Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate, where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place ;O)
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net

On Dec 5, 4:25 pm, "Dan L." wrote:
In article
,

mleblanca wrote:
Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

Well, shucks, Dan, wait until July when it gets to 115F, betcha can't
beat
that.
We lived in North East Ohio for 20 years, so I do know what Cold is.
Sometimes I wonder how I ever made it thru that January when it never
got above zero degrees. My husband could have transfered to that SE
Michigan
place, and I told him to come see me on weekends, I wasn't goin'
there!!

So anyway I went out check the last tomato plant and it was just as
green
as ever, thanks to the fog/cloud cover. And I found 2 ripe tomatoes,
about
the size of an egg (hen not ostrich) and we each had one for lunch.
YUMMY
I do enjoy life and hope you do also..
Emilie

On Dec 5, 6:00 pm, Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:



In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate, where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place ;O)
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Barshttp://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net

Ah Billy, you eloquent devil, you. Howz it going in the
more southerly areas of CA?
Em in the North parts

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

On Dec 5, 6:00 pm, Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:



In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate, where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place ;O)
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind
Barshttp://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtmlhttp://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net

Ah Billy, you eloquent devil, you. Howz it going in the
more southerly areas of CA?
Em in the North parts

How are you doing up there, Emilie, one hundred miles south of Mt.
Lassen (an active volcano, The Juan de Fuca plate is being subducted
under the North American plate which gives rise to volcanoes north of
Mt. Lassen. This subduction zone used to extend down to southern
California but is being replaced by the San Andres slip fault)?

Being less than 200 miles south of you. I guess I qualify as southernly.
Was a time that I knew when it was Spring in Southern California (the
tumbleweed was in bloom). But now I've traded that in on the wild onions.

Our weather is tracking pretty much as you are, according to the
local "fish wrap".

We are doing about mid-sixties during the day to the mid-thirties at
night. I think that I should remind our mid-western gardening friends
that the walls of our homes are made of wood framing and (with luck)
insulation) on 4" thick walls. Our homes are smaller, because most
of the year we are trying to get out of them. So, mid-westerners are
better actually better prepared for winter than Californians. We just
can't believe that it, Summer, is over (basically a guy thing, I think).

But I still fetch my paper in my bathrobe (those synthetics are great
for warmth). I set out a walnut and some of the "black oil"
sunflower seeds for our resident Squirrel along the way. And this will
be the habit, rain or not (I wear a hat when it rains), until Spring
returns. Hopefully, I will have made some sage decisions about next
year's gardening by then.

You planning anything new or expanding for next year, vegetablewise?

Anything new flowerwise?

I really think that this Winter's planning of next Summer's garden
drags me into the future and keeps me alive, not to put too fine a point
on it.

Hope you are doing well.
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net

On Dec 5, 11:12 pm, Billy wrote:
In article
,



mleblanca wrote:
On Dec 5, 6:00 pm, Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate, where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place ;O)
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind
Barshttp://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtmlhttp://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net

Ah Billy, you eloquent devil, you. Howz it going in the
more southerly areas of CA?
Em in the North parts

How are you doing up there, Emilie, one hundred miles south of Mt.
Lassen (an active volcano............snipped........................ ....

Lassen has a fair amount of snow so far,nothing recently.
And we're doing OK I guess. The endless fog is rather depressing. So
I went for a hike at about 2000 feet this day and it was sunny and
bright up there--a great way to cheer up. About 20 of us and we went
about a
total of 8 miles, so I'll be tired tomorrow!

You planning anything new or expanding for next year, vegetablewise?
Anything new flowerwise?

I am running out of room so there is not much expansion-mostly a
matter
of rotation. If something new comes in, then something has to go out.I
do
need to get some more wire and prepare some gopher free vegetable
areas.

I really think that this Winter's planning of next Summer's garden
drags me into the future and keeps me alive, not to put too fine a point
on it.
I agree with that 100%

Hope you are doing well
You too.

Emilie
--

Billy

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

On Dec 5, 11:12 pm, Billy wrote:
In article
,



mleblanca wrote:
On Dec 5, 6:00 pm, Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to
60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and
onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate,
where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and
then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place
;O)
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind
Barshttp://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtmlhttp://www.youtube
.com
/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net

Ah Billy, you eloquent devil, you. Howz it going in the
more southerly areas of CA?
Em in the North parts

How are you doing up there, Emilie, one hundred miles south of Mt.
Lassen (an active volcano............snipped........................ ....

