Re: anybody planting out there?

Got two big pots up front reserved for peppers.  I water those w/ gray water
from the kitchen, so no problem w/ water restrictions for the stuff up
front.   And now I won't have to drag the hose clear out to the back of the
back yard so that'll save my back some wear and tear too.

On 3/9/07, james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Must be difficult to switch or convert from irrigation to
> xeriscape--both the practice of it and the sorts of plants that are
> appropriate. Will you continue to grow peppers but in pots or is that
> out of the question, too?
>
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
>
> > Just got done planting my salvias and agastaches.  Had to convert the
> > pepper
> > bed (such a water hog) into a xeriscape bed since we're in month 25 of
> > the
> > drought w/ no end in sight.  Sedums, agastaches and salvias will now
> > grace
> > this raised bed.  Have the daylilies half done and still have to get
> > the
> > bluebonnets out of the lawn and into the beds so John doesn't mow them
> > down.   I'm constantly amazed how well they grow in clay and amanded
> > even
> > though they like sandier soil.  Cut all the existing salvias and Texas
> > star
> > hibiscus plants back since new growth is starting.  I forget how many
> > of
> > them I have until it's time to cut them back.  And one of my Blanche
> > Sandman
> > honeysuckles survived the drought, how exciting.  Other one's a goner
> > but
> > since the birds like to roost in the thick vines, I'm leaving the
> > skeleton
> > in place on the back fence.   Ah yes, another cup of tea and I'm back
> > at
> > it.  Hope everyone else is having a fine day!
> >
> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
> >
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> Southwest Florida
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> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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