Re: [gardeners] Weather report

Shirley,George (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 05 Jan 2001 19:41:43 -0600 

It's back to hauling buckets of horse puckey in the old Dodge sedan.

George

Jane Burdekin wrote:
> 
> It's good to hear you got it all taken care of.  Enjoy the new car.  Now
> what are you going to do all you hauling with?   Jane
> 
> It actually hit 70F here today, started the day with 35 and ended up with a
> high
> of 70. Thought I might have to turn the air conditioning on in my new car.
> Yup,
> it's a done deal, we're now driving a 2001 Hyundai Elantra and it's a really
> nice car. It's our first new car since 1976 as we have always bought last
> year's
> used car. I really like the 10 year 100,000 mile warranty on EVERYTHING. I
> sprung for an extra few hundred bux to get that big warranty. Takes a load
> off
> of my mind, covers everything but batteries, belts, hoses, tires, and brake
> pads. Miz Anne hasn't seen it yet as she's still at school but I expect she
> will
> like it too. Took 8 hours to close the deal and drive out of the dealership.
> Interest rate is a little higher than I wanted but was still 3 points below
> what
> my credit union wanted. Actually got 1500 bux for my old Ford truck with
> 150K on
> it and that was 500 more than I expected. Whew! Glad all that's over, I'm a
> nervous wreck, I don't like all the dickering, etc that goes on during a car
> deal. Didn't even eat lunch today so look out dinner, here I come.
> 
> George
> 
> Jane Burdekin wrote:
> >
> > George,
> > Good luck on the car deal, it's always a scary thing for me.  We are also
> > supposed to be in the 60's today, it was 28 when I got up.  Of course we
> > have nothing growing outside, except I did see some elephant garlic
> sprouts
> > up the other day.  The ground is hard and frozen.  I will be starting some
> > seeds in a month or so, spring is coming for us here in Colorado.  I can't
> > imagine having peppers 6' tall, don't think we have that long of a growing
> > season here at all.
> >
> > Jane
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gshirley@deltech.net [mailto:gshirley@deltech.net]
> > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:32 AM
> > To: Gardeners List
> > Subject: [gardeners] Weather report
> >
> > We had a hard freeze yesterday, a light frost this morning, and they're
> > forecasting 60 plus degrees by 4 pm today with temps rising into the high
> > 60's
> > or even 70 over the weekend. I guess I'll have to go and uncover all the
> > plants
> > and open the greenhouse up to keep stuff from getting to hot.
> >
> > Got a lot of chile plants that bit the dust but the Thai Hots are trying
> to
> > bloom again. think I'll prune them as they look like six foot tall trees
> and
> > let
> > them rest until warm weather comes for sure. Gotta prune the lemon tree
> and
> > one
> > of my kumquats too, they're getting rather shaggy looking.
> >
> > Soon be time to start seeds for the spring garden so I'm marking pages in
> > the
> > seed catalogs. Only need a few seeds as I don't have room to store
> anymore.
> > <VBG>
> >
> > Gotta go now, going into town to trade the old red pickemup truck on a
> 2001
> > Hyundai Elantra. We need at least one newer vehicle and both the old ones
> > have
> > over 150K on them (one has 180K now). Damn, first new vehicle we've bought
> > since
> > 1976. I just don't like the looks of the late model used cars around here.
> >
> > I'm going to be chanting my bargaining mantra until the deal is done.
> >
> > George, off to the wars