Lassen has a fair amount of snow so far,nothing recently.
And we're doing OK I guess. The endless fog is rather depressing. So
I went for a hike at about 2000 feet this day and it was sunny and
bright up there--a great way to cheer up. About 20 of us and we went
about a
total of 8 miles, so I'll be tired tomorrow!

You planning anything new or expanding for next year, vegetablewise?
Anything new flowerwise?

I am running out of room so there is not much expansion-mostly a
matter
of rotation. If something new comes in, then something has to go out.I
do
need to get some more wire and prepare some gopher free vegetable
areas.

I really think that this Winter's planning of next Summer's garden
drags me into the future and keeps me alive, not to put too fine a point
on it.
I agree with that 100%

Hope you are doing well
You too.

Emilie
--

Billy

I think I've reached "phase six" at work.
http://www.zimbio.com/member/scip123...hases+Work+Fel
ine+Style
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

In article
,
mleblanca wrote:

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 60-70 range
the last few days, but last night was 33 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was foggy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. I guess that took care of the last tomato plant.
( We had the last toms for Thanksgiving)
I have in the garden Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of rain, alas..................It did get up to 60
this pm for about 2 minutes!
Emilie
Nor Cal

Hmmmm...

Well it was COLD this am. It has been in the 20-29 range
the last few days, but last night was 17 F the coldest so far
Add to that the fact that it was snowy and damp and it was
definitely Cold. Last month took care of the last tomato plant.
( We got the last turkey in the store for Thanksgiving)
Looking to next spring to grow Lettuces, spinach, broccoli and onions.
Only a tiny trace of snow, alas..................It did get up to 29
this pm for about 2 minutes!

Enjoy Life ... Dan
South East Michigan

Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing, which features him and his twenty
siblings growing up in a shoe box, in the middle of an interstate, where
he had to get up, half an hour before he went to bed, so that he could
work twenty-eight hours a day, eight days a week, down at the mill, and
when he got home his dad would cut into him with a bread knife, and then
sing glory halleluja while dancing around his grave.
So, Bungadora, if you be there, please put this up start in his place ;O)

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

That is why the universe made house plants and forcing bulbs a way to
keep the thumb green . And visions of growing plants danced in their
heads a corruption of course. Hell with the sugarplums )

Bill wondering what is a sugarplum. Looks like a goggle search for
this ignorant guy.

--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

In article ,
Bill wrote:

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

That is why the universe made house plants and forcing bulbs a way to
keep the thumb green . And visions of growing plants danced in their
heads a corruption of course. Hell with the sugarplums )

Bill wondering what is a sugarplum. Looks like a goggle search for
this ignorant guy.


I guess sugar was something to dream about but not today. It was a rare
treat in 1850. Yet black walnut brittle comes to mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_plum

Some Music.

Orchestre Andalou D'Israel

Bill

--
Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

On Dec 8, 11:59*am, Bill wrote:
In article ,





*Bill wrote:
In article ,
*"Dan L." wrote:

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

*That is why the universe made house plants and forcing bulbs *a way to
keep the thumb green . *And visions of growing plants danced in their
heads a corruption of course. * Hell with the sugarplums )

*Bill wondering what is a sugarplum. *Looks like a goggle search for
this ignorant guy.

I guess sugar was something to dream about but not today. *It was a rare
treat in 1850. Yet black walnut brittle comes to mind. *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_plum

* Some Music.

Orchestre Andalou D'Israel

*Bill

--
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boy it's sure good to see V and a few friends I recognize and some I
don't! We've been lower than normal and I've discovered the rented
house we reside in gets horribly cold. Downstairs six rooms has NO
heat in it, and it's a cinderblock basement. At least the bricko
blocks are thick enough it only gets down to the lower 40's. The
bathroom however off the bedroom got down to 33o one night it dropped
to 18!! Last night it dipped yet again down to the teen's and for
this region of northeastern Tennessee, with a heat pump upstairs that
is struggling to keep it cooled at a toasty 61o when the thermostat is
set on 78o............well anyway, we purchased a kerosene heater out
of desperation not being able to afford the $400 for a tank of propane
for the wall heater that IS downstairs in the central room. Kero is
$3.99 a gallon, but the heater has 1000 foot heat capability.......we
turn it on an hour before bed and turn the covers back over the foot
of the bed to warm the memory foam topper and we're able to slide into
a slightly cool slab instead of a frozen slab with the air so
uncomfortable I have taken to covering me head except for the end of a
nose to breath outa! LOL

Today it rose to a remarkable 53o and the heat pump upstairs rewarded
me with 72o! WOOO HOOO!!!! (yet I am grateful for a home to live in,
food to prepare and a safe dry place to sleep so far......nothing
taken forgranted. I found the lost leg warmers (NO ONE sells them
anymore that I can tell, and I still have the ones I bought back in
1979 in Aurora, Colorado out of warmth desperation where there was a
REAL winter!) and between the tights, leg warmers, socks, shoes,
undershirt, sweater and hoodie with fleece lining I was finally warm
enough to venture outside where it was pleasant and lured me into
opening up the frozen soil I'd gotten weeks ago.

