Re: anyone still around.. I got a question
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  • Subject: Re: anyone still around.. I got a question
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:37:10 -0500
oh boy we'd sure take some girl!

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> What a difference a day makes.... Yesterday it was 98 here according to the
> town sign.  This morning it is 66.  Rained so bad this morning I can't find
> a
> street I can get thru to go to work as all of them have a cop stopping you.
> Got vans up to there windows in water stuck in the roads......not good.
>
> Even our retention pond which usually doesn't have any water in it, .. is
> now
> overflowing!
>
> Wish I could send some of this rain to you folks who need it so badly...
>
> Donna
>
> --- On Wed, 6/8/11, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 8:23 PM
>
>
> I live in the midwest, I am not supposed to have 98 degree weather in the
> beginning of June!.... Heck, we shouldn't have that kinda heat period!
>
> We are expecting storms again tonight... and cooling off for a few days, I
> will welcome the 70's again.... But that has been the trend here, extreme
> heat, nasty storms, rain and cool off for a day, then heat up
> again....Yuck!
>
> My roses have gone wild.  I am thinking they got hurt over the winter and
> the
> root stock has taken over.  I had a nice yellow climbing rose (name escapes
> me
> right now)... but it is now red!.... I got another one the exact same
> colors
> coming up in the middle of a flower bed.  I have no clue how it got there,
> cause I would never have planted it there and don't remember a rose there
> either!.... and another one on the side of the house has also taken over
> with
> that same red color.. and I know it was a peach color last year..... duh,
> what
> is going on here!
>
> Donna
>
> --- On Wed, 6/8/11, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] anyone still around.. I got a question
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 8:13 PM
>
>
> Record-breaking heat here today and tomorrow, and air quality alerts here
> too. After cool last week, and predicted cool again next week. Crazy!
> After an exceptionally wet spring, we are drying out in this yeat -
> steaming
> is more like it.  Everything is very lush - just hope we don't have another
> hot, dry summer like last year.
>
> APL
>
> In a message dated 6/8/2011 8:35:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:
>
> here too Bonnie.
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:21 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES
> <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net>wrote:
>
> > We are also hot and dry. Averaging 10-12 degrees above normal and no
> > significant rain for weeks. We are now having air quality alerts because
> > the air is full when it usually gets washed out with a good rain storm
> > or two.
> >
> >
> > B
> > ETN Zone 7
> > Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 7:36:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] anyone still around.. I got a question
> >
> > Yes, it is definately a strange year here too. Lately it has been so hot,
> I
> > have no idea how you folks in the south stand it. We are breaking all
> > kindsa
> > records for rain and heat. About the only thing that likes it is the
> weeds.
> >
> > Tree is still alive so far. Guess I will just let it be and see what
> > happens...
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > --- On Mon, 6/6/11, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] anyone still around.. I got a question
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Monday, June 6, 2011, 10:14 AM
> >
> >
> > I have no idea, any more than I know why my redbud died. It's been'
> > a most strange season. Last week we had two hot days and then it
> > turned cool again. The peonies shot up and bloomed in the heat, and
> > are almost all gone already - usually the peony season lasts longer.
> > The worst thing about it is that they grew so fast the stems were very
> > thin and weak, and couldn't hold up the very heavy blooms. Even the
> > ones that were inside wire hoops fell right over the supporting hoops.
> > 'Festiva Maxima,' which is usually good for a couple of weeks, has
> > all bloomed at once and most of the blooms fell over the hoops - some
> > even broke. My 'Gai Paree' had 28 blooms at once but all were gone
> > in about three days. Bummer! I was counting on them for a design
> > program our club is having next week. Oh well. Something else will
> > show up.
> >
> > One thing that is especially nice this year is the yellow perennial
> > foxglove, Digitalis ambigua. I know, I know. Some people call it a
> > weed, but I love it. It grows in the shade, and the deer don't eat it.
> > The yellow blooms aren't too showy, but a row of them in the shady
> > border looks like candles. I enjoy a lot of things that people call
> > weeds. If they are pretty, and I don't need the space for something
> > else, I let them grow.
> >
> > APL
> >
> > In a message dated 6/6/2011 10:46:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
> >
> > Nobody knows I guess...
> > I haven't seen anything like that before but when I don't see obvious
> > signs of disease I just wait to see what happens.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Donna
> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 5:00 PM
> > To: gardenchat list
> > Subject: [CHAT] anyone still around.. I got a question
> >
> > My crimson frost river birch is doing some strange thing... need
> > opinions on
> > what to do...
> >
> > The bottom 6 ft or so look like it always has, smaller branching with
> > crimsion
> > leaves. The top of the tree doesn't have a leaf on it. None... hada...
> > looks
> > riduculas with the trunk, branches and nothing.
> >
> > So I got a ladder out and it's not dead. Nothing snaps and all the
> > small
> > branches bend etc....
> >
> > So, what do I do? What's wrong with it? Do I add it to the collection
> > of
> > plants that didn't make it?
> >
> > I know it was a crazy winter here with so much snow and cold and ice.
> > The
> > spring hasn't been any better. Cold rainy stormy. 2 days ago it was in
> > the
> > 50's if lucky... today it is 93...geesh. We have set all kindsa records
> > for
> > lows, highs, and rain amounts. I still haven't even put my veggie
> > garden in
> > cause of the rain. Still too muddy even in a raised bed to turn over
> > the soil
> > or anything. Weeds are thriving, lost some plants.
> >
> > TIA for any suggestions and help...
> >
> > Donna
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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