Re: Croftway web site
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Croftway web site
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 06:26:47 -0700 (MST)
On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 Croftway@aol.com wrote:
> Jeff asks:
> <<1) Is there no proper plural of "Geranium" in BritSpeak?>>
> Yes: Geraniums. I must check the grammar on the page then - is there a
> mistake?
>
> <<2) I see your postal address is referenced to Bognor Regis.>>
> Yes, but we don't like to mention. Bognor is a bit of a "dive" (dull and
> boring). We prefer to say that Barnham is midway between Chichester and
> Arundel (Chichester is a Roman city with a lovely cathedral, and is the
> county town, whilst Arundel has a lovely castle, cathedral and is generally
> "upmarket"), but the PostOffice give our posttown as Bognor.
>
> <<You indicate that your peak iris bloom occurs at the end of May and the
> beginning of June. What factors would retard the iris bloom season,
> relatively speaking?>>
> Not sure. Light levels? Soil warmth? Ambient temperature? Remember that we
> are just three miles from the sea, so our climate is tempered by the maritime
> influence. We get few extremes here (generally - I mustn't tempt fate!) (-;
> Graham croftway@aol.com
My memory of English seasons is that they ease in and ease out and
there is not so much variability of temps while they are in
progress. (The influence of the nearby ocean.) The summers are
cooler and the winters are milder.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