Poured chunks and soil into three decent fibre glass containers and
went upstairs to the backporch that got down to 17o last night and
retrieved the two bags of three nose spring bulbs. Good thing
too.......they were in desperate need of planting weeks ago. planted
each and every one of those beauties, tucked the smaller ones on top
above the huge bulbs and found two bags NOT frozen and put the soil up
to the top. We're expecting heavy rains to move in tomorrow through
Thursday with the cold front leaving Wednesday night and a possibility
of snow.....hopefully the soil will be watered sufficiently and I will
be rewarded by little green noses sometime at the end of February.
I'd lost the tags as well so it will be a nice surprise to see who
makes it and blooms for me. Now where did I put the granulated bulb
food??? g

I've lost quite a few cacti and succulents, and hoping that I haven't
lost a beloved odd euphorbia that a friend gave me a few years ago.
It got a freeze on the back porch. I've not watered anyone yet, and
hope the roots of everyone is fine. I have seen final signs of death
from the sanseveria's and the tradescantia that we identified when I
was always told it was a "Cherokee pipe" plant, it wasn't, but the
same man who gave me all those neat euphorbia's identified my gift of
the "Cherokee pipe" plants as a tropical variety of tradescantia.
neat! I did manage not to kill my only specimen of this plant I've
had now for well on 20 years. It's a passalong plant.
Speaking of passalong plants.........I'm in the end of humbly still
needing divisions of daylilies, bulbs, rhizomes, roots, tubers,
anything invasive that is easy. I've healed from the loss of so many
beloved "took for granted for their returnability" buls and plants,
the large grapefruit size bulbs of the regal lilies I always called
the Dragon lilies was the hardest to lose...someone will freak out
when they come up next spring, I know they weren't lost, but I've
moved on. It's what happens to gardeners anyway. if Mom's Nature
doesn't play a joke on the seasons or early buds, or drought, she
makes sure there is a bumper crop of munching bugs to do in beloved
residents of gardening endeavors. I have almost all my containers
with or without soil and former residents, so I have something to
start from.
I also still adore and will take any sedum, succulent and reseeding
annual anyone sees fit to share. I lost my Nashville stainless steal
walking fern but know there is someone out there I shared it with
years back and hope one day to have a "toe" of it again. I never
identified it to look for replacement. And despite my living in a
rental house, I still container garden like a fiend. The only
houseplants suffering right now are in the "wait and see" stage of an
unexpected freeze on a back porch I had no idea got othat dadblamed
cold. Live and learn. Had I an inkling I'd had the ceramic heater on
that night!
the variegated ginger that Mr. Stanley thinks is hardy (I don't think
so but who knows?) to zone 7b has three new shoots because I didn't
trust to leave it outside to go dormant. The solid green leafed one he
first gave me WAS hardy. but it was lost forever in the deluge of
losses.
All the ends of the Desert Rose I cut off after the freeze are
sprouting new buds of leaves, so there you go. And today is watering
day for everyone. I have fresh succulent perfect Alberta peaches that
I bought a basket of this end of summer that were larger than
softballs and succulent and juicy and just tart and sweet. I ate one
half, bought another basket and frost every one of them for peach
cobbler in winter. I also have a half gallon of jack-o-lantern that I
par boiled and which the first bag made the best pumpkin pie my son
said I'd ever made in all the years of cooking. So I have enough for
another pie or pumpkin soup.....
In the freezer is also enough tommy toes from the neighbor's vines
that grew through the dogwire fence into my yard to make a batch of
yellow spagatti sauce......and there are still over 2000 frozen ones
on the dead vines guaranteeing that we'll both have plants next year
for sure. I threw some into the container of sempervivums and ice
plants that sits up top of the ancient pine stump that was cut down.
I can always transplant later on.

the dogs are curled into tight balls, the cats are resembling furry
meatloaf's and I've opened all the blinds to all these incredible huge
old windows to let the sunlight in to suppliment the heat pumps
endeavors. Tonight won't be nearly as cold as last night. And I'm
looking forwards to seeing if the rains are enough for the containers
of bulbs I planted. I will tell you about my adventures of retrieval
if I'm successful next time around.
Thanks for letting me share. Holler at me, I miss you guys and always
look forwards to e-mail and responses.

