Re: question for those used to gardening in heat!

Lord, my skin is so oily the only time I ever had "normal" skin was
when I lived in Midland.  15-20% humidity max.  That was cool.

On 6/29/05, Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
> One of the things I notice within a few hours of going back east, is
> that it looks like time reversed itself.  My skin and hair look fabulous
> with all that humidity.  5 years younger in 24 hours.  Amazing!  I've
> always thought I'd make a fortune if I could hook up a lotion dispenser
> from the shower head here.  So you would bath, rinse, and then switch to
> the lotion cycle and just drench yourself.  Kind of like the wax cycle
> in the car wash.
> 
> Theresa
> 
> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> 
> > Kitty,. I think we were separated at birth.  I need humidity to retain
> > my 'dewey' southern skin. (At least that's what I keep telling myself.
> > <LOL>)
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:14 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] question for those used to gardening in heat!
> >
> >
> >> 20 percent humidity???????? Are you nuts? My skin would completely flake
> >> up and fall off - at least any I didn't already scratch off. And my
> >> sinuses would be a wreck, I wouldn't be able to breathe and my flakey
> >> dried up corpse would be found in a heap, surrounded by 5 desperate
> >> cats. I have a humidifier added to my furnace. Keeps the house at 50
> >> percent.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone5
> >>
> >> -------------- Original message --------------
> >>
> >>> Brrrr. 60? No no, that's sweater weather. Hot tea weather. Happiness
> >>> is 80,
> >>> 20% humidity, and no wind. Nirvana is 95, 20% humidity, a hammock
> >>> under the
> >>> sycamore tree and a big ol' icy drink, with the sound of the pond
> >>> fountain
> >>> in the background and the occasional dog insisting on some
> >>> attention. Hey,
> >>> I'm looking forward to the long weekend, can you tell?
> >>> However at the moment it's probably about 60 in this office. I just
> >>> changed
> >>> jobs, so I haven't been here long enough to tell but I'm betting
> >>> it's 80
> >>> inside all winter.
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message----- From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> >>> Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:31 PM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] question for those used to gardening in heat!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've felt dry heat and moist heat and as far as I'm concerned they
> >>> are both
> >>> hot. Give me 60, moist or arid. Kitty
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:43 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] question for those used to gardening in heat!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > See, another advantage to living in the desert...it's a dry heat! Our
> >>> > daytime highs won't get out of the 90s until September, I expect, but
> >>> > it's only 92 today and I wouldn't hesitate to take a couple-mile walk
> >>> > right
> >>> now.
> >>> > Nighttime it drops dramatically, down into the low 70s or even 60s.
> >>> > And no mosquitoes. I'll have to remember all these positive words
> >>> when
> >>> > I'm out there weeding
> >>> on
> >>> > a Saturday afternoon. I too know how to turn the hose on over my
> >>> head.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> [o*@hort.net] On
> >>> Behalf
> >>> > Of Pam Evans
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:16 PM
> >>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] question for those used to gardening in heat!
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > LOL - look at the bright side. We'll probably get some relief by
> >>> Halloween.
> >>> >
> >>> > On 6/29/05, Donna wrote:
> >>> > > Learn something new here every day :)
> >>> > >
> >>> > > No wonder I am having a heck of time with this heat--unbearable
> >>> > > again today, but some relief by Friday so they say...
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Donna
> >>> > >
> >>> > > --- Pam Evans wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > > Only one problem w/ that dear, caffeine is a
> >>> > > > diuretic which dehydrates
> >>> > > > you too. Vicious cycle.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > On 6/29/05, Donna wrote:
> >>> > > > > oh no-- I have to have my caffine! I would be at a stand still
> >>> > > > > without it!
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > > > Lipton, sweetened, no lemon in the glass bottles
> >>> > > > is my
> >>> > > > > favorite choice... although sun tea is always in
> >>> > > > the
> >>> > > > > fridge during the summer season too...
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > > > Of course, that is for working... dinner requires
> >>> > > > a
> >>> > > > > pepsi.
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > > > Donna
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > > > --- Pam Evans wrote:
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > > > > I do that all the time. Sometimes accidently, sometimes not.
> >>> > > > > > But it really does help you keep cool. And keep
> >>> > > > hydrated
> >>> > > > > > folks. The heat
> >>> > > > > > will fry the water right out of you. Water or decaf/herbal
> >>> > > > > > iced tea are good choices.
> >>> > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > On 6/28/05, Kitty wrote:
> >>> > > > > > > I mentioned that I did that last week. I
> >>> > > > don't
> >>> > > > > > know why it never occurred
> >>> > > > > > > to me to do that b4. Boy did that feel good!
> >>> > > > > > > Kitty
> >>> > > > > > > neIN, Z5
> >>> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Theresa"
> >>> > > > > > > To:
> >>> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:49 PM
> >>> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] question for those used to
> >>> > > > > > gardening in heat!
> >>> > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > Also- watering oneself while in the garden
> >>> > > > is a
> >>> > > > > > must for those of us in
> >>> > > > > > > > the heat. My husband has some very
> >>> > > > unwelcome
> >>> > > > > > photos of me after
> >>> > > > > > > > drenching myself witht he hose outside. He
> >>> > > > > > thought it was rather funny
> >>> > > > > > > > (but not photo-worthy in my opinion!)
> >>> > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > Theresa
> >>> > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > Bonnie Holmes wrote:
> >>> > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >Also, try to either water in the early
> >>> > > > morning
> >>> > > > > > if your watering system
> >>> > > > > > > gets
> >>> > > > > > > > >the leaves wet. Soaker hoses can be used
> >>> > > > at
> >>> > > > > > anytime. One article I read
> >>> > > > > > > > >mentioned creating larger dips with slight
> >>> > > > > > berms around them...plant in
> >>> > > > > > > the
> >>> > > > > > > > >dips. The morning dew and whatever
> >>> > > > moisture is
> >>> > > > > > available tends to
> >>> > > > > > > collect
> >>> > > > > > > > >in the dips. Mulch, mulch, mulch.
> >>> > > > > > > > >Bonnie ETN Zone 7
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >>[Original Message]
> >>> > > > > > > > >>From:
> >>> > > > > > > > >>To:
> >>> > > > > > > > >>Date: 6/27/2005 10:16:14 AM
> >>> > > > > > > > >>Subject: Re: [CHAT] question for those
> >>> > > > used to
> >>> > > > > > gardening in heat!
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > > >>Donna, never fertilize a plant under
> >>> > > > stress
> >>> > > > > > and I never fertilize a
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > > >tree.
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >>Haven't you rcd the rains recently? I
> >>> > > > think
> >>> > > > > > plants are tough if they
> >>> > > > > > > are
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > > >in
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > > > > >>their hardiness zone, planted correctly
> >>> > > > and
> >>> > > > > > received adequate moisture.
> >>> > > > > > > > >> Ceres
> >>> > > > > > > > >>
> >>> > > > > > > >
> >>> > > > > >
> >>> > > > >
> >>> > > >
> >>> > >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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