Re: Wow

LOL - those Purple Prince zinnias just go nuts, don't they?  I haven't
planted them in years, but they reseed on their own.  You must be a week or
two ahead of us, mine haven't popped up yet!   But the bluebonnets are
glorious!  God bless Lady Bird Johnson for that.

On 3/24/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Can I come live with you? That sounds like a hoot. LOL! I have managed to
> get cucumbers, watermelons, tomatoes, Bell peppers, squash, and a
> gazillions
> other things in the ground. I have lettuce coming up from a month ago and
> am
> hoping I get to eat some before it gets too hot. Of course the squirrels
> dug
> up some of it, little buggers. It's been gorgeous here-we're past our frost
> date but I'm holding my breath until March 31. You never know.
>
> I had a couple of old sections of privacy fence and painted them flaming
> lime green (paint was called lemon grass) and have lots of purple and red
> stuff planted in front of them. It should look great when everything starts
> blooming. I almost painted them a color called "Martian" but thought that
> might be going a bit far. It was WOW green. My shade garden is coming
> along.
> The Japanese painted ferns are coming up, as well as hostas, tricyrtis,
> ginger, and columbines-can't wait for the columbines to bloom.
>
> I have seeds coming up-hyacinth bean, tithonia, marigold, zinnias (Pam,
> yours are going crazy), orange cosmos from Bonnie I think- White wisteria
> (the one that kept making the noises this winter), larkspur, hollyhocks,
> and
> various and sundry others. It's an exciting time! Oh, and my bougainvillea
> that's been in the greenhouse is going to bloom! Now THAT'S exciting!
>
> I also have my whole kitchen window sill lined with blooming orchids. They
> never cease to amaze me. Hope everyone is having as good a time as I am!
> A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:32 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
>
> All my hens are the same age.  They all watch me like a hawk.  I went into
> their yard on Sunday to move a peony that Rich gave me.  They have been
> pecking it down to a nub so I moved it.  Well, if I found a grub, I threw
> it
> over my shoulder and one hen will grab it and run off squeeling and
> squaking...because the other seven hens are chasing her.  When it's eaten,
> they all come running back to me and stand there waiting, which doesn't
> take
> long, and I throw another one over my shoulder.  Same thing.  One hen
> catches it, and gets chased all over the yard by the others.  Kind of funny
> to watch.  The two roosters don't even stand a CHANCE around all those
> hens.  They don't even TRY.  When I'm weeding my gardens and find grubs, I
> toss them in a bucket and at the end of the day I pour myself a glass of
> wine, take my bucket out to the hens and start tossing them.  Better than
> watching T.V.
>
>
>
> On 3/24/09, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI <
> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> >
> > Always very amusing to give one of those big tomato hornworms to
> > chickens. Experienced hens will grab it instantly but the younger ones
> > don't know what to do. Sometimes they'll all stand around pecking at it
> > very hesitantly and the worm may actually get the chance to move off.
> > Finally one hen will grab it and shake it so it comes apart
> > (eeeuuuuwwww) and then they all pile on. After the first couple they
> > figure out it's good eatin'.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of james singer
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:35 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
> >
> > 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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> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
> > >>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > >>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
> > >>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > >>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > >>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
> > >>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
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> > >>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> > >>>>>> Willamette Valley
> > >>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > >>>>>> Elevation 148'
> > >>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > >>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > >>>>>> Heat Zone 5
> > >>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
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> > >>>>>> 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
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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
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> > Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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