OT-OTHER THAN IRIS SUBJECT

Bill, Have your dandelions ever been sprayed. If not, dandelions in early
spring are very tender and delicious mixed in with lettuce salads. As a
child I remember going in the cow patches in France, after a rain, [wearing
boots] with my mother and we searched for tender dandelions just for salad
picking. It gives a different taste to salads [which is pleasant!]
They also pick mushrooms and we never suffered from those mushrooms. Here in
California, many asians try this and can get very ill. I guess they must
look very much like the mushrooms they picked in Asia which were safe. I
don't try that!

Francesca

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>       1. summer is here!
>            From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>       2. Re: summer is here!
>            From: oneofcultivars@aol.com
>       3. Re: summer is here!
>            From: alhbee@aol.com
>       4. Re: summer is here!
>            From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>       5. Lordy,Lordy
>            From: Jim Murrain <jmurrain@kc.rr.com>
>       6. Re: Lordy,Lordy
>            From: oneofcultivars@aol.com
>       7. Re: summer is here!
>            From: wynnet@aol.com
>       8. Iris paradoxa
>            From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@astound.net>
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> Message: 1
>    Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:24:19 -0400
>    From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
> Subject: summer is here!
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> Where did spring go?  So far this week temps have been consistently
hitting
> the 70's.  Needless to say that has accelerated everything.  Irises are
> greening up fast & furious and far outpacing the weeds.  While mowing the
> grass today I found a large mystery patch of irises in one of my bogs.
I'm
> hoping that it's Iris prismatica which was once planted there and never
> seen again.  They have outgrown the bog and are into the yard now too.
>
> Daffodils are in full bloom.  Muscaris are just starting.  Tulips are not
> far behind.  Bearded irises should start sending up buds any day now.
>
> Dennis in Cincinnati
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> PS:  Dandelions have been blooming since January.  Grrrr!
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> Message: 2
>    Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:10:04 EDT
>    From: oneofcultivars@aol.com
> Subject: Re: summer is here!
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> In a message dated 4/6/2005 12:34:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dkramb@badbear.com writes:
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> >  Dandelions have been blooming since January.  Grrrr!
> >
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> Dandelions are pretty in January. Fun to watch too. Off the edge of the
> driveway where my wife prefers to run her car tires, they stay very short
all
> summer but still bloom. Much the same way they bloom here in January.
>
> Ain't no way to get rid of 'em. If you have 'em along a driveway where
they
> are a problem I could loan you my wife.
>
> Way I see it, this could solve both problems.
>
> Laughin',
> Bill Burleson
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> Message: 3
>    Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:46:15 EDT
>    From: alhbee@aol.com
> Subject: Re: summer is here!
>
> There's no spring in my step. There's spring in the air. Yesterday
morning
> it was 31 degrees with frost and in the afternoon it was 77. Today  it is
84.
> Go figger. This past winter was the most damaging  winter in the  last 20
> years. Times it was in the seventies and 36 hours later it was 5  above. I
had to
> reset 80% of the bearded iris. Losses in bearded iris was heavy  but only
3
> cultivars disappeared. Many of the cultivars are down to one small
rhizome. Even
> versicolor were raised.
>
> The graminea seeds from 2004 were sprouting when I took the seeds  from
the
> toilet tank. A  cross of ensata cultivars has 6  seedlings. A cross of
Summer
> Camp and Tiger Honey is up. Bee pods from  Promises, Promises has a dozen
> seedlings up. Char Randall from Melba, Id sent me  a bagful of bee pods.
If nothing
> comes from the bee pods the  experience, fun and keeping busy is well
worth
> the effort.  A great  lady!
>
> Al Bullock
> Z7 NoVa
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> Message: 4
>    Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:39:32 -0400
>    From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
> Subject: Re: summer is here!
>
> No sooner did the sun go down than the first Iris bucharica bloomed.
>
> Yay!
>
> Dennis in Cincy
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> Message: 5
>    Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 20:06:00 -0500
>    From: Jim Murrain <jmurrain@kc.rr.com>
> Subject: Lordy,Lordy
>
> Hi all, just got home from a trip to the Ouichita Mountains of
> Arkansas/Oklahoma. The only mountain range in the USA that runs
> east/west. Saw plenty on bearded iris in bloom at lower elevations and
> tons of I. cristata still weeks away from bloom in the hills. Saw some
> neat none iris stuff too.
>
> Anyway, at home the Juno's have jumped to the forefront, nearly all at
> peak bloom, wish you were here. Also I. iberica ( remember the flower
> with the face like a baboon I posted a photo of last year?), and  good
> old reliable Atroviolacea are in flower. No time for photos tonight as
> I'm pooped from the long drive.
>
> Last night I was at the lodge at Queen Wihlemena State Park on top of
> a mountain with tornado warnings and the lights went out. Que sera,
> sera, so I went to bed.
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>
> Jim Murrain
> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> Kansas City, MO 64152-2711
> USA
> Zone 5b
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> Message: 6
>    Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 23:12:17 EDT
>    From: oneofcultivars@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Lordy,Lordy
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> In a message dated 4/6/2005 8:06:51 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jmurrain@kc.rr.com writes:
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> >  Last night I was at the lodge at Queen Wihlemena State Park on top of
> > a mountain with tornado warnings and the lights went out. Que sera,
> > sera, so I went to bed.
> >
>
> When I was a kid, goin' to the "storm celler" was a great social event and
> most people from the area found one to be at during bad weather. I did not
like
> the adults that made me stay in the storm house while they stood outside
and
> looked for tornados. Some of them could barely walk. Not only did I want
to see
> a tornado, I was pretty sure I could out run any of them if we had to
hurry.
>
> You did the right thing. It would have done you no good to stay up to my
way
> of thinkin'. You can't see them at night and they make enough noise to
wake
> you if they come.
>
> Smiles,
> Bill Burleson
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> Message: 7
>    Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:51:51 EDT
>    From: wynnet@aol.com
> Subject: Re: summer is here!
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> << Dandelions have been blooming since January.  Grrrr! >>
>
> Dennis, things could be worse.  You could live in So. California, where
they
> happily bloom (along with sow thistles and all sorts of other wild things)
all
> year long. <G>  While your garden rests under a blanket of snow or naps
> during the cold snaps, mine grabs a quick (one day, maybe) breather now
and then to
> plot its dastardly plans, then forges ahead with a vengence.
>
> The rest of your garden sounds exciting!  Please keep us posted on its
> progress.
>
> Wynne Thursby
> San Gabriel, CA  Zone 9
> Where the weeds are going to be particularly virulent this year, thanks to
> the second wettest season on record (40 inches, thus far).
>
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> Message: 8
>    Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:59:49 -0700
>    From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@astound.net>
> Subject: Iris paradoxa
>
> My Iris paradoxa from SIGNA seeds from 2000 has finally
> bloomed. The first blossom suffered some snail damage, but
> there are 3 more buds. I'm attaching a picture that hides the
> worst of the damage.
>
> Ken Walker
> Concord, CA  USA
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