Re: [gardeners] Excitement
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 07:16:48 -0500
We slept under blankets last night and ran the ac yesterday afternoon.
Go figure.
George
pennyx1@juno.com wrote:
>
> We have the heat on tonight -- sweater and jacket to go out
> to dinner! Raining for 3 days so far, with thunderstorms due
> on Sunday, and further cold wave.
>
> It's not bad outside, tho -- about 57*. Just makes us feel cold.
>
> Gino had millions of Passion Fruit on the vine, but none
> ripened. He had two Italian figs which they ate. Season is
> just a little short.
>
> Volunteer Passion Fruit vines everywhere -- plus lablabs and
> castor beans. They all get intertwined with each other
> and with the mums -- it's a sight to see! Gino says he has
> removed many garbage pails of cuttings already -- why, the
> volunteer tomatoes are hysterical! It's like a jungle... I
> personally cleared out one patch of cherry tomatoes which was
> climbing a fence, to make room for his winter pansies. In fact,
> not to be believed, there was one volunteer lablab which grew
> up at the end post of his lovely decorative wrought iron fence.
> He encouraged it to grow sideways, right across the fence, and now
> one cannot see the fence at all! It is a huge mass (and mess) of
> lablab blossoms!
>
> Jimmie's knee is still behaving well since the visit to the doctor
> on Tuesday. Amazing!
>
> Penny
>
> .
>
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