On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:45:48 EST, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

It freezes now and again at night here in northern Florida, and the
weatherguessers have guessed that tonight is going to be one of those
nights. I've brought plants inside and all, but I can't bring the
pond inside. I have sprinklers all around the pond, so I've turned
those on in an attempt to save the plants around the pond. I figure
I'll either wake up to a bunch of happy plants or an incredible ice
sculpture. Of course, it could also be just a bunch of dead plants
and puddles of water, but that isn't very exciting to contemplate. By
the way, the lily will have its eleventh bloom, if it survives.

Galen, glad to hear that your plants survived the freeze. It is my
understanding the orchards around us use this method in spring and I guess
they leave the water running till the ice melts off. Is that what you did?

We had a small ranch as a kid and I can remember many mornings going down
to an icy pasture from the irrigation, was totally amazing to see.

My taro have been doing great inside. I tented my small pond they're in
with light weight plastic and hung a no-pest-strip. Did in the aphids. I'll
be watching for any new hatchlings in the coming days/weeks, but I'm hoping
the 2 week treatment was long enough. Next year I will do this treatment
while the taro are still sitting on the patio waiting to come in. Currently
I've moved plastic and strip over the cannas in the garage, but plan to put
it over the bog lily I have downstairs also. I haven't really seen bugs on
it, but just in case. It is just about ready to bloom and I don't want to
cover it up at this time. ~ jan

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