Re: ah, Spring in Texas & elsewhere

Excellent deal - what is Menards?  Like a Lowe's??

On 3/29/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Yeah, they had mostly floribundas but I found a couple of climbers and a
> couple of shrub roses.  I sometimes buy a few things I find cheaply to
> expand the choices at my sale.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ah, Spring in Texas & elsewhere
>
>
> Smart buy on the roses. Are they for your plant sale?
>>
>> Brisk here--wind chill has dropped the temp to 44 degrees; too cold
>> for me but a lot of plants seem to deem it warm enough to wake up. For
>> example, Salem, which bills itself as "Cherry City," is awash in
>> cherry blossoms, both ornamental and fruiting.
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Kitty wrote:
>>
>> A few little spitting type showers here. only 34 degrees now just a
>>> bit before 7pm; forecast 28 tonight, but 51 tomorrow & 60 Tues, so
>>> still lookin' pretty good.
>>>
>>> I had to do MG stuff yesterday and thought I'd do some more cleanup
>>> here today, but just too chilly & icky.  I ran several errands & a
>>> bit of shopping then settled into an afternoon in the garage mixing
>>> potting soil. I still had 5 kitty litter pails of good soil a friend
>>> had given me so I stretched it out with Canadian peat, perlite,
>>> vermiculite, and screened leaf mold to yield 17 containers of mix
>>> plus enough to pot up four 2 -gallon roses (Menards had them for
>>> 50cents after rebate, so I got there early before they got beat up)
>>> and a couple of brugs. With the soil ready, I can hopefully start
>>> digging Tuesday.
>>>
>>> This won't be enough soil so I'm going to have to look for some
>>> cheap bagged soil.  I still have five 2.2cu ft bales of Canadian
>>> peat and plenty of perlite, vermiculite, and fertilizer.  I should
>>> screen some more leaf mold.
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ah, Spring in Texas
>>>
>>>
>>> raining here now.... supposed to get 6 to 12 inches of snow before
>>>> this system
>>>> gets out of my neighborhood.... or so they say... sigh.
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>> 40 miles south of Chicago, Illinois
>>>>
>>>> --- On Sat, 3/28/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ah, Spring in Texas
>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 2:42 PM
>>>>
>>>> Raining here [what else is new?]. Not hard, dramatic rain. Soaker
>>>> type. It
>>>> started sometime last night and hasn't let up--if anything, it's
>>>> become
>>>> more persistent. There's no breeze so I can only conclude the storm
>>>> is in no
>>>> hurry to move off.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 28, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Maria wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's 56 here right now, but everything is still brown and gray,
>>>>> and I
>>>>>
>>>> fully expect to see another snowstorm before Spring really gets
>>>> going.
>>>> Usually
>>>> happens just after the plowmen have taken the plows off all their
>>>> trucks.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maria in Pocono Summit, NE PA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL - no way, it's still winter back there!   It'll be back up
>>>>>>
>>>>> to the mid
>>>>
>>>>> 70's by Monday.  Thank goodness!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:06 PM, droman
>>>>>>
>>>>> <djroman@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Pam,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like it is time to move back to the Pocono's.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>> zone 6 PA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>>  To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:47 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] ah, Spring in Texas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Out looking for twirlies, we've got a watch going until 8pm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We had a
>>>>
>>>>>  big
>>>>>>>> thunderstorm come up from the South around 1pm, dropped about
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1 - 1 1/2"
>>>>
>>>>>  of
>>>>>>>> rain.  Warm and muggy, then the wind shifted abruptly to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Northwest (here
>>>>
>>>>>  comes a norther) and the temps have dropped 20 degrees in the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> last hour.
>>>>
>>>>>  So
>>>>>>>> there is some serious turbulence in the atmosphere at the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> moment - winds
>>>>
>>>>>  are
>>>>>>>> around 30 mph sustained w/ gusts.  We actually have a frost
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> warning for
>>>>
>>>>>  tomorrow and Sunday morning now.  And maybe flurries tonight?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Crazy
>>>>
>>>>>  weather man.  The birds are freaking out too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>>>>> zone 8A
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> --Pam Evans
>>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>>> zone 8A
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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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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