Re: Happy equinox!

Thanks. I didn't think I had much, but took a bucket out & started picking. It was so hot (record for the date 95F)& dry that day, several things just shriveled up before they could be judged. My Cimicifuga brunette foliage was spectacular & 2 ferns & small bamboo were good but they just curled up to dry twigs on entry day. Several of my roses suffeed from the heat. I could have entered my lily the day of judging but forgot to cut another & got a blue anyway. I like entering unusual stuff like hosta foliage & flowers, perennial geranium, whatever looks good on entry day. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
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Judy - congrats on the ribbons lady - fantastic!   Proud for ya!

On 9/22/08, Judy Browning <judylee@lewiston.com> wrote:


I'm wanting to get some daffodil bulbs in, Foundling and 1 or 2 show
quality varieties. One local fair is in the spring & I'd like to enter there 
next year. I'm really getting into knit & crochet again. My garden is
suffering because I'm spending my spare time with my yarn. I need to get out & get the weeds one last time before it's too cold. One neighbor has a weed patch right by my carport & right now it's blowing thistle, bindweed & other weed seeds onto my gravel path. Grrrr. Very discouraging. The thistles come 
right through the ground covercloth under the path.
Nez Perce Co Fair was last week. I entered 55 in Flower Dept & got 41
ribbons. Note on Rosa "The Fairy" said it would have been best of class if it had foliage. It was a stem that grew without foliage on it at all, just flowers & buds, so I was happy. I got a big prize with this rose a few years 
ago, too.
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Happy equinox!


 I don't know what we'll do. I'm waiting for a clue from someone about

 what we should be doing. It's beginning to rain two-three times a week
now--not big rains, more like persistent showers. So I think we're heading into the monsoon season. This last week we had end-of-summer colds here so didn't feel like doing much of anything, except the saffron crocus bulbs 
arrived and we got those planted.

On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/ SCSRT
wrote:
Happy autumnal equinox everyone. Time to start thinking about what we're 
going to in the garden this winter I guess.
I did some cleanup this weekend out front. I noticed the pyracantha  by
the
office window had gotten too big so I went out with my loppers and little 
saw.
I have enjoyed watching the birds eat its berries every winter but it's 
a
plant in the wrong place, and too much work to keep pruning it back every year. So I decided to take it down to about 2 ft high, if it comes back 
fine,
if it doesn't oh well. Those things are pretty thorny I got punctured a couple times through my gloves. I got about > of it but the dumpster was 
overflowing, so I'll have to get the rest later.  Tried using my
leaf-flower
as a vacuum and I think it will work, although not incredibly effective. 
I
need a longer extension cord to get the worst areas. And I shoveled 12
wheelbarrows full of, ummm, stuff out of the sheep pens, that was pretty 
tiring.
I could use some positive thoughts for our cat Punkin. She got out  of
the
house somehow on Saturday afternoon (we think), and we didn't notice her 
missing until this morning. She is not much of a lap cat so it  wasn't
unusual
for her not to be underfoot, I feel bad though. It isn't a good sign that 
she
isn't wailing at the front door to come in, a little early to give  up
hope but
I am fretting.

Cyndi

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Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 102 F [39 C]

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