When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

On 2/18/04 4:16 PM, in article
, "Crystal"
wrote:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher
First of June or so!
Cheryl
Londonderry, NH

On 2/18/04 4:16 PM, in article
, "Crystal"
wrote:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher
First of June or so!
Cheryl
Londonderry, NH

Tax day winston salem nc

too far away...
ed
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When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Crystal wrote:
When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

February 15th in central TX. However, we had 3 inches of snow on February
14th, so I haven't yet pruned.

From my experience living in the SF Bay Area; if it's stopped raining,
winter's over.

Mike

Dreaming of springtime here as well. Northern New York - last frost the end
of May - beginning of June.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying
Crystal wrote in message
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When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:38 +0000, Crystal wrote:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in Portland,
everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax Day, April 15! Is
this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in Northern California, where
there's never any frost. Not in my corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

The USDA has all kinds of charts with average last frost dates. Why ask?

Okay silly question here.

Are you suppose to prune the roses before spring or in the fall?

--
Debbie (New Mexico)
Life is too short
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Crystal wrote:
When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

February 15th in central TX. However, we had 3 inches of snow on February
14th, so I haven't yet pruned.

From my experience living in the SF Bay Area; if it's stopped raining,
winter's over.

Mike




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"Crystal" wrote in message
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When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

I forget. We are getting a frost this coming morning, damn it.
This is the only thing I really hate about North Florida, the
frosts: too frequent. No really really hard ones this winter,
but I hate them.

Mark., it's not zone 8b for nothing

"WiGard" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:38 +0000, Crystal wrote:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in Portland,
everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax Day, April 15!
Is
this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in Northern California, where
there's never any frost. Not in my corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

The USDA has all kinds of charts with average last frost dates. Why ask?

How about the URL?

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, "Debbie B" wrote:
Okay silly question here.

Are you suppose to prune the roses before spring or in the fall?

--
Debbie (New Mexico)
Life is too short

It depends. (ha!)

Seriously though, pruning time does depend on the individual rose. Most
roses are pruned after the last danger of frost and before new growth
begins in the spring. However, once bloomers are pruned (usually) in early
summer, or immediately after they've finished blooming. There's even roses
that don't like to be pruned at all. Noisette climbers, for one. The best
advice is to know what you're growing and keep good reference handy.

Helpful?

Mike

yes actually it was.

I've done both. It kind of depends on my mood. I know it's not nice to be
moody with my roses. I bought some at the different stores locally and they
don't live very long (2 years tops) But we do have one store that won't
tell me what their secret is and theirs are still here after 4 years. The
most beautiful orange and the other is purple. I have one climber which is
a pain cause it grows and grows no matter how much I prune off. But I put
up with it cause it does the most prettiest white roses.

Anyway, thank you.

--
Debbie (New Mexico)
Life is too short
"Mike" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, "Debbie B" wrote:
Okay silly question here.

Are you suppose to prune the roses before spring or in the fall?

--
Debbie (New Mexico)
Life is too short

It depends. (ha!)

Seriously though, pruning time does depend on the individual rose. Most
roses are pruned after the last danger of frost and before new growth
begins in the spring. However, once bloomers are pruned (usually) in early
summer, or immediately after they've finished blooming. There's even roses
that don't like to be pruned at all. Noisette climbers, for one. The best
advice is to know what you're growing and keep good reference handy.

Helpful?

Mike




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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:38 GMT, Crystal opined:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

Average last frost date in my region is March 6, but I don't ever trust that as
anything can happen. We safely go with March 15-20. For sure by March 30.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:35:07 -0600, "Hound Dog" opined:


"WiGard" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:38 +0000, Crystal wrote:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in Portland,
everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax Day, April 15!
Is
this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in Northern California, where
there's never any frost. Not in my corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

The USDA has all kinds of charts with average last frost dates. Why ask?

How about the URL?




www.google.com

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:38 GMT, Crystal opined:


When is the average last frost where you are? When I lived in
Portland, everyone believed that the last frost was always on Tax
Day, April 15! Is this a saying anywhere else? Now I live in
Northern California, where there's never any frost. Not in my
corner of it, at least.

Dreaming of springtime,
Crystal Bucher

Average last frost date in my region is March 6, but I don't ever trust that as
anything can happen. We safely go with March 15-20. For sure by March 30.