Re: Definitely fall

Today is the first day since mid-June I am wearing long pants.  It has been
exceptionally hot here- it isn't supposed to be in the 90's with high humidity
in IL zone 5 in October!  But that was monday's weather here... yesterday it
was in the high 70's- today it is supposed to be in the 50's... we will see.
Cool this morning, but we will see what develops. 

Donna

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Message ----


It's supposed to be mid-90's here today and then hopefully a
"cold front" is 
coming through this weekend. I'm ready to open my windows.
I've still got my 
A/C on. It's been cooler, but really humid. Can't deal with
that in the 
house. I'm hot natured enough!
A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theresa W" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent:
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Definitely fall


>
Fall is here too- cool in the AMs.  I have a collection of jackets and 
>
sweaters in my car where I shed them either after arriving to work or as 
>
soon as I get in the car at the end of the day.
> I'm sure your floor is going
to be nice, but I can certainly sympathize 
> about the to-do list....
>
>
Theresa
>
> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>> It's definitely fall. I
went into the vegetable garden and could tell it
>> got pretty cold Saturday
night - the squash, eggplants, peppers, and
>> basil are almost all wilted and
dead. Lower leaves on the tomato plants
>> are mostly wilted too. So it must
have been in the high 30s, I am sure
>> we haven't had frost yet.  There
wasn't anything left on the peppers -
>> some jalapenos I can still salvage -
and the squash had not been
>> producing. I should have picked more basil
before this but, oh well, I
>> didn't. I did gather up a few eggplants though.
There are a few green
>> tomatoes but not as many as I expected.
>> But I
didn't really get anything done in the garden. Too many other
>> little
chores, plus we had a flooring failure in our entryway and
>> decided to tile
the area. I sure wish I had time to plan these jobs.
>> There are so many
options you can get in tile but by golly we were going
>> to do it over the
weekend and that meant no time to special order tile,
>> explore decorative
accents or anything. Always seems like every time we
>> start a project it's
because something has broken and we're in a hurry.
>> We didn't get it quite
finished - needs grout - but it does look nice.
>> I noticed foliage for the
paperwhite bulbs starting to come up in the
>> front. I have a pretty blue
aster (no idea what it is) that is just
>> starting to bloom, and some of the
roses have a few blossoms. Salvia
>> greggii, Russian sage, and desert willow
are blooming in the dry garden.
>>
>> And my to-do list is still a mile
long...
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
>>
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