Re: Hibernation still in effect
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  • Subject: Re: Hibernation still in effect
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:23:41 -0500
thanks.  shouldn't be too bad I think unless pipes (old) start popping.

On 9/1/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> We had "slab jack" even out the concrete on our lower back porch. He
> also did slabs in homes. Worked beautifully. Hope all goes well.
>
>
> B
> ETN Zone 7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 4:28:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hibernation still in effect
>
> thanks Zem. I'm about done w/ these past two weeks already. house leveling
> guy comes tomorrow morning. that should be an interesting friggin'
> experience as well.
>
>
> On 9/1/10, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Pam, that's awful!!! Please keep us posted on his progress. I'll add him
> > to my prayer list.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:42 PM
> >
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hibernation still in effect
> >
> >
> > bad as this water problem is, I'm more worried my brother. Those SOB's
> >> messed up his gall bladder surgery and now they are dithering while he's
> >> sinking fast. I'm so furious I can barely speak. UGH. I told mother
> >> she's going to have to forget her manners and get in their face - big
> >> time.
> >>
> >> On 8/31/10, Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Auralie, I'm so glad Chet is on the mend. What a fright you must have
> >>> had.
> >>> And, Pam, your water problem is ridiculous! I'll agree this is one
> >>> summer
> >>> I don't want to repeat! My flower beds also look terrible. The flowers
> >>> are
> >>> tough as nails, but so are the morning glories that are all over
> >>> everything!
> >>> After an electric bill that rivaled the national debt I found that I
> was
> >>> at
> >>> the verge of needing a new compressor. The upside is that my problem
> was
> >>> solved with just a good coil cleaning. I have about melted in the
> garden
> >>> center this summer, and I think I have beaten all records for the
> amount
> >>> of
> >>> iced tea a person can drink in one day. You are so right, Pam, low 90s
> >>> can
> >>> feel down right cool!
> >>> zem
> >>> zone 7
> >>> West TN
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 5:10 PM
> >>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hibernation still in effect
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Wow - glad Chet's on the mend. I can unfortunately relate about the
> >>>
> >>>> garden. Mine looks like french fried right about now. Ridiculous. My
> >>>> kid
> >>>> brother has his gall bladder out Monday, but he's fine and didn't seem
> >>>> to
> >>>> pick up any nasty bug the 24 hours he was in the hospital thank
> >>>> goodness.
> >>>> still no water here, they said maybe by tomorrow - pfffft. I stopped
> at
> >>>> Elaine's on the way home today to get a shower and wash my hair -
> >>>> ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/27/10, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks Jim, good point. And well, RATS Auralie. Sounds like we all
> need
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> break. I'm glad Chet is getting better. My Mama has always insisted
> >>>>> that
> >>>>> hospitals make people sicker. I may have to give her points for that
> >>>>> one.
> >>>>> Andrea
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> On
> >>>>> Behalf
> >>>>> Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:02 AM
> >>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hibernation still in effect
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'll follow Andrea's lead and try to make a summary of this crazy
> >>>>> month.
> >>>>> The entire summer has been a garden disaster for me - a combination
> of
> >>>>> extreme heat and drought, too much other work, and not enough
> strength
> >>>>> to work out in the heat. Something ate all my beans just as they
> began
> >>>>> to bloom. My other vegetables have not done anything. The soil in the
> >>>>> garden is hard as a rock from the drought - despite years of adding
> >>>>> compost
> >>>>> and such good things. My flower beds have also suffered from the
> >>>>> drought.
> >>>>> Great patches of my epimedium have browned off. Even some pachysandra
> >>>>> has turned brown, and that's usually drought-proof. The pond is down
> >>>>> do
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> mudpuddle. I have tried to keep the container-garden going by
> carrying
> >>>>> water, but even that has been a struggle. Since we're on a well, I
> >>>>> can't
> >>>>> just
> >>>>> use a hose or sprinkler.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In addition to all that, I've had more work of all sorts than I've
> had
> >>>>> in
> >>>>> years.
> >>>>> The book industry must not be suffering as much as I read that it is,
> >>>>> for
> >>>>> I've
> >>>>> had back-to-back indexing jobs all summer. That combined with flower
> >>>>> show preparations on both state and local levels, Horticulture School
> >>>>> exams
> >>>>> to grade and record, and various other such, plus a computer crash
> >>>>> earlier
> >>>>> in the summer has kept me tied up.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then there was the visit from my youngest son and his family - 7
> yr.old
> >>>>> Connor,
> >>>>> and Cate who's almost 5. They were here for three days and then
> >>>>> insisted
> >>>>> that
> >>>>> we go to the city with them for another three days. We stayed at the
> >>>>> Princeton
> >>>>> Club, saw a couple of Broadway shows, and a marvelous church service
> at
> >>>>> St. Thomas Episcopal Church on 5th Avenue. I had been anxious about
> >>>>> Chet,
> >>>>> since he is getting so slow and tottery, but he seemed to enjoy it
> all
> >>>>> very
> >>>>> much.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then last Sunday morning he collapsed in church as he was serving as
> >>>>> lay-reader.
> >>>>> Luckily the priest saw him going and caught him as he fell, so he
> >>>>> didn't
> >>>>> hit his
> >>>>> head. He came around quickly, but the EMS team took him to the
> >>>>> hospital.
> >>>>> There all sorts of tests showed nothing amiss, but the cardiology
> team
> >>>>> insisted
> >>>>> on keeping him for observation. To make a long story short, they
> >>>>> decided
> >>>>> his
> >>>>> blood-pressure medication was too strong, and had caused him to faint
> >>>>> from
> >>>>> low blood-pressure. I brought him home on Tuesday looking pale and
> >>>>> with
> >>>>> cold
> >>>>> symptoms. Wednesday he was so weak he could hardly stand. I was ready
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> take him back to the hospital, but of course he refused. I did get
> him
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> the local
> >>>>> doctor who diagnosed pneumonia, that the doctor said he had clearly
> >>>>> contracted
> >>>>> in the hospital. He has been on strong antibiotics since, and seems
> >>>>> better
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> stronger today. We will see the doctor again in a bit.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I guess that's not a very cheerful or garden-related message, but I
> >>>>> wanted
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> account for my apparent lack of response to the rest of you. Best
> >>>>> wishes
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> all who have had birthdays I missed. Pam, I hope your house doesn't
> >>>>> fall
> >>>>> down.
> >>>>> Andrea, there will surely be another job.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Auralie
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In a message dated 8/26/2010 6:10:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>>>> andreah@hargray.com writes:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi all-I'm just getting around to actually sitting at my computer in
> >>>>> over
> >>>>> a
> >>>>> week. Summer has been in full on mode here since mind-June. We almost
> >>>>> broke
> >>>>> a record of over 45 days at 90 or above. Mostly ABOVE. The heat has
> >>>>> finally
> >>>>> broken but the humidity is still in full swing. Last evening I
> finally
> >>>>> went
> >>>>> outside when I got home from work, something I haven't done in weeks.
> >>>>> The
> >>>>> aphids had attacked my Asclepius so I got out the hose.
> >>>>>
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> >>>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Pam Evans
> >>>> Kemp TX
> >>>> zone 8A
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> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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> Kemp TX
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Kemp TX
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