[gardeners] Re:No rain...???

bsk (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:33:48 -0500 

hey you folks!
Here in Central Oklahoma (zone 7a) we had 95*F at about 2 p.m. today with around
52% humidity. No rain just some junky haze from Ark., Memphis and La.  Ground is
still cracked and it is so hard  it would bend a back hoe bucket!

I don't know what to do with this cool spell. Oops, I figured it out. I went and
bought 8 - 6 inch pots of garden mums! Ok, I know it's still a bit warm for that
but I couldn't resist. $1.77 ea. at Wal Mart and $1.89 or so at Lowes. Bought
some nice variegated looking ones from Wal-Mart then went to Lowes for regular
ones. Told Lowes about the Wal-Mart price and they beat it by 10% I paid a whole
$1.59 each when done.

I will try to dress some of them up for the house for a few weeks until it cools
off some. I get up and go outside to play with the dogs between 12 a.m. and 2
a.m. to enjoy temps in the 70*F range with a nice breeze.

bsk@brightok.net
zone 7a
aka " Ranchmama "

----- Original Message -----
From: George Shirley <gshirley@laol.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] No rain...???


> Harry Boswell wrote:
> >
> > Meanwhile, in the real Zone 8, we're having to air-condition the
> > air-conditioners...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Kay Lancaster <kay@fern.com>
> > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 2:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gardeners] No rain...???
> >
> > > On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, margaret lauterbach wrote:
> > >
> > > > You probly don't want to hear what I've got to say, George, but I'll say
> > it
> > > > anyway. Chuck turned on the furnace. Temp was down to 40 early this
> > > > morning, forecast high of 68 today. Best, Margaret
> > >
> > > Frost warnings out last night for south central Oregon valleys.  I
> > > turned on the furnace, too.
> > >
> > > Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com
> > >    just west of Portland, OR  USDA zone 8 (polarfleece)
> > >
> > >
>
> You tell 'em Harry. This is the real Souf'.
>
> George
>