Re: Re: CULT: weather & fighting freeze damage

One beautiful iris will make it all worth it!!!

Mike Greenfield
SW  Ohio Zone 5b
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
 

> Not to mention tornados, which seem to be drawn to iris conventions <g>
> 
> <One hard freeze at the wrong time can destroy 364 days of hard
>                    work. Too much or too little rain can cause damage
> too.>
> 
> I am exhausted from dragging fabric tobacco bed covers over as many iris
> rows as I could, anchoring them with rocks and boards, going back and
> re-anchoring them with more rocks & boards after the wind blew them
> loose, all for a freeze tonight that may or may not get cold enough to
> knock out bloom for the year.
> 
> This isn't worth it!! Remind me of that next month when I'm enjoying
> wasting megahours attempting pollination with a 5% success rate....
> 
> Arrrgghhh!  Are we all having fun?  What a stupid hobby....
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8

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