Re: Re: CULT: inevitable March freeze

Hey Neil stay warm, we had a very light frost down here in Inman  but from
what I can gather it's supposed to be worst tomorrow morning  , haven't seen
any bud stalks forming yet so will hope for the best , just vigorous growth,
lastfalls seeds are sprouting up and may get hurt.. I was hoping the winds
would  give some protection  along with the trees  but they died down and it
got as still as a church  mouse, Good luck on the upcoming eye surgery..
Jim



Jim Rohrer
591 Riveroak Circle
Inman, SC  29349
jrohrer31@earthlink.net
Z-7
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@charter.net>
To: "Iris-talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:58 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: inevitable March freeze


> Donna, I just experience what's going on outside from a safe distance.
I'm
> curled up in a blanket most of the time in a recliner watching the
> indoor/outdoor thermometer and listening to the wind chimes while reading
iris
> catalogs and R&I information
>
> I did get MACHISMO from Barry Blyth, and it is growing happily in a big
pot
> behind my computer equipment.  I don't think I'm going to set it out for a
few
> days....but on some of the warmer afternoons I have set it outside for a
while
> to get a taste of northern hemisphere light and air.  I've never thought
of
> irises as house plants and don't want to do this often.  It probably will
stay
> in the pot for most of the next month.
>
> This wind and the forecsst for tomorrow morning continue.  We have some
> protection from 800-1000 foot "mountains" both north and south of where we
> live, and a sheltered cove (now going to multi-million dollar houses and a
> golf course) to our west.  Despite the protection we still get winds at
about
> half the velocities reported at the airport, just 2 1/2 miles SW of us.
The
> temps do drop right with the airport, though.  We rarely are more than a
> degree or two warmer when it's quiet, a degree or so colder in wind.
>
> The forecast for Tuesday morning is 21 degrees.  The irises are far enough
> along to get some modest damage, I suppose.  Year after year!  At least
they
> stayed more or less dormant all winter and look more content than usual.
>
> And I thought the Idaho/Oregon border was bad!  We never had as much
damage to
> bloom there as is happening year after year here.
>
> The reticulatas and crocus are gone--lasting about a day to two days each
> because of wind--just sucked the life out of them.  It may be a while
before
> the SDB's pick up the progression.
>
> On Iris-species there's a discussion running on climate and climate
change.
> One remark about all that is that I can add is that as global warming
> progresses, so does instability and erratic change increase.
>
> Neil Mogensen   z sub-arctic "7" in western NC
>
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