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On Jul 1, 11:06*am, Gillian Murray wrote:
Could have wheelchair races..and who can throw their cane the furthest and so forth. LOL! Great idea, Gill! You should suggest it to the mayor's office. Joan |
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On 6/30/2010 6:27 AM, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 6/29/10 12:46 PM, in article , "Susan Hartman" wrote: On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote: Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) sue That is amazing to me Sue - but my first advice is to get your soil checked by the local ag extension. This is almost embarassing to admit....I should preface this with, "I am a gardening novice, and a reluctant gardener": those daylilies are fine. Turns out, they're just later than the other daylilies, and they're a dark purple-color bud. So what I thought was dried out and shrivelled turns out to be young and dark-colored. They started to bloom day before yesterday, and I was amazed....I don't remember them being that color last year! (And, of course, they're peeking out from behind a bunch of bindweed that I can't conquer, and it's been too hot/dry to do much out there. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.) sue -- Susan Hartman |
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On 7/8/10 12:26 PM, in article
, "Susan Hartman" wrote: On 6/30/2010 6:27 AM, Cheryl Isaak wrote: On 6/29/10 12:46 PM, in article , "Susan Hartman" wrote: On 6/29/2010 11:31 AM, Joan E. wrote: Besides, it *is* summer (if the dang rain would just stop!). Please send some rain my way! We haven't had anything much in nearly two weeks of 90-plus degree weather, and nothing much predicted for another week. Some weeds continue to grow up and crowd out the other weeds, and the ground is too dry to think about yanking anything out. The back yard has some cracks in the dirt, it's so parched. (And of course, the hose nozzle and the sprinkler we bought last year are dead. DH bought a new hose nozzle yesterday and tried to use it, but found it was missing a washer and wouldn't work. So he's off to the hardware store for a washer.) Even some of the daylilies have just dried up in bud stage - never bloomed. (If you can find them under the bindweed. Why do bindweed and Virginia creeper continue to thrive in extremis?) sue That is amazing to me Sue - but my first advice is to get your soil checked by the local ag extension. This is almost embarassing to admit....I should preface this with, "I am a gardening novice, and a reluctant gardener": those daylilies are fine. Turns out, they're just later than the other daylilies, and they're a dark purple-color bud. So what I thought was dried out and shrivelled turns out to be young and dark-colored. They started to bloom day before yesterday, and I was amazed....I don't remember them being that color last year! (And, of course, they're peeking out from behind a bunch of bindweed that I can't conquer, and it's been too hot/dry to do much out there. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.) sue Hee hee - I have daylilies that start blooming in late May and are over with in June and some that won't bloom for weeks yet. And one or two that will still be going when the frosts arrive C |
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