Re: Sizzling Afternoon!

With the 90 plus weather of late- I think you should find the time to uncover the A/C....
 
Donna

----- Original Message ----
From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:54:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sizzling Afternoon!


> I'll say it is hot..  Compressor on AC went Friday nite   :(
Oh my!  Will it be long b4 you can get it fixed?  I haven't uncovered my A/C 
unit yet, I'm so behind on everything.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Hollikft@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sizzling Afternoon!


> In a message dated 6/18/2006 3:24:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> sue.nyc@att.net writes:
>
> Wow it's  toasty here in NYC...95 degrees so far. I just got back inside 
> from
> watering and checking the garden and I am wiped! There is a "Air 
> Stagnation
> Advisory" out...basically it means a smog alert.. People like me  (I have
> Asthma) are supposed to stay indoors, but I couldn't stay away from  my
> plants! Everything looks so happy! I have a Jalapeno almost ready to 
> pick,
> and the rest of the peppers, cukes and tomatoes are blooming like  mad. I
> replaced the trailing petunia that got murdered by the mystery hedge 
> butcher
> and it's doing great.
> The best part is I have nice fat bees and  ladybugs everywhere. A few of 
> my
> bell pepper plants have some  tiny
> holes, but I imagine that's to be expected. I have a Pyethrin spray, 
> which I
> avoid using as much as possible, and a homemade spray of Palmolive  dish
> soap, water, and some rubbing alcohol. I'd rather let the ladybugs do  the
> job though!  My hubby to be brought home some Cayenne pepper  plants so we
> added those to the group. He can't wait to make his own hot  sauces and
> chili..he's a hot pepper lover.
> My rose bush is even doing  well. Right after we planted it we got a week 
> of
> cool heavy rains, and it  looked really sad..it was literally a stick in 
> the
> mud. Now it's got leaves  bursting out everywhere. My herbs are growing 
> like
> crazy too. I have  Oregano, Dill, Chamomile, and Lavender. Below is a link 
> to
> our pepper  pic-hubby to be is so excited..he's never grown veggies 
> before.
> Looks we  have yet another convert! :-)
>
> First  Jalapeno!
> http://home.att.net/~sue.nyc/pepper1.jpg
>
> Sue (Zone  6b/NY)
>
>
>
>
> I'll say it is hot..  Compressor on AC went Friday nite   :(
>
>
> Holli
> LI,NY
>
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