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

        Noel Coward:

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midd-day sun;
The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to . . .



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Libby Valentine" <L_Valentine@adelphia.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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