"animaux" wrote in message
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| I don't think it's been this quiet in here in years! Where is
everyone?
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Watching sulphurs, admirals, and gulf fritillaries. Also enjoying
blooming paperwhite narcissi. The ones that do best are ones forced in
pots long ago and then just dumped any old place, where they've
divided over the years. There's been no hard freeze even yet, although
lantanas in some corners have been burned. Pink oxalis is blooming and
geraniums (pelargoniums) in pots are going to town. Thunbergia is in
full bloom also. Lettuce is ready for the table. Bulbs are up,
including Dutch iris and many narcissi/jonquils/daffodils (but not
hyacinths yet). Anemones are showing leaves. Fall-seeded annuals are
progressing. Old-fashioned trailing/climbing nasturtiums are in heavy
bloom. Basil in pots has been toted in and out of the house a few
times. Seed catalogues are arriving. Loquat flowers are full of
honeybees most days. No signs yet of species tulips.