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Weekly Gardening Thread Vol. 3, January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012 | JustaDumbBlonde

Posted on 01/20/2012 9:56:41 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde

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To: JustaDumbBlonde

A Lews-e-ann-a cookout sure sounds tempting. LOL. I shouldn’t be belly aching about the snow. We’ve hardly had any this year, and the farmers need it for next year.


41 posted on 01/20/2012 11:23:46 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Hopefully you didn’t have a long hard ground freeze. Is there a chance the hibiscus can recover?


42 posted on 01/20/2012 11:28:07 AM PST by NautiNurse
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
I will continue to pray for you to get some relief. Also, I hope that you get a deer this year

My wife suffers all through allergy season, too, which seems to be 10 months per year. I think that she has it the worst of anyone that I have ever seen. We have gotten regular rains here recently and that seems to help her by washing the woods down and putting the wet pollens on the ground and out of the air. Plus, she is going to do a sleep study to see if apnea is the cause of her joint pains.

Wife has said that I can have the grow lights back for seed starting. :) She had been using them on the enclosed back porch keeping the container plants happy through the cold season.

43 posted on 01/20/2012 11:30:26 AM PST by rightly_dividing (ICor. 15:1-4)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

I actually knew the answer about aloe vera because I grew that in Houston too.


44 posted on 01/20/2012 11:32:33 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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45 posted on 01/20/2012 11:35:25 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: trisham
I’ve never seen a double before. I would never have guessed that it’s a hibiscus.

Interesting trivia: While the single hibiscus blossom lasts merely one day, the double flower is longer lasting for 2-3 days.

46 posted on 01/20/2012 12:02:24 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