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- Subject: Re: HYB general view of the garden
- From: &* G* C* <j*@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 17:06:19 -0500
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Just got back from relocating another squirrel -- one every 2
or 3 days for the last 3 weeks. Theyâve replaced crickets as my gardensâ
worst pest.
Iâve been watching for our local eagles. They should be nesting by
now. Iâm seeing the birds, but not the nesting activity, so, who
knows?
Crocuses are blooming. So is my flowering apricot --
playing tag with intermittent freezes, but so far no blossom kill. The
irises seem to be greening up more slowly this year. It was a much colder
winter than usual here.
Griffin's
Den
http://www.pilmore.com/griffinsden/default.html Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia From: P*@shaw.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:31 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB general view of the
garden
Hi
LoÃc;
You are reminding me that I have to go
around and replant a few that the squirrels dug up over winter. )-; Looks
like you are going to have a great display this year.
We have had it turn around and snow on
our crocii recently so how safe the plants are at present is anyone's
guess.
Here we had some new growth on plants
like clematis, hydrangeas, etc., and then a sudden cold snap that has killed the
shoots so we are definitely looking forward to seeing what has survived
here. We *have* been assuming that spring is close based upon the
activity with all the eagle webcams http://www.hancockwildlife.org/index.php?topic=cam-sites
I gather one of the nests has an egg as of two days ago, so presume we can't
turn back to winter now.
Believe it or not, after 3 months of non-stop
freeze, the irises are still alive and almost kicking :
Except the seeds that are still sound asleep in
their pots, everything is starting to grow!
Is that what is called Spring, at
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