RE: soil types and pH/also question/early winter signs?

Well it's coming down as a heavy drizzle - so no run off problems. I'm
delighted of course. Tropical storm "Grace" was well named indeed
because this is a real blessing. I can almost hear all the plants
sighing w/ relief, especially since Labor Day weekend is usually over
100 degrees every day - a total scorcher. And all the work I did
amending those beds is now paying off as the rain helps percolate the
amendments into the soil.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:49:21 -0400

>Pam, I sure hope you get as much as we are this morning!  It's a really
>gully washer!  (So much for spreading that mulch over Memorial Day weekend.
>:>))  It looks like our rain will last at least two days and we are
>predicted to get 5 inches or so in that time period.
>
>May your rain be slow, gentle and steady so there is no runoff in your
>garden, but a deep seeping of the moisture into the earth.  
>
>Blessings,
>
>Bonnie (SW OH -zone 5)
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Pamela J. Evans
>Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 11:39 AM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] soil types and pH/also question/early winter signs?
>
>Hmm - I'll see what the others suggest and give mother all the ideas and
>she can pick and choose for herself. When I bring my lemon tree and
>pineapple sage in to protect them, we're talking about a day or two -
>not months. They're not in here long enough to develop problems. Guess
>what, it started to rain just as I finished up that second bed a few
>minutes ago!! I could feel it on my back when I was spreading the mulch.
>Hope we actually get something here - Sugar is unimpressed, but I'm
>delighted!! Might take advantage of the rain and work on the map project
>today...
>
>
>:-D 
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date:  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:22:34 -0400
>
>>Well, Pam, I can tell you that our walnut trees are already turning and
>>dropping their leaves.  Even the big cottonwood is slowly starting to drop
>>leaves here and there.  I'm not sure whether it's a cue for and early
>>fall/winter or these things have been so moisture saturated they are
>>drowning in underground streams!  LOL!!!  Squirrels are busy, though and
>now
>>that our young walnuts are bearing, the walnuts are disappearing at an
>>amazing rate.  (Oh for the days when the squirrels get their fill and we
>>still have enough left over to satiate my walnut appetite!)   
>>
>>Now if it would just quit raining long enough to spread a healthy blanket
>of
>>black gold mulch!  I definitely want to protect all the newer plants with
>>roots close to the surface because of our wet summer.  
>>
>>I'm leery of putting roses in my basement because of spider mites and if
>the
>>humidity is kept high to ward off the spider mites, then I've had trouble
>>with powdery mildew.  Anyone with a good greenhouse have better
>suggestions?
>>(I might try something like Kitty does with the leaves and coverings to
>over
>>winter the roses.)
>>
>>Blessings,
>>
>>Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>>
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>Behalf
>>Of Pamela J. Evans
>>Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 10:29 AM
>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] soil types and pH/also question
>>
>>Yes, the unwatered yard does indeed bake in this outdoor summer kiln. I
>>think it's interesting to hear about the wide range of growing
>>conditions everyone has to work with. Y'all have to worry about stuff
>>being hardy, while we have to keep our fingers crossed and hope
>>everything can handle the heat. BTW - was talking to the folks last
>>weekend and they are noticing hummers and other birds starting to
>>migrate early and the chipmunks seem to be going into pre-winter mode
>>already. I told him to keep an eye on those animals - they may be
>>telling you that a big bad winter is fixin' to set in. Anyone else in
>>the Northeast been noticing stuff like this? Oh and mother wanted to
>>know if she could over winter her miniature roses (in pots on the deck
>>so the deer don't eat them) in their unheated (but above freezing)
>>basement for the winter. I told her that sounded fine to me. But thought
>>I'd check w/ you more Northern gardeners to see what you do. Mine stay
>>out 12/365 here, but it rarely gets below 10 degrees here. We don't do
>>sub-zero thank God. How y'all stand that business is beyond me...
>>
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