[gardeners] Callaway Gardens
Fred and Melody (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 9 Jan 2000 07:44:30 -0500
Hi everybody,
Thanks for the welcome, especially George and Margaret. And welcome to
the new gardeners.
It was so nice and warm here yesterday that I jumped on my bicycle and
rode the two miles to Callaway Gardens. In the conservatories was the
fragrance of thousands of paperwhite narcissus and color from cyclamen, mums
and amaryllis. The big, pure white amaryllis were especially beautiful.
They also have a big , glass butterfly center which is filled with all sorts
of tropical plants and butterflies, a couple of waterfall-type fountains,
and even a few tropical birds. The only bird I saw yesterday, though, was a
hummingbird with a neon-purple throat.
Also went shopping yesterday and noticed that the stores around here
are getting in their seed starting supplies. The prices would probably be
prohibitive for anyone not obsessed with seed starting, but I can only guess
about that.
Come on Springtime !
Fred
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> Re: [gardeners] Hello
> Re: [gardeners] Hello
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> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 05:57:46 -0500
> From: "Fred and Melody" <MELODYT3@prodigy.net>
> Subject: [gardeners] Hello
>
> Hi everyone,
> My first posting here. After reading the horror stories about
> neighbors and fireworks and biting dogs, I have decided to stop
complaining
> about the little dog barking next door.
> George and Sherryl, I too am itching to get started with seeds ; in
> fact, I planted a flat of petunias a couple of nights ago. No greenhouse
> here, either, but I have a lighted stand I built last year which can hold
15
> flats of seedlings, and I'm working on a cold frame that should
accommodate
> 12. I live in Pine Mountain, Georgia, zone 7-8, so it's really still a
> little early to get started, but you know, these petunias are pretty
hardy.
> I planted some last summer and they bloomed till frost and the plants have
> remained green through numerous frosts.
>
> Happy Gardening,
>
> Fred
>
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> Subject: [gardeners] gardeners Digest V1 #736
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> > gardeners Digest Thursday, January 6 2000 Volume 01 : Number
> 736
> >
> >
> >
> > In this issue:
> >
> > [gardeners] Thursday
> > Re: [gardeners] Thursday
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> > Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:05:32 -0600
> > From: George Shirley <gshirley@laol.net>
> > Subject: [gardeners] Thursday
> >
> > Didn't do diddly today in the garden. Overcast and early evening dark
> > all day, depressing as all get out. The dog doesn't even want to go out.
> >
> > Spent most of the day going through the seed saver box in the fridge. I
> > wasn't in the fridge, won't fit, got the box out and went through it.
> > Made a list of what we needed to order from the catalogs and I'll do
> > them tonight or tomorrow.
> >
> > Almost time to start the seeds in my office under the lights. Probably
> > on the fifteenth of this month they'll go in the pots. Gotta go get some
> > more soiless potting mix first though. I'll get them up big enough and
> > then start hardening them off in the greenhouse. Got some tree orchid
> > seeds I want to start also. Friend gave them to me and says they're very
> > tender around here so reckon they'll stay in the greenhouse all year if
> > I can get them germinated. The four Brugmansia cuttings she gave me are
> > all doing well so I'll split the take with our daughter when warm
> > weather arrives.
> >
> > What's up with y'all?
> >
> > George
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:54:15 -0800
> > From: Sherryl Fawx <slfawx@ucdavis.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [gardeners] Thursday
> >
> > No greenhouse here, but oh I am itching to get seeds started. As usual,
> my
> > eyes (or is it my stomach?) are a lot bigger than the available growing
> > space ("but honey, we neeeed 12 different kinds of tomatoes" :-)). And
> now
> > I've got a brand-new rack with lights & timer to start the seeds on.
It's
> > all set up in the garage, just looks a bit empty with only a few african
> > violets & orchids on it. Last year I had trays all over my workbench.
> > Kind of messy, but it worked sort of OK. I'm really looking forward to
> > this season.
