Re: OT: Just weeding in the rain
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Hi Jan and Wendy
Very wet here also. It's hard to get a South Australian (in an agricultural
area) to say they've had enough rain, but I'm saying enough is enough. My
son-in-law offered to buy me a pair of waders, yesterday, so I could do the
weeding. In the end the only spot I could weed was a fairly steep bank.
We've invested in a pair of tiler's knee pads and they are fantastic for
spending long periods on hands and knees. Also they are rubber coated so
your knees don't get wet. Got an awful lot of display garden to tidy up in
the next month.
I'v got bloom stalks coming on Olymparico (again), Bridal Fashion, Marine
Lustre and Goolgumbla. Torque and Scented Bubbles have been blooming on and
off for a while. My first dwarf to bloom will be Talk. Looks like it won't
be a particularly early or late season but fairly average for bloom time.
My Reticulatas are just flowering now, but I only put them in last autumn.
Colleen Modra Now how do we get all this rain up to the needy parts of the
USA. Mind you I was hoping to be watching the USA Womens Tennis final right
now, but that's held up for rain.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 5:29 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT: Just weeding in the rain
>
> Wendy wrote:
> >I am sitting inside at the moment listening to big booms of thunder and
> >watching hail fall. All the calves have just bolted to the shed.
>
> I have been soooo frustrated by this inclement weather we have been having
> for the last few days. Today after work, it was clear so I headed out to
> clear blackberries, and after a few wheel barrow loads, it started to rain
> again. I found myself a noce protected spot under the dense cover of the
> wattle trees, and out of the wind, and managed to stay in the garden for
an
> extra hour, weeding contentedly, and keeping dry!
> What wooses you calves are!
>
> Do you have any irises blooming yet Wendy?
> I have Baby Blessed, and I. schachtii, both looking bedraggled from the
> rain. Plenty of fat little buds coming though. MURMUR is a favourite of
> mine, and should bloom very soon, along with the extremely reliable MAKING
> EYES, and another trusty one CHERRY CHILD. SCION, BEING BUSY, LITTLE
> BUCCANEER, all have buds pushing up, along with around 10 of my 1998 SDB
> crosses, which I just can't wait too see. (guess I will have too though!)
> Cheers, Jan
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