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Re: winter

Hi Molly,

I intended to reply earlier but been too busy. The outdoor gardens are done
for another year; the plant room is bursting, mainly with African violets
although there are other gesneriads, ivy, geraniums, cacti and begonias too.

And there's a huge palm by a window in the family room and a ficus and a few
other tropical plants elsewhere.

Got too much, as usual, but I just can't say no.

I'm looking for a reliable plant sitter to care for these plants while I'm
gone for awhile this winter. My wife Pat, a traveling nurse, probably will
get an assignment in Arizona for 13 weeks. I'd like to spend all of that
time there but will have to freeze my backside part of that time in Iowa
because of things I have to do. Pat is currently in Omaha, Nebraska; it's
only 5 hours from here so I drive over or she drives here for 2-3 days once
in awhile. A couple of weeks ago I was a clerk for judges at an African
violet show in Omaha, so I had two reasons for a trip. Returned home loaded
down with AVs of course.

Weather here was beautiful today so I raked leaves and did a few odd jobs in
the perennial beds. Also planted a red bud tree near a hosta patch that
needs more shade. Saturday is supposed to be nice again so I'll put wire
fencing around shrubs that rabbits love to eat in the winter. Last winter
they chewed a 4-foot-tall lilac down to 3 inches!

Nothing else going on. I'm simply behaving.

John
johnadney@email.msn.com



-----Original Message-----
From: molly <amman@populus.net>
To: 'indoor-gardening@prairienet.org' <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 7:20 PM
Subject: RE: winter


Hi John,

Been real nice here- sunny, semi-warm, no flying grabage.  When I drive down
to Albuquerque (I'm up near Colorado), I have to cross the continental
divide, and there was a little slush on the road yesterday, but not the
white-out conditions we Iowans know and love.  However, I miss the Iowa
winter in a weird way.  Hope you retain your electricity and stay snug.

Molly

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From: John & Pat Adney[SMTP:johnadney@email.msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 12:56 PM
To: gesneriphiles@lists.colorado.edu; shadegardens@maelstrom.stjohns.edu;
indoor-gardening@prairienet.org; IGSROBIN@maelstrom.stjohns.edu;
avconnection@makelist.com
Subject: winter

Hello to all:

Winter has arrived in east central Iowa. The wind is gusting up to 66 miles
an hour; the weatherperson says the average speed is 44. The temp at this
hour is 31 degrees. It's been raining all


day; it's supposed to turn to snow
tonight. One to four inches perhaps.

Many schools closed early not because of snow but due to wind. A lot of
branches are down; some whole trees are uprooted. Electrical power has been
disrupted over a wide area. I'm one of the lucky few that still has
electricity, but I'm afraid if this wind continues through tonight we may be
without power before dawn. The power and telephone lines to my house are
being blown up and down and sideways. I don't see how they can stay up much
longer.

I'm snug in the plantroom enjoying plants under lights. Here is spring!

The gardening season is finished, but I still have four daylilies, two hosta
and two columbines to put in. Guess I'll put them in a sheltered location
for the winter and dig them up and put in their proper locations come
spring.

Hey, somebody's garbage can just flew by!

John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
johnadney@email.msn.com
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