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- Subject: Re: This and that
- From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:35:51 +0000 (UTC)
we are having the same problem. many people have lost their corn and other veggies due to heat. the tulip populars in our area are getting yellow leaves. I'm struggling to keep some of my favorite plants alive. We are -8" short of precipitation. Bonnie ETN Zone 7 ----- Original Message ----- From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com To: gardenchat@hort.net Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 9:18:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [CHAT] This and that Two very trivial matters: Is anyone else an addict of crossword puzzles as I am? There is research to indicate that regular crosswords can delay mental deterioration, and since I always have enjoyed them, I make a practice of beginning each day with a crossword. For a long time I have gone to The Daily Crossword Index at _http://puzzles.about.com/library/features/blxwdind.htm_ (http://puzzles.about.com/library/features/blxwdind.htm) I have found that sometimes the Saturday puzzle would be a repeat of a previous one, but this week the whole week's selection have been repeats. Annoying! On a more garden-related issue, I have been told at a recent garden club meeting that one person controls moles, woodchucks, and other boring pests by pouring bleach into the holes. Have any of you heard of this? Chipmunks are driving me nuts - they have made holes everywhere and are nibbling everything. I bought a big bottle of Clorox yesterday, and will go out and pour it in some holes - see what will happen. This has been a disastrous garden season for me. I had very modest success with peas, but early heat put an end to them. Lettuce started out well. I always mix radish seed with my lettuce seed when I plant them - thin the lettuce by taking out the radishes as they grow. When the lettuce got up enough to start taking small ones for "mesclun" someone, probably chipmunks because the vegetable garden is fenced, first ate all the lettuce, leaving the radishes. Next day they took the radishes. My beans were looking great, and I thought at least they were too big for the chippies to eat, but someone else, must have been a woodchuck, got in and in one day finished all the beans, just as they were beginning to bloom. Normally I would have pulled out the peas after they finished, and put Kentucky Wonder beans along the fence, but I was deterred by an extra heavy work load, combined with the crashed computer. By the time I got those things sorta under control, the extreme heat made me feel it was unwise to spend time working in the garden. And now that the beans have been eaten, I wonder if it's worth the effort. The heat has abated somewhat - high yesterday was only 91, and today's high is predicted to be in the upper 80s, but it's drier than ever. I can only haul so much water, and don't dare run the hose any length of time since we are on a well. Lots of things are just turning brown, and not just mine - I see it everywhere. The weather this year has been insane! Sorry for the long rant - just needed toget it off my chest. Auralie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
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