Re: Back to spring bulbs

I'm glad Zem.  When that stoned little punk tried to turn my house into a
drive through, blowing up a transformer in the process, I ended up having to
replace the washer, dryer, computer and my stove.  They had no insurance of
course.  Pffft.

On 5/8/07, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Everything is fine -- at least so far.  My computer is attached to a surge
> protector.  Thanks for thinking of me.
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonnie" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Back to spring bulbs
>
>
> > Hope all your appliances are ok. We had something similar happen around
> > three years ago when the teen age girl living next door angrily backup
> > her drive, hitting the telepone pole guidewires, causing the wires to
> > bounce, catch on fire and start burning some bushes and trees. The
> > electrical surge did some damage...I was so glad the computer was off.
> > Hope yours is ok.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >>From: Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net>
> >>Sent: May 8, 2007 4:45 PM
> >>To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Back to spring bulbs
> >>
> >>What a lovely plant, Auralie.  Sorry I've been away from the list
> lately.
> >>Last night I had just sat down at the computer at about 8:15 p.m. when
> >>there
> >>was a loud noise followed by complete darkness.  It turned out that my
> >>neighbor and I were the only two houses affected.  A large pine had
> fallen
> >>over on the wires and shorting out our shared transformer.  I don't know
> >>why
> >>the tree was leaning, but it appeared to be healthy.  The three of us
> (my
> >>neighbor, her husband and I) stood outside watching the electric company
> >>personnel (2) cut the tree apart, and we had power restored by 10:00 p.m
> .
> >>We had a good laugh about how obvious it was that we lived in the
> country
> >>and that all we needed to complete the evening was fried chicken and
> >>potato
> >>salad. :0)  Today I worked in some grassy flower beds where everything
> >>seems
> >>to be blooming at once.  The peonies Rich sent me last spring are just
> >>beautiful!
> >>zem
> >>zone 7
> >>West TN
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> >>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 12:18 PM
> >>Subject: [CHAT] Back to spring bulbs
> >>
> >>
> >>> OK guys, I'll quit complaining.  Thanks for listening.
> >>> In all the confusion around my flower beds last fall, I
> >>> didn't have the place to plant spring bulbs that I had
> >>> planned on.  In fact, it was so confused, that I gave
> >>> away most of them, and plain forgot what I had
> >>> planted.  This spring I found a plant coming up in an
> >>> odd spot under the WNW eave of the house that I
> >>> could not identify.  It was obviously not a tulip or a
> >>> daffodil. It was too large for crocus or the  other
> >>> small bulbs I might have planted.  What was it?  I
> >>> asked a visiting friend who is an orchid specialist,
> >>> but knows quite a lot abut plants, and he thought
> >>> it might be a fritillaria.  Well, when it bloomed, I dug
> >>> through old bulb orders to identify it, for it was
> >>> totally new to me.  I can't remember why I bought
> >>> it.  What I have is Iris bucharica, and I can't imagine
> >>> why I had never seen it before.  What a charming
> >>> plant!  Each bulb seems to have produced two or
> >>> three stems, and each stem has six or seven yellow
> >>> and white iris blooms - each about two inches high.
> >>> The whole plant is about 12-15 inches high.  I may be
> >>> the only ignorant one here, but if, like me, you don't
> >>> know this plant, do give it a look.
> >>> Auralie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ************************************** See what's free at
> >>> http://www.aol.com.
> >>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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