Re: Laundry list

So, Jim, how  big is this  pre-easter garage sale next year ?  Do you do
this every year?  I bet you have the most interesting stuff.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Laundry list


> Understand completely. But potting up for one's self can also get to be
> heavy lifting. We bumped some Phoenix dactylifera from 1-gallon pot to
> 7-gallon pot today, plus any number of smaller plants and rooted
> cuttings into larger pots.
>
> We've also got some 3-foot tall bamboo palm [Chamaedora species]
> seedlings in one of the seed beds that we've got to pot up next
> weekend. It's probably going to be a real adventure getting those
> babies out of the seed bed.
>
> And this reminds me--I've got a dozen or so rooted cuttings of Carissa
> macrocarpa that I'll be happy to send to anyone who wants them. Thorny
> devils, but the flowers have wonderful fragrance.
>
>
>
> On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 05:28 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > It seems  like the more I get done, the more I add things to my laundry
> > list. I just potted up 60 two inch pots to qts for our MG nursery.
> > I'd like
> > to get caught up on all the MG stuff so I can get to my own.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 3:00 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Laundry list
> >
> >
> >> We got most things done before the rain started today.
> >>
> >> The only hold-overs of any consequence are two golden barrel cactuses
> >> that need to have their pot size jumped [something I find easy to put
> >> off] and a 15-gallon kumquat that needs a permanent home in the
> >> ground.
> >>
> >> The kumquat has been our Christmas tree for the last 3 years [it's
> >> loaded with bright orange fruit at that time of year, so it
> >> self-decorating], but it's beginning to outgrow its pot and I'm
> >> getting
> >> too old to wrestle a 30-gallon pot in and out of the house.
> >>
> >> I'm sure that by next weekend, the list will be longer. We still have
> >> to rip out an aging hibiscus and then find something else to block the
> >> evening sun from the sunroom.
> >>
> >> I know, I know--if it's a sunroom, why block the sun? Because summer
> >> is
> >> coming and if we don't block the sun, it will be a life-size toaster
> >> over.
> >>
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> Zone 10
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>
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