Re: OT:Santa Ana winds and Earthquakes

From: "Patterson, Dallas" <nye@mail.fidalgo.net>

Hi Allison,

<Chuckle> That sure does sound familiar. The 1 October 1987 earthquake had us 
taking temporary shelter in our backpacking tent in the backyard, while the 
aftershocks rolled through and stirred around the swimming pool and collapsed 
concrete fence walls.  We had lots and lots of time to get those TBs into the 
ground while we were living in the 'hot weather' of Temple City, San Gabriel 
Valley, Los Angeles County, California. 

Now we're on Puget Sound in Washington, Zone 8, and we're racing to get our 
latest deliveries of twenty-six Japanese Iris and twenty Siberian Iris into the 
ground. The first frosts of the season are turning the landscape into silver and 
white in the early mornings. Forecasted low tempertures of 30-35 degrees F. are 
becoming routine now. 

(TB) Immortality has been blooming for the past month, but the cold temperatures 
are beginning to discourage the many buds that remain. The other rebloomer TB 
iris are still awaiting transplantation into their new flower beds, so we won't 
see (TB) Queen Dorothy do her fourth rebloom in the snow at Thanksgiving as 
usual this year. 

Yes, yes...the TBs are supposed to be in the ground already...but you know how 
it is. Too many new iris and too many new flower beds to plant <g>. 
Nevertheless, we'll see how the TB iris like their new flower beds this Winter. 
Our biggest concern right now is that the moles don't disturb the new plantings, 
and the deer continue to step around and not on the new iris.

The Louisiana iris are doing better this year in their new home with a Southern 
view. Perhaps they'll finally bloom next year.

The Siberian Iris did very well this year. The foliage of Early Bluebird reached 
a length of 47 inches. So did Tiffany Lass. Dark Circle and Reddy Maid reached a 
length of 49 inches. Even Mabel Cody reached 36 inches. They seem to like it 
here.

Neomarica gracilis is proliferating in its indoor abode. It seems to be walking 
into places where it definitely does not belong! The kitchen is most certaily 
not big enough for this plan...or these plants any longer.

Iris japonica will soon be lodged in the garage on the chillier nights this 
week.

Our early 'purple' tomatoes this year stood as mute (and dead) testimony to the 
fact we didn't experience a true Summer season. We did get a few late tomatoes 
of poor quality, but the northerly iris have adored the cool and moist 
conditions. I wonder what temperatures the Winter season will bring us on Puget 
Sound for this year?

Dallas Patterson
Anacortes, Washington
nye@fidalgo.net
USDA Zone 8 
(with a maritime influence on the coast)



AHKAtelier@aol.com wrote:
> 
> From: AHKAtelier@aol.com
> 
> Hi all,
> Weather is weird here today.  Gusty winds and heat.  Maybe I'm just
> disoriented from the quake this am.  Everything seems surreal.  My newly
> planted rhizomes are not growing much with all this dry heat.  Have not
> planted them all yet.  It's still too hot to get out and dig beds except for
> early am and right before dark.  Though it has begun to cool down at night,
> we are still having temperatures between the high 80's and low 100s.   My son
> turns six tomorrow and is going to have a pool party.  What month is this
> again?
> 
> Allison
> 
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> Allison Hagen Kennedy
> Redlands, California
> USDA zone 9, Sunset zone 19
> Member of AIS Region 15, Inland Region Iris Society(IRIS)
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