Re: Colder than Marte :-)



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> From: Marte Halleck <MorJHALLECK@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: Colder than Marte :-)
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 1997 3:46 PM
> 
> Ellen:
> 
> Belated thanks for advice re ants & ant-killer. The big black ones 
> probably are carpenter ants & I used the Diazinon because my husband 
> (who used to be a carpenter --*grin*) suggested it. I tho't, from 
> reading, that Dursban was more for bugs living in the soil rather than 
> on it???
> 
> Yes, weather's becoming my secondary hobby, too, right alongside 
> gardening. Haven't paid so much attention to temps, wind & potential or 
> actual snow/rain since I lived & worked in a ski town! I'm zone 4 in 
> Colo., w & s of Denver (z. 5), in what are called foothills tho' alt. 
> where I am is 7,400': Colo. high country (real mtns) starts few mi 
> further at 8,000 to 15,000'. When I lived in that ski town (slightly 
> more than 8,600') I didn't even attempt gardening except in containers 
> that could be whisked indoors. The "official" growing season there is 88 
> days, so you can imagine what reality often was.
> 
> There are many Colo. sayings re weather, but my 2 current favorites are 
> "We have only 2 seasons: snow removal & road repair" (which I 1st heard 
> attributed to the Twin Cities, rather than here!) & "We have 9 mos of 
> Winter & 3 mos of bad skiing." I also recall a friend who claimed he 
> missed Spring because he was in the bathroom that afternoon...
> 
> And I do know that large parts of Canada are milder than here (my mom's 
> Canadian & I have tons of relatives there, mostly in Manitoba & B.C. + 1 
> that was in the Yukon til he moved south -- to Edmonton!) But 
> nevertheless, I too, prefer to live & garden in a cold climate, maybe 
> cause I have little experience in any other (1 year in Dallas 25 yrs ago 
> doesn't really count.) Anyhoo, my personal comfort zone only ranges from 
> about 65 to 75 degrees; otherwise, I tend to wilt, never mind the 
> flowers.
> 
> Marte in the mtns, where it's 45 & has been raining all day which is why 
> I'm on the computer & not out in the dirt.
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