Re: Mad dogs, Englishmen, and Florida gardeners...

Mad dogs and Englishmen... the only ones foolish enough to be out in the
heat of the midday sun, particularly close to the equator when everyone else
is resting.
Can't remember the source literary reference.  Anyone?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Mad dogs, Englishmen, and Florida gardeners...


> He got all that done in 2 hours?!?... what's his number? Sounds like
> someone I need here to get this yard in shape.. but the important
> question is does he know the difference between a 'wanted' native plant
> and an 'unwanted' weed? LOL! Do like the idea of a razor sharp shovel
> tho....
>
> Seriously, sounds like you all got things accomplished today even in
> that unbearable heat index. Had the perfect weather day here, but
> unfortunately, no time to garden. Maybe tomorrow!
>
> Donna
> Ps- where does the mad dog come in?!?
>
>
>
> > in the midday sun. That was today. We started out rejuvenating our
> > pineapple patch at about 7:00 AM. I got stabbed three or four times
> and
> > bled all over myself and the plants [cashier at Home Depot later
> > offered first aid of alcohol and band-aids].
> >
> > Yard guy and his wife, the lovely Juanita, showed up about 9:00.
> > Remember the yucca that broke the pot? I asked yard guy to help me
> > plant it [after he had mowed, weed eaten, sprayed for scale, treated
> > for fire ants, and trimmed out the queen sago]. He did it all. He dug
> a
> > suitable hole amongst slash pine roots in about three minutes. Turns
> > out he hones his shovel--it's as sharp as a razor--and he cut through
> > those pine roots like they didn't exist.
> >
> > Yard guy was out of here by 11:00. And Ms. Fatma and I started
> > re-potting and planting stuff without assistance or, apparently, any
> > sort of plan. We ended up going to Home Depot FOUR blinking times for
> > pots and such [on one of those times the short one bought a Fiskars
> > bypass for less than $10.00]. The last time we went, Ms. Fatma said:
> "I
> > wish we had false mustaches."
> >
> > Also during the day, we managed to harvest the first three ripe mangos
> > from one of our trees, pick a dozen or so figs, and eat a couple of
> > handsful of Jamaican cherries.
> >
> > But the heat index was 105 to 110 during most of this and we are
> > exhausted.
> >
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > Zone 10
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >
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