Re: [gardeners] Where is everyone?
Rosemary Carlson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:31:45 -0400
Hey guys. This is kind of neat - everyone sharing what they're doing this
summer. Are there more stories? Myra - SORRY about your flood. Jeez. I've
had water damage here from storms too - and it's a nightmare.
Rosemary in Lexington, KY
At 11:27 AM 8/11/98 PDT, you wrote:
>I'm still here... I've been canning cucumbers and making sauce out of
>the tomatoes. My herb garden is doing well, I'll be making pesto next.
>The blackeyed Susans, verbena and impatiens seem to be doing the best
>out in the flower garden. The weather has cooled down (to around 88
>degrees) and it's been raining. It's unusual for August in North
>Carolina.
>
>Donna
>
>>Am I the only one left on gardeners? Where is everyone, out harvesting
>>crops and storing them up for the winter? Or is everyone like we are,
>in
>>the lull before planting winter crops and the end of the summer crops?
>>
>>About the only things we have left growing and producing are the okra,
>two
>>types of edible gourd, most of the chiles, and a couple of
>late-blooming
>>cuke plants. The everlasting flowers are doing great and surprise,
>>surprise, one of our amaryllis bloomed for the second time this year.
>That
>>has never happened to us before. Maybe the drought conditions closely
>>approximate the amaryllis' native African growing area. Talked to my
>big
>>sister about it and one of hers had done the same last month. Weird
>>weather, weird blooming stuff.
>>
>>George, off to the dentist for a checkup and to have a broken filling
>>replaced
>>
>
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