This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C14412.9B857780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Happy Birthday to George today! May there be many more happy ones. Elizabeth tiarella@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: George Shirley=20 To: Gardeners List=20 Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:54 PM Subject: [gardeners] Friday in the garden Had to work all morning and finally finished the job at 1:30 pm, = Sleepy sure was glad to see me home. Took a stroll around the garden and harvested some okra that was = about 10 inches long and woody. Went immediately to the compost heap. Was going to go back out = and rip the okra and eggplant out and start spreading rye grass seed but we had torrential downpours = and lightning storms coming through for about 2 hours. By then I was out of the mood and it was = dark anyway. Did notice some more ripe chiles so reckon I'll go get them in the = morning if it isn't raining again. Got to do a little shopping tomorrow also as our kids, grandkids, and = greatgrandkid are coming over Sunday to help me celebrate becoming an official senior citizen. Hit = the big 62 Sunday and start drawing my Social Security in November. Want to commend all you people = out there working those long hours and ask that you keep it up. I want to keep on drawing SS for = awhile. <VBG> It's going to be strange not doing a fall garden this year so reckon = I'll try to improve some flower beds. Got a lot of begonia to rip out of the east strip garden and = also lots of partridge pea there. Need to set out or separate some of the ginger that is doing so well = in that garden. The butterfly ginger is doing exceedingly well, lots of fragrant blooms that are a = lovely white and do look sort of like a butterfly. What I thought was red ginger turns out to be = some sort of tall lily so that gets torn out of that bed too. Reckon Stokes Tropical Garden will get = some custom from us this year as they have some really showy gingers I would like to have. Got a couple of outsized cedars to cut out at the northwest corner of = the house too. They're getting rather large and are way to close to the house. There's a few other = plants out there that need to be rooted out and tossed but I have to get clearances from Miz Anne for = those. We start converting the carport into a garage later this month so have = to go and buy the materials soon. Also have to get estimates on the new kitchen so we'll know how = hard we have to work over the next few months. Got a pretty good idea about new floor coverings so = that will be up around January. Then I have a trellis to build in the back and a small gazebo with two = seats for the front. Should keep us busy well into the new year. Whats up with all of you? George ------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C14412.9B857780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
------=_NextPart_000_0041_01C14412.9B857780------- Original Message -----From:=20 George=20 ShirleyTo: Gardeners ListSent: Friday, September 21, = 2001 8:54=20 PMSubject: [gardeners] Friday in = the=20 gardenHad to work all morning and finally finished the job at = 1:30=20 pm, Sleepy sure was glad to see me
home. Took a stroll around the = garden=20 and harvested some okra that was about 10 inches long and
woody. = Went=20 immediately to the compost heap. Was going to go back out and rip the = okra and=20 eggplant
out and start spreading rye grass seed but we had = torrential=20 downpours and lightning storms coming
through for about 2 hours. By = then I=20 was out of the mood and it was dark anyway.
Did notice some = more ripe=20 chiles so reckon I'll go get them in the morning if it isn't=20 raining
again.
Got to do a little shopping tomorrow also as = our=20 kids, grandkids, and greatgrandkid are coming over
Sunday to help = me=20 celebrate becoming an official senior citizen. Hit the big 62 Sunday = and=20 start
drawing my Social Security in November. Want to commend all = you=20 people out there working those long
hours and ask that you keep it = up. I=20 want to keep on drawing SS for awhile. <VBG>
It's going = to be=20 strange not doing a fall garden this year so reckon I'll try to = improve some=20 flower
beds. Got a lot of begonia to rip out of the east strip = garden and=20 also lots of partridge pea there.
Need to set out or separate some = of the=20 ginger that is doing so well in that garden. The butterfly
ginger = is doing=20 exceedingly well, lots of fragrant blooms that are a lovely white and = do look=20 sort
of like a butterfly. What I thought was red ginger turns out = to be=20 some sort of tall lily so that
gets torn out of that bed too. = Reckon Stokes=20 Tropical Garden will get some custom from us this year
as they have = some=20 really showy gingers I would like to have.
Got a couple of = outsized=20 cedars to cut out at the northwest corner of the house too. They're=20 getting
rather large and are way to close to the house. There's a = few other=20 plants out there that need to be
rooted out and tossed but I have = to get=20 clearances from Miz Anne for those.
We start converting the = carport=20 into a garage later this month so have to go and buy the = materials
soon.=20 Also have to get estimates on the new kitchen so we'll know how hard = we have=20 to work over the
next few months. Got a pretty good idea about new = floor=20 coverings so that will be up around January.
Then I have a trellis = to build=20 in the back and a small gazebo with two seats for the front. = Should
keep us=20 busy well into the new year.
Whats up with all of=20 you?
George