Re: New to Perennial list. About Me
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- Subject: Re: New to Perennial list. About Me
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- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:05:15 -0400
Hello Ann. Wanted to welcome you to the list. I have been a long time
observer but I have never posted anything yet. There is so much "good" info
on this list. It is totally amazing. See ya around
Debbie
NE Ohio Gardener
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From: firekeep@mcn.net <firekeep@mcn.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 7:32 PM
Subject: New to Perennial list. About Me
>Hello,
>
> I'm new to this list and am looking forward to talking and hearing from
>others about perennial garden plants.
>
> About myself and my gardening. I live on an irragated farm west of
>Billings, MT. (the farm is rented out since my husbands retirement) I
>have mostly heavy clay soil that is neutral to slightly alkaline. Our
>well water is hard and regular watering can leave a white deposit on the
>surface of the soil. Our irragation water is from the Yellowstone River
>and mainly snowmelt. We have a pump in a small ditch running thru our
>yard to water the lawns and beds with. Our veg. garden is row irragated
>from another ditch.
> Our zone (depending on who you read) is usually zone 4/5. Every few
>yeas it it definatly 4 but this year was a 5. Mild open winter, no Feb
>thaws and then -40 temps to remind you it is still winter. We are likely
>to have an early spring this year. Average last frost is mid to late May
>and first fall frost is around mid to late Sept. I have seen lilacs in
>full bloom in early June bent to the ground with a load of wet snow.(I
>went back to bed in tears that morning!) I've seen it snow a few flakes
>in late Aug. I plant mostly plants for zone 4 but I can't help but push
>the limit with several zone 5 plants. Russian Sage (Perovskia) does just
>fine here and has for over 6 years.
> I've been gardening for over 30 years and tend to be a collector type.
>Not very good at style and design. My husband is the master at maintence
>and the vegetable patch. He is the type to be out with a hoe in the
>morning before paper and coffee! I like to stroll around in my housecoat
>with my coffee admiring the new blossoms. His vengence with the hoe has
>more than once put an end to a preciouse new plant or late emerging one.
> Our only major power tools are the Troy tiller and the lawn mowers. I'm
>dying to get a shredder and I think this is the year. I did get a new
>two wheeled garden cart the other day (have to assemble yet) to which
>the old man took acception to. His heavy construction wheelbarrow is
>good enough for him. I get tired out just pushing the darned thing over
>to get a load of sand or old manure let along bring it back without
>tipping it over.
> My orders are in for my stash of new perennials for this year. I am
>tending more to shade plants this year, especially ferns, astilbe,
>hostas and cimicfuga plus some others. Now I'm whittling down on my list
>from Weiss Bro. and am waiting for my Bluestone catalog to do some
>comparison shopping. I also am planting a few seed. Hope they come up. I
>potted several oriental and trumpet lilies for a project I'm doing and
>they are in the cold frame just starting to come up.
>
> Enough for now. I've bent your ears long enough. Looking forward to
>hearing what your favorites are, what you are trying that is new, what
>failed, what succeeded etc.
>
>Happy Gardening
>
>Ann
>Montana Gardener
>
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