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Re: [gwl] weather - Coming to Long Island

Coming to Long Island for the convention? Here's some packing tips from a local gal. The weather forcast is high 70's in the day, low 60's at night, some sprinkles, some sun.
 
The key word for our weather is "Humid". If you aren't used to humidity you will be glistening or "schwitzing" as my Mom used to say.
 
The bus and the hotel will be airconditioned so I recommend layers. Loose cotton tee shirts, but bring a light sweater, or better yet, a water resistant jacket you can leave on the bus. Past experience on garden tours tells me half the people on the bus will be freezing, the other half will be complaining that it's too hot. For women, capri's can keep you cooler than full length jeans and still keep your legs from sticking to the bus seat.
 
Long Island is really an island, that means we're surrounded by water! The temperatures can vary greatly from the eastern end to the central portion (where the hotel is) to the city. So once again, layers.
 
Mosquitos and ticks? We've got em both so if you're a bug spray person, you'll be wanting it. It's also yellow jacket season so bring along what ever you need in that area including those great little bug bite pens that squirt a drop of alchohol. Throw some sunscreen in too. Poison ivy runs rampent so look before you tramp through any underbrush. I carry a tiny bottle of tecnu which removes the oil from poison ivy.
 
Comfortable shoes are imperetive, I like having a pair that I can take off if it's raining. Bare feet work fine in puddles and dry faster than shoes. If you aren't a bare foot person you might want two pairs of shoes to alternate wet/dry or throw in a pair of flip flops.
 
For garden tours I like using a small backpack. It holds all the above items, a bottle of water, extra film, a small notebook and pen, a visor or sunglasses, chapstick, tissues and more. The garden owners will also be grateful you aren't knocking their plants around with a big tote bag.
 
Yesterday I put together a local map and list of shops & eateries near the hotel. There is very little within walking distance of the hotel (I considered 1/4 to 1/2 mile as walking distance). But there is a Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, two deli's, pizza and chinese food. If you are a hiker, you can get to the nearest department store, Kohls, which is just over a mile away but you will be walking along a major road with heavy traffic and under the highway. As you walk around you will be walking right over the ground that Walt Whitman used to walk upon. It looks a bit different today.
 
Tomorrow I'll be at the hotel stuffing the registration packages but don't know if that list of shops will be included. If you really want a copy, I can e-mail it to you now and you can print it out. Just let me know at m*@optonline.net
 
Newsday photo shoot scheduled in my garden this morning at 10:00. So far we've had three inches of rain, my basement flooded and the pool overflowed. We're pushing it to 11:00 and crossing our fingers that we can dash out and get some shots. They called for something "earthy", it might end up being "muddy" :-(
 
Melanie Vassallo
Garden Lecturer, writer, photographer
m*@optonline.net
 
 
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