RE: Gardens & Gardening
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  • Subject: RE: Gardens & Gardening
  • From: &* C* D* C* U* A* 9* C* <c*@edwards.af.mil>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:12:37 -0700
Good news. I'll see if I can find it. 

Cyndi  

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Tricia
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:59 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gardens & Gardening

I found a nut grass killer last year that worked pretty good.  You have
to 
find a licensed sprayer to order it for you.  Sedge Hammer.  Let me know
if 
it works for you like it has for me.  I still need to spray again this
year 
but last year I was ready to give up.
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI" 
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:49 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Gardens & Gardening


> It's been a little cooler here than usual, I think; low 90s instead of
> high 90s, and still breezy most of the time.
> The veggie garden looks pretty good. There is always one thing that
> doesn't work out each year, this year it will be the cucumbers.
> Apparently cucumber vines are a favored rabbit food. But I picked a
> basket of green beans on Sunday - the foliage is so thick I didn't
> realize they were that far along - I put up 18 jars of beans, woohoo!
> The indeterminate tomatoes have grown higher than my head (not that
I'm
> real tall) and we have picked the occasional red one but the main crop
> is a ways off. I'm gathering zucchini daily. The peppers have big fat
> green peppers on them, the melon vines are rapidly conquering
territory,
> the onion foliage is thinking about falling over, and I'm waiting to
see
> how the corn did. In our climate pollination is a little iffy, I never
> know how it's going to turn out.
> I thought I had a guy lined up to help me with my weed problem out
front
> but I haven't heard from him in a week, so I'll call and see if he is
> still interested. I discovered much to my dismay that one of the weedy
> grasses out there is nut grass. I think I have every incredibly
invasive
> weed in the west! This is what comes of inattention. However the stuff
> that's supposed to be there looks pretty good. The ptilotus "Joey" I
> started is very pretty in bloom. I put plants in several different
> locations to see what it likes. Doesn't get very tall but since it's
> happiest in a border along the sidewalk that works out nicely. I will
> look for it or it's relatives again.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Gene Bush
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:33 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: [CHAT] Gardens & Gardening
>
> So
> How is everyone's gardening doing thus far this season. First of
summer
> is
> here now. We had one warm rain after another with temps 7 degrees
above
> average in June. In short, it was hot and it was humid... like a trip
to
> Mobile without getting in the car.
> My gardens have been the most lush they have ever been. No late frosts
> this
> time around. Plenty of moisture and warmth. So many plants bloomed
ahead
> of
> schedule and all together there is not a lot out there right now.
But,I
> am
> more of a foliage person than blooms, so all is well with me.
>
> Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> Garden Writer - Photographer -  Lecturer
>
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