Re: dry as an old bone

Sure wish this monsoon of ours would head east.  Believe me.

On 7/3/07, Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>
> Problem is that I started planting before I attended some of the seminars
> on dealing with water scarcity...my stuff is really spread out over 1 3/4
> acres.  Some beds were determined by existing trees that I wanted to stay.
> I'm going to try the bottle method in places were there is shade...in the
> sun, I'm thinking that the water will get too hot.  Don't know about the
> rest.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Theresa W <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 7/3/2007 10:48:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] dry as an old bone
> >
> > Sounds like you are going to need to put together some kind of watering
> > system with a timer to keep everything alive for you 10 day trip.....
> >
> > Theresa
> > P.S.  It is supposed to be 103 tomorrow and 105 thursday.
> >
> > Bonnie Holmes wrote:
> > > I am struggling to keep my trees, shrubs and perennials alive as it is
> > > so dry that the yard is cracking. I still have some twice-blooming
> iris
> > > and three tricyrtis to plant but am not sure I can keep them alive. I
> > > have been babying a young sycamore...it lost all its leaves but I just
> > > noticed three new green ones yesterday so it may make it. I'm worried
> > > about a trip we need to make at the end of the month. We'll be gone
> for
> > > ten days and I'm concerned that many things will be gonners when we
> get
> > > back.
> > >
> > >
> > > What is strange is that even though my tulip populars are in a place
> > > that gets watering their leaves are turning yellow and many of my
> asters
> > > are starting to put out buds and bloom!!! Usually they bloom in late
> > > August and early September!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
> > > Remember: The River Raisen, The Alamo, The Maine, The Alamo, Pearl
> Harbor, 9/11
> > >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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