Maddie (madgardener) gardening in downtown just off of Main street in
Northeastern Tennessee zone 7a surrounded by the Cherokee National
Forest and Appalachians

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Bill wrote:

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"Dan L." wrote:

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

That is why the universe made house plants and forcing bulbs a way to
keep the thumb green . And visions of growing plants danced in their
heads a corruption of course. Hell with the sugarplums )

House plants ?????

That is something I have have not thought about. Perhaps house plants
are of feminine in thinking. Where outdoor gardening are more masculine
in thinking. To think of it, all of the outdoor garden shows that I know
of are all males are the host. Victory Garden - male, Gardening Smart -
male, cultivating life -male, P. Allen Smith - male (well maybe half
male). House plants, hmmm... Martha Stewart?

I have always viewed Winter as the time for learning. Spring is the time
for cleaning. Summer as the time of doing. Fall is the time for
preserving. Winter is here, I am currently on chapter two of "Gardening:
when it counts, by Steve Solomon" and "Anathem by Neal Stephenson
(SciFi).

House plants - it maybe possible. First I will have to look very very
deep into my soul and search and look for that feminine side if it is
there

Shields Up ... Dan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

Brrrr ... Do you not know what cold is?
I am jealous I am looking at 6 inches of snow and it does look cool.
I can only dream about next year. You guys are still gardening

Enjoy Life ... Dan

That is why the universe made house plants and forcing bulbs a way to
keep the thumb green . And visions of growing plants danced in their
heads a corruption of course. Hell with the sugarplums )

House plants ?????

That is something I have have not thought about. Perhaps house plants
are of feminine in thinking. Where outdoor gardening are more masculine
in thinking. To think of it, all of the outdoor garden shows that I know
of are all males are the host. Victory Garden - male, Gardening Smart -
male, cultivating life -male, P. Allen Smith - male (well maybe half
male). House plants, hmmm... Martha Stewart?

I have always viewed Winter as the time for learning. Spring is the time
for cleaning. Summer as the time of doing. Fall is the time for
preserving. Winter is here, I am currently on chapter two of "Gardening:
when it counts, by Steve Solomon" and "Anathem by Neal Stephenson
(SciFi).

House plants - it maybe possible. First I will have to look very very
deep into my soul and search and look for that feminine side if it is
there

Shields Up ... Dan

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"Dan L." wrote:

I have a feeling many ignore my postings anyway, they are the
smart ones

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Bill wrote:

Uh, eh?

Hey, I represent that remark!

Just you wait until we get Bungadora on the line. She's from Calgary.
You could of told her how tough you've got it, but I think you've gone
and poisoned the hole now.

I am a professional at poisoning holes and stirring up hornets nest and
running from them So is this thread better under "brrrr"? Canada is
only a ten mile drive from my place to Sarnia Canada. I can relate to
the Canadians and cross the border to the Casinos once in a while.

Picked my green tomatoes today and set them out in front of windows.
For some reason my "Stevia rebaudiana - Bertoni" is in full bloom. It
should have done that in June or July. It's acting as if it were at
home! Anyone have any experience with these things. The Sun is below
the tree line, and the temp went to 29 F last night (Yes, I know it's
unfair but there you have it. I'f it makes you feel better, we are
predicted to
have rain from the 19th until Christmas. Oh, there you go again :O) In
any event, Mom Nature is trying to kill my little buddy. As a result,
my little buddy has become a house plant by night.

I have no hopes of over wintering it (not enough Sun). I just want to
get some seed from it. Does anybody out there have an idea (relating
to the above problem)?

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Dan seems to be very competitive with his adversities ;O)
Me thinks that we need a gardening report from bungadora to
put him in his place, otherwise I fear that we will soon be reading
the account of his upbringing,

Now as for my upbringing life story This could take Gigabytes At
age five, 110 stitches across his face from an accident. At school
scarface was my nickname. At age 13 went blind, after removing pituitary
tumor could see again with corrective lenses. After surgery, hormone
drop off. Migraine headaches lasted for 15 years before finding right
treatment. For those good reasons at thirty became an Atheist....

Anybody sad yet truth or fiction?

Enjoy Life ... Dan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

In article ,
"Dan L." wrote:

Enjoy Life ... Dan

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
Or, is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste
funny?
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1044101.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net