Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone - despite
all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning & again late
evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving! for
now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over the
plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will take care
of that.

On 8/16/07 11:30 AM, in article , "rachael
simpson" wrote:

Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

to everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

Funny part, I had heard this on the radio just before reading it!

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone - despite
all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning & again late
evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving! for
now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over the
plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will take care
of that.



Gonna look it up on the net. Have no wheels right now....
never needed shade cloths or screens before either....oh well, first
time for everything!

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 8/16/07 11:30 AM, in article , "rachael
simpson" wrote:

Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

to everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

Funny part, I had heard this on the radio just before reading it!


Ironic, huh? That was my "daily devotion" yesterday....

On 8/16/07 3:37 PM, in article , "rachael simpson"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 8/16/07 11:30 AM, in article , "rachael
simpson" wrote:

Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

to everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

Funny part, I had heard this on the radio just before reading it!


Ironic, huh? That was my "daily devotion" yesterday....

More so!

Now - this is a company a few daylily nuts I know have used in the past

http://shadetreefabrics.com/

Mine is gone too, but from a different disaster.

In January 2005, we had a record-breaking rain storm. The slope in my
back yard (about the height of my two-story house) decided to become
part of my lawn. The ivy and African daisies on the slope tangled in
the holly at the bottom, preventing most of the mud from going any
further. However, the ground was too unstable for me to climb and pull
weeds or tend my grape vines. And the slide ripped out the irrigation
system for what was planted on the slope.

It took more than 2 years to get a geologist and soils engineer to do
the reports required for a grading permit, to get a civil engineer to
draw the grading plans, and the county to process the permit. Only then
could I get a grading contractor to even talk to me. The grading
contractor has finally finished moving dirt and is now installing a
drainage system.

In the meantime, the dirt-moving equipment completely destroyed my rose
bed in back and took out 2-3 roses in front. The parkway (between the
sidewalk and curb) is now bare dirt. They trashed the trellis on which
my star jasmine was growing. My back lawn died because I could neither
run the sprinkler system nor reach it to hand water. My artichoke (from
which we had a few meals this spring), artemisia, sasanqua camellias,
dwarf holly, and others are all history. The sprinkler systems in back
and front have been disrupted by the digging of trenches for drains. Of
course, they had to strip all vegetation from the hill to repair it,
including two very productive grape vines. I look out my window and see
bare dirt. I WANT TO CRY!!

The description of my garden on my Web site is from before all this
started.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/

David E. Ross wrote:
Mine is gone too, but from a different disaster.

In January 2005, we had a record-breaking rain storm. The slope in my
back yard (about the height of my two-story house) decided to become
part of my lawn. The ivy and African daisies on the slope tangled in
the holly at the bottom, preventing most of the mud from going any
further. However, the ground was too unstable for me to climb and pull
weeds or tend my grape vines. And the slide ripped out the irrigation
system for what was planted on the slope.

It took more than 2 years to get a geologist and soils engineer to do
the reports required for a grading permit, to get a civil engineer to
draw the grading plans, and the county to process the permit. Only then
could I get a grading contractor to even talk to me. The grading
contractor has finally finished moving dirt and is now installing a
drainage system.

In the meantime, the dirt-moving equipment completely destroyed my rose
bed in back and took out 2-3 roses in front. The parkway (between the
sidewalk and curb) is now bare dirt. They trashed the trellis on which
my star jasmine was growing. My back lawn died because I could neither
run the sprinkler system nor reach it to hand water. My artichoke (from
which we had a few meals this spring), artemisia, sasanqua camellias,
dwarf holly, and others are all history. The sprinkler systems in back
and front have been disrupted by the digging of trenches for drains. Of
course, they had to strip all vegetation from the hill to repair it,
including two very productive grape vines. I look out my window and see
bare dirt. I WANT TO CRY!!

The description of my garden on my Web site is from before all this
started.


All I can say is, "OUCH!" I'd cry too!

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 8/16/07 3:37 PM, in article , "rachael simpson"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
*SNIP*
to everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

Funny part, I had heard this on the radio just before reading it!

Ironic, huh? That was my "daily devotion" yesterday....

More so!

Now - this is a company a few daylily nuts I know have used in the past

http://shadetreefabrics.com/


Thanks for the head's up!

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!

For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over the
plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will take
care of that.

Gonna look it up on the net. Have no wheels right now....
never needed shade cloths or screens before either....oh well, first time
for everything!

No wheels? How do you get food?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even more
surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!
For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over the
plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will take
care of that.
Gonna look it up on the net. Have no wheels right now....
never needed shade cloths or screens before either....oh well, first time
for everything!

No wheels? How do you get food?



It's just temporary. The transmission shorted on the van last weekend.
I'm stocked up on goods for now. Got a rebuilt in the works to be placed
in the van in the next week or 2 at the latest. In the meantime my mom
helps & provides a ride when needed.

"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even
more surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!
For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over
the plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will
take care of that.
Gonna look it up on the net. Have no wheels right now....
never needed shade cloths or screens before either....oh well, first
time for everything!

No wheels? How do you get food?

It's just temporary. The transmission shorted on the van last weekend. I'm
stocked up on goods for now. Got a rebuilt in the works to be placed in
the van in the next week or 2 at the latest. In the meantime my mom helps
& provides a ride when needed.

"Ma!!! Please stop at the hardware store and pick me up a roll of dark
colored window screen!"

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"rachael simpson" wrote in message
...
Between the heat (heat index has been anywhere from 102-125 the last
couple of weeks) and the lack of rain, the veggie garden is gone -
despite all my sprinkler system watering every day (early morning &
again late evening)

The only thing still hanging around are the crowder peas. But they are
going downhill fast.

The various tomatoes & peppers are planted in my flower bed among the
roses, glads, hostas, & lilies. Thankfully, all of those are thriving!
for now anyways.....

Put up some stewed tomatoes in the freezer the day before yesterday.
Surprisingly, I had 23 all ripen at the same time, and what's even
more surprising is that they escaped my frying pan!
For the surviving stuff, consider getting a roll of dark color window
screen, or shade cloth (used in greenhouses), and suspending it over
the plants. The screen's cheap. Scratchy to work with, but gloves will
take care of that.
Gonna look it up on the net. Have no wheels right now....
never needed shade cloths or screens before either....oh well, first
time for everything!
No wheels? How do you get food?
It's just temporary. The transmission shorted on the van last weekend. I'm
stocked up on goods for now. Got a rebuilt in the works to be placed in
the van in the next week or 2 at the latest. In the meantime my mom helps
& provides a ride when needed.

"Ma!!! Please stop at the hardware store and pick me up a roll of dark
colored window screen!"



lol, that would work if she hadn't gone back to the beach already. I'll
catch some next week possibly (lowe's or tractor supply), if i don't
order...

On 8/16/07 4:21 PM, in article ,
"David E. Ross" wrote:

Mine is gone too, but from a different disaster.

Oh my goodness. First - that must have been scary. And then the red tape to
start over - hope after this is it gets better FAST.

Cheryl