anyway.  It just took a "chewing" to get
> anyone off of their posteriors.  Two years ago it was like being in the
> middle of a WWI artillery barrage and two calls to the police resulted in
> exactly nothing.  Morons.
> 
> On 7/4/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Your former neighbors win the prize!  I know you must be thrilled to have
> > moved. :o)
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karen Fernsler" <kmwos@korora.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 11:28 AM
> > Subject: Kaboom silliness, was Re: [CHAT] 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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> -- 
> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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