Re: [gardeners] My garden

David G. Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:49:52 -0400 

We've had plenty of rain this summer, quite a contrast after two years of
drought, and not too many really hot days.  Most everything looks good,
except that dogwood.  From what I read, the dry summer last year and the
cool wet spring this year are ideal conditions for anthracnose to get
started.

David

----- Original Message -----
From: George Shirley <gshirley@lightwire.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] My garden


> The little bird in the corn patch looks like a House Finch, about 3-5
inches
> long with purplish red on breast, flanks, and back. We have lots of them
around
> here too. The rest of the garden certainly looks better than ours did in
July.
> Very good pictures too.
>
> George
>
> "David G. Smith" wrote:
> >
> > Finally I got around to putting together some more garden pictures,
> > including one of the front of the house.  It looks awfully bare to me,
and
> > it looks like we're going to lose the dogwood (just visible in the left
of
> > the picture) to dogwood anthracnose.  There's a dead dogwood a couple of
> > houses down on direction, and a very sick one a couple of houses the
other
> > way.  Ours has the brown spots on the leaves, but doesn't look bad from
a
> > distance.  I'm thinking I'd like to get a Chaste-tree (more blue
flowers!)
> > to replace it.
> >
> > Anyway, here are the pictures:
> > http://www.delanet.com/~margecl/garden/
> >
> > David
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: penny x stamm <pennyx1@Juno.com>
> > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 3:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: [gardeners] My garden
> >
> > > David -- your photography is superb!  Not only are the
> > > pictures crystal clear, but you have captured the many
> > > kinds of blue -- which I find extremely difficult to do!
> > >
> > > Eventually you must allow us to see a view of the house,
> > > so we can understand how the flowers are used..
> > >
> > > BTW, this cannot be Newark, New Jersey --?  I am only
> > > a stone's throw from there, and our area flowers are
> > > definitely NOT in bloom.... and our veggies are not
> > > producing yet. Oh, except for radishes.
> > >
> > > On the subject of the baby birds, was the nest in a
> > > low and vulnerable position? The only way I can
> > > visualize their disappearance when newborn would
> > > be from a cat, a giant condor perhaps...? or a
> > > neighborhood boy.  That's sad.
> > >
> > > Very pleased to have had the opportunity to share your
> > > family page!
> > >
> > > Penny, NY
> > >
> > >
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