Re: Re: OT-Chat;Thanks Colleen...
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat;Thanks Colleen...
- From: w* s*
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:50:09 +1000
Ah Colleen,
I read the essential bits..Like what I want and how many...I will place an
order very soon.
But now I am prompted to look at the writing in your catalogue and not all
the lovely pictures :)
Nothing like having a bit more egg on ones face..Thanks Colleen...from
Wendy Sargeant, Vic Aus.:) :) its a lovely day..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Modra" <irises@senet.com.au>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat; Thanks Dian.
> Wendy
>
> Now I know you haven't read your catalogue from cover to cover (-: , I
list
> all the iris soc in it, try page 43 of this years catalogue.
> Has your weather turned as cold and horrible as ours, it's really slowing
> down the bloom season.
>
> Colleen Modr
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wendy sargeant <wendon@dcsi.net.au>
> To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat; Thanks Dian.
>
>
> > Hi Dian,
> > Thank you for your label hints. Diggers Club arent too far away from us,
> > around 1.1/2 hours drive..and I can get their labels mail order.My soil
is
> > just as you described.Heavish, volcanic loam, and extremely strong
> > winds...Especially the easterlies.Most normal labels are carried off to
> > other areas,
> > apart from the animals garden fetishes...
> > Maybe you can help, or any of the other Aussies reading with this curly
> > question...Who do I contact regarding joining an iris society down
> > here.Tempo Two list one name and the Autralian Garden magazine lists
> > another. Obviously committe have changed but who has the name of the
most
> > current secretary in my area.I suppose I should join the Victorian Iris
> > Society..What can you all recommend?
> > Thanks Again, from Wendy Sargeant Victoria, Australia, where it has been
> > raining tropical rain for the last 5 days.Big , no huge drops and very
> mild
> > temps...Weird.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <iris01addict@yahoo.com.au>
> > To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:20 PM
> > Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT-Chat: I'm back
> >
> >
> > > Dear Wendy
> > >
> > > I use the plant labels from Diggers.
> > >
> > > Galvanised iron. I paint them white and use a plant pen. Find these
> > > are better than the venetians we use for the club beds.
> > >
> > > Venetians bend in our strong winds here and are hard to put in the
> > > heavy clay. Colleens OK, she has sandy soil.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Dian Mitterer
> > > Here is 'sunny' ?? South Australia.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In iris-talk@y..., "wendy sargeant" <wendon@d...> wrote:
> > > > 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@h...>
> > > > To: <iris-talk@y...>
> > > > 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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