Re: plant lust/then longest blooming/now: Night Rescues
You didnt indicate your location.Here just west of Boise Idaho it was Zero( o
deg.F.)18+degs below our average lows for this date.No snow cover I fear for my
newbies.
Land of Fire & Frost
Connie
Karan Myers wrote:
> Good morning, Brrr- it is 10 degrees this morning. I covered and moved a
> lot of things Saturday, but am afraid for some of them. It is icy and
> snowed and beautiful, but poor birds and my little jack rabbit that left
> his foot prints is probably hungry. I covered everything with plastic and
> news papers and haven't looked at them. It is supposed to snow again
> tonight and hope the snow insulates everything. I live on the side of a
> hill and the trees are wonderful for shade in the summer but get no sun
> except very late afternoon and that is on the parking area. I hope you got
> to save things. Fortunately I do have seeds of things.
> Stay warm - my daughter brought me a survival kit Friday night - Diet Pepsi
> and Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream :-) in case I got snowed in.
> Karan
>
> At 12:40 PM 12/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Karan wrote:
> >
> >>>Hi, it's suppose to get down to the teens by Monday and stay in 30's for a
> >>>high. I am going to cover all of my plants with plastic and newspapers and
> >>>bring in containers. I will be doing this in the dark but I love it and so
> >>>far haven't lost anything!
> >
> >Then Doreen wrote:
> >
> > >Karan, I thought I was the only one on the planet out there gardening in
> >>the dark of night. But its been so unseasonably warm with Christmas lights
> >>and summer flowers blooming side by side, then all of a sudden the temps
> >>were said to go down to 22 and I just couldn't let some of them die. Of
> >>course, by the time I'm home from work its dark, but there I was in the
> >>dark trying to capture whatever I could digging up stuff and potting them
> >>so I could bring them inside. And they really look good in my living room
> >>next to the Poinsiettas.
> >
> >Now you know what it's like to garden in a cold climate. Most of my rescues
> >involve vegetables, because my perennial plantings are too extensive to be
> >able to save in one mad rush. The Snake Light is one of the very best
> >inventions for gardeners, because I used to have to pick peppers and
> >tomatoes with a mini-Mag-light in my mouth...now, I can go out with a Snake
> >Light draped over my neck!! It's also great when you have to water at
> >night, and need to move your sprinklers.
> >
> >Myrna, Zone 3, Montana (where we went from mid-60's on Thursday to minus 7
> >today...with wind. I just can't believe that anything was very hardened
> >off, so I anticipate much winter-kill....)
> >
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> Karan Myers
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