Re: OT-Chat: I'm back
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-Chat: I'm back
- From: w* s*
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:52:39 +1000
Hi Jan,
Great to hear that you have made the move and survived the ordeal:) Also
glad to hear that all the iris babies made it as well.I use my horse float
for moving tricky specimens and find its enclosed quarters very secure from
strong breezes, its bettter than the back of my ute any day...
Uh OH ..Sounds like you are going to have a bit of fun and games with
your septic run off area..Fancy driving over the run off and aggie
lines..Grr..It will look like a battlefield for a while but as you know,
growing plants tend to hide all sorts of yuck..
As to trading..No problems, just let me know in the next few months when you
are nearly all settled in and can handle planting newbies...I have more new
JIs this year and they are budding up already and doing well, despite being
trodden on whilst dormant by big heifers hooves.Don thought it would be a
good idea to walk the cows from one driveway to the other and didnt realise
that my massive trench was planted...Yes I did shriek, but surprisingly they
are all ok, including the greedy heifer who ate 2 plastic labels..Honestly
my place is a madhouse.I must find a better way of labelling my plants.I
keep loosing the labels via either strong winds and greedy animals who are
already overweight....Any one got any good ideas? Maybe labels with massive
spikes so they can really be ancored into the ground. But heavens know where
one gets those.There are a few downfalls with rural life...availability of a
few things can be limiting...
Anyhow Glad to hear you are in you new home Jan, and surrounded by packing
boxes no doubt...Cheers from Wendy Sargeant.Victoria, Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT-Chat: I'm back
> Hi All,
> wendy wrote:
> P.S. Wonder how Jan is getting on with her move?
>
> Well, we have accomplished the move, and I still have a bout 5 trailer
loads
> of plants to shift from castlemaine. I am trying to get all the TB's moved
> before they bloom, so that the bloom stalks don't snap off in the shift.
> The SDB's IB's and AB's came first.
> Travelling at 80kph with a trailer load of irises, causes fairly minimal
> damage, just a little bit of shredding on the tips, which makes them look
> tatty. Travelling at 100kph causes much more leaf damage, and tends to
tilt
> the rhizomes so that the plants lean away from the wind, and stay that
way.
> I only made that mistake once.
> The trip takes 40 minutes unloaded, and 1 hour loaded up. Any plants that
> are tender, or have bloom stalks, travel in the boot (trunk), or in the
car
> with me.
> I have had bloom on my AB Fankhauser seedlings, but couldn't find the
camera
> to get shots of them. Some are still blooming, so I will make an all out
> effort tomorrow, when I will be home all day, to dig through the piles of
> boxes and find the camera.
> SDB's and IB's blooming:
> Scion, Furioso, Murmur, Raspberry Jam, Hot Seat, Baby Blessed, It's a
> Giggle, Little Buccaneer, Hum, many others I can't think of names.
> I have had quite a number of seedlings bloom. Some nice ones again this
year
> from Cherry Child X Yes. Lots more buds on seedlings.
> Better find that camera!
>
> The 'wet area' problem is major. The previous owners had never emptied the
> septic tank, so the have had an overflow of solids, leaving a green scum
in
> areas. Also it looks as if they have driven over the drainage lines and
> bloken the aggie pipes. We are looking into a high tech solution which
will
> free the garden of septic drainage. Thes will leave me with sufficient wet
> areas for what I want to grow. The lower part of the block stays damp most
> of the year.
> Wendy - I look forward to doing some JI and Bearded trades with you, when
> you are ready. I hope to get most of my Beardeds planted out by the end of
> Autumn, and will have plenty to trade.
> Cheers, Jan,
> In Creswick Australia, where the top soil is deep, wet and gluggy, and the
> beds will be well raised.
>
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