> >
> > For the most part, winter seems to have passed us by. No ice or even
much
> > rain to speak of, lots of flowers are still blooming. Guess I'd better
do
> > the winter pruning soon even though the plants certainly aren't dormant!
> I
> > even have a few tomato plants still producing. And I've sure been
> drooling
> > over the lovely descriptions of what you all have been harvesting
lately.
> >
> > Well, my weekend starts tomorrow, and I intend to spend a good chunk of
it
> > cutting back penstemon, mini-roses, etc. and planting some more tulip
> bulbs
> > (having had their winter-chill in the fridge).
> >
> > Sherryl
> > Northern California
> > USDA zone 9b
> >
> > At 05:05 PM 01/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > <snip>
> > >What's up with y'all?
> > >
> > >George
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 07:11:31 -0600
> From: George Shirley <gshirley@laol.net>
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Hello
>
> Fred and Melody wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > My first posting here. After reading the horror stories about
> > neighbors and fireworks and biting dogs, I have decided to stop
complaining
> > about the little dog barking next door.
> > George and Sherryl, I too am itching to get started with seeds ; in
> > fact, I planted a flat of petunias a couple of nights ago. No
greenhouse
> > here, either, but I have a lighted stand I built last year which can
hold 15
> > flats of seedlings, and I'm working on a cold frame that should
accommodate
> > 12. I live in Pine Mountain, Georgia, zone 7-8, so it's really still a
> > little early to get started, but you know, these petunias are pretty
hardy.
> > I planted some last summer and they bloomed till frost and the plants
have
> > remained green through numerous frosts.
> >
> > Happy Gardening,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> Welcome Fred. I live in SW Louisiana, USDA Zone 9b. Once in a great
> while our weather acts like Zone 8 but is more often closer to Zone 10.
> We usually get about 65 inches of rain a year but this past year we were
> running about 16 inches short of that, a "drought" year for us. Our
> major crops in the area are soybeans, rice, sugar cane, pine trees, and
> cattle. Lots of acreage devoted to tree farms here and sugar cane is
> coming back after a long time being gone further south. Our last frost
> date is usually February 18th although the old timers say never plant
> until St. Patricks Day.
>
> I like to put out good-sized seedlings so generally start my seeds on
> January 15th under lights. Now that we have a greenhouse we will harden
> them off in there.
>
> Again, welcome to gardeners.
>
> George
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 06:47:26 -0700
> From: margaret lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Hello
>
> <snip>
> >I like to put out good-sized seedlings so generally start my seeds on
> >January 15th under lights. Now that we have a greenhouse we will harden
> >them off in there.
> >
> >Again, welcome to gardeners.
> >
> >George
> >
> I'd like to welcome the gardeners too. George, when I "harden off" plants,
> I'm acclimating them to outdoors. How do you harden off plants inside the
> greenhouse? Margaret L
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 11:37:14 -0600
> From: George Shirley <gshirley@laol.net>
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Hello
>
> margaret lauterbach wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> > >I like to put out good-sized seedlings so generally start my seeds on
> > >January 15th under lights. Now that we have a greenhouse we will harden
> > >them off in there.
> > >
> > >Again, welcome to gardeners.
> > >
> > >George
> > >
> > I'd like to welcome the gardeners too. George, when I "harden off"
plants,
> > I'm acclimating them to outdoors. How do you harden off plants inside
the
> > greenhouse? Margaret L
>
> Turn the heat off and just protect the plants from extreme cold. Plus by
> mid-February it heats up enough to open the door, plants are still
> protected from cold winds and get adequate heat to grow but not enough
> of either heat or cold to kill them. Different strokes for folks in warm
> climates.
>
> George, in 70F SW Louisiana
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 19:22:42 -0600
> From: "thebeast" <thebeast@grapevine.net>
> Subject: [gardeners] hello
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> I was in fact just on the phone today discussing plans to =
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