Re: OT-BIO: Ken and Christie Pierson
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Ken and Christie Pierson
- From: C* P*
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 17:52:09 -0800
Thanks for saying hello Randy! WE hope you come to the trek in San Diego
,2001. The hard part about having seedlings is leaving when they are just
about to bloom!
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From: Christie Pierson <kenl12@abac.com>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Ken and Christie Pierson
>I am not sure this is the correct way to answer but here goes.Regarding
>climate zones, I decided to get some more info on this . Sunset magazine
>says we are in zone 3. USDA says zone 6-7, all garden related mailings say
>we are zone 9!!! Suffice it to say our normal mid-winter temperature is
>about 38 degrees occaisonally dropping to 20 degrees.
>WE are very interested in learning about some earlier blooming, rebloomers
>. Total recall is a summer rebloomer for us and we would like to know of
>some more.
>Regarding the wild turkeys, NO we can't eat something that waddles up the
>stairs and walks through the arbor!!
> Ken and Christie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RYFigge@aol.com <RYFigge@aol.com>
>To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>; kenl12@abac.com
><kenl12@abac.com>
>Date: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 3:59 AM
>Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Ken and Christie Pierson
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>>Greetings, Ken and Christie - I was glad to get your rebloom report and to
>>hear from another rebloom enthusiast. However, you have meconfused about
>>your zone 9 -- the zones have always confused me! I have to think that
>the
>>smaller the number, the colder the temp. Now. I know SanDiego is hot --
>but
>>if you are up in the mts. and have snow, I would think your zone would be
>in
>>the lower numbers! Please explain to this "dumber than you want to know
>>about" person (I really hate to expose my ignorance so publicly!)
>>I bet you are one of the few who have to contend with both deer and
>turkeys!
>> It is bad enough to have digging squirrels and living in an urban area,
>>makes hunting verboten so I can't import a hunter -- all I can do is
rattle
>>something at them! Can you eat the turkeys? I know our ancestors did - and
>>there should be some compensation for the aggravation! The deer are
>probably
>>protected by season, but I really enjoy deer meat - Have a friend who is
>a
>>hunter - and deer can be so destructive - not all of them can be Bambi!
>>Rosalie nr Baltimore zone 7 but with our temps around 16 in a wind is a
>>little chilly! Thankfully the snow is north and south of us so far --
>>ryfigge@aol.com
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