Re: Wow

Well...the chickens are only let out when I can supervise them.  They have a
large yard to run around in, but I had to trim their wings because they like
to fly over the fence.  I have two dogs that find them quite tasty.
So, they don't get to roam where they want....which is too bad.


On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>
> Bet the chickens love them.
>
> On Mar 24, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> We get the cutworms AND the big green Luna moth caterpillars that eat our
>> tomato plants.  If you have ever handled one of those big, giant green
>> worms...they are kind of scary.  They make a clicking sound.  One of those
>> can eat my tomato plant down in one day.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> cut worms are BAD out on my farm.  They are beautiful when they turn into
>>> a
>>> Luna moth...but horrible to my tomato plants.  *sighhhhhh*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/24/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I forgot to add my own favorite hint is to use wet newspapers around
>>>> each
>>>> plant then pile high grass clippings after they get a little taller so
>>>> that
>>>> you keep the moisture constant.  They like even water and I find the
>>>> mulch
>>>> and
>>>> newspapers help to keep them watered.  If you have trouble with cut
>>>> worms
>>>> cutting off your little plant you can wrap the newspaper up the stem a
>>>> little.
>>>> Tricia
>>>> --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 11:22 AM
>>>>
>>>> Ahhhhhhh...I see.  Well then...I'll just have to shop around and see
>>>> what
>>>> I
>>>> can find.  Thanks anyway tho.
>>>> Getting ready to till up a big veggie garden.  Price of food is so
>>>> insane...figured I'd grow some this year.  I have the land and the room
>>>> -
>>>> just need to do it.  Problem with ME is...I get all artsy and creative
>>>> about
>>>> it.  I want the cute fence around it, and an arbor over the entry, and a
>>>> cool scarecrow, and some bird houses.  Then my husband just shakes his
>>>> head
>>>> and says "too much work....I just do the tilling".  sighhhhhhh
>>>> But it's what I want!  So I'll just have to do it!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's an F1 hybrid so I didn't save any seeds.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm...well if you get any decent seeds from them this year...can I
>>>>> have
>>>>>
>>>> a
>>>>
>>>>> few of them?  I have not had very much luck with growing tomatoes in
>>>>>> Oklahoma.  When I lived in Kansas City they were AWESOME.  I had more
>>>>>>
>>>>> than
>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>>> could eat.  This year I'm going to grow some in pots and see what
>>>>>>
>>>>> happens.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I bought it as a plant. It was the only tomato plant we had [my
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> sister's
>>>>
>>>>>  allergic to them], so when I saw them at a nursery, I remembered
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> what
>>>>
>>>>>  Kitty
>>>>>>> had said and bought just one for me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jim and Kitty - did you buy the sun cherry as a plant?  Or seeds?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> And
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>> did you find them?  I'd like to try them this year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3/23/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think you recommended Suncherry last year... anyway we
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> planted it;
>>>>
>>>>>   very
>>>>>>>>> nice, good flavor and very productive.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Kitty wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The tomatoes ...are coming up in the greenhouse.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I started my seeds yesterday.  Legend and Suncherry
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Premium
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Mine'll go in the ground.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
>>>>
>>>>>   CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
>>>>>>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:00 AM
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Wow
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That sounds like fun. One day I'd like to have
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> time to go through the
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Master Gardener program. I looked into here once, it
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> was years back,
>>>>
>>>>>    but
>>>>>>>>>>> the classes were all the way down in Los Angeles
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and so was the
>>>>
>>>>>    volunteer time. That's an hour's drive.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now even if it were close I
>>>>
>>>>>    don't have the time. But one day...
>>>>>>>>>>> I cleaned up the pond on Saturday, that went a lot
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> faster than I
>>>>
>>>>>    expected, and put the rest of my plants from High
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Country Garden in
>>>>
>>>>>    the
>>>>>>>>>>> ground. Got some weeding done in the dry garden.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There's sure a lot
>>>>
>>>>>    of
>>>>>>>>>>> grass in there, sigh...I made a couple clear spots
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> anyway. It got so
>>>>
>>>>>    windy I couldn't stay out, too much dirt in my
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> eyes.
>>>>
>>>>>    The tomatoes and peppers are coming up in the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> greenhouse. Husband got
>>>>
>>>>>    a
>>>>>>>>>>> wild hair and decided that he could grow better
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> tomatoes in pots than
>>>>
>>>>>    I
>>>>>>>>>>> can in the ground, and use much less water too. So
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> off he went to buy
>>>>
>>>>>    his own seeds. I'm encouraging this of course
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> although I think he is
>>>>
>>>>>    grossly overestimating how much water one garden
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> bed actually uses,
>>>>
>>>>>    and
>>>>>>>>>>> he's going to get bored pretty quick measuring
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> how much water he
>>>>
>>>>>    pours
>>>>>>>>>>> into the pots. It will be interesting to see how
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> it goes.
>>>>
>>>>>    Sunday started out very cold and raining and then
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> got extremely
>>>>
>>>>>    windy.
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>> dashed outside only once to put the horses in
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> their stalls. Even the
>>>>
>>>>>    dogs didn't want to go out there.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cyndi
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [o*@hort.net]
>>>>
>>>>>    On
>>>>>>>>>>> Behalf Of james singer
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:05 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> To: Garden Chat
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Wow
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sure been quiet.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Did my first 4 hours on the Master Gardener desk
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> yesterday. Slow day
>>>>
>>>>>    there, too--about seven phone calls and only two
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> walk-ins. Issues de
>>>>
>>>>>    jour seemed to be carpenter ants--hint:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> they're swarming now--and
>>>>
>>>>>    fertilizing blueberries. Also got a couple of
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> calls about our plant
>>>>
>>>>>    sale: when? [first Saturday in May]; will we have
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> heirloom tomatoes?
>>>>
>>>>>    [about 40 varieties].
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Kinda boring, so I read through the log to see
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> what kind of calls
>>>>
>>>>>    other shifts had gotten [mostly carpenter ants and
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> blueberries] but
>>>>
>>>>>    about a week ago someone called in for information
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> on grafting figs.
>>>>
>>>>>    Wish I'd gotten that call; it would've
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> been fun.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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>>>>>>>> Jesse R. Bell
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>>>>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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>>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> Elevation 148'
> 39.9" Precipitation
> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> Heat Zone 5
> Sunset Zone 6
> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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