Re: OT- just concerned.

Chris,
Glad you met with so little damage.  Ah, a true gardener!  the daylily pods
rank right up there with gas for the generator.
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris" <chris@widom-assoc.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT- just concerned.


> Christine Petersen   Northport, New York    Region 4    Zone 7
>
> Dear Donna and all,
>
> I've been very busy with school, family and writing a couple of articles
> for the regional daylily publication. Here is my account of Isabel's
> sojourn on LI.
>
> The night before Isabel I grouped many of my large and small container
> gardens and moved others against the house where they would be more
> protected.  Then I picked any daylily seed pods that I thought were
> ready enough for fear that those precious pods might be swept away by
> wind or water.  Then I got out my digital camera and tried to take
> pictures of favorite plant combinations that might be crushed by
> morning.  I brought in a daylily bloom from Isabel Hibbard's FINAL
> FRONTIER fearing that it might be the last bloom I'd see!  Most of the
> images I took are somewhat fuzzy due to the winds that were already
> howling!  My son tied up the boats and I stacked the outdoor furniture
> and gathered up all the loose plastic pots that had been amassing since
> spring.  I had already bought extra batteries while at my morning coffee
> stop.  I hoped my husband would get a can of gas for our generator! The
> generator is more for the fish, lizards, and other animals then for us!
>
> The winds never woke me up during the night and the next day I saw some
> trees down and traffic lights out, but that was about it!  The timing of
> the tides was in our favor, so we had no flooding and only a few of my
> containers were toppled.  All remaining seedpods are intact!
>
> I am very thankful for our close call with nature!  Living on the water
> can be risky, but once again we've been left unharmed!  Thank you for
> thinking of me!
>
> Chris
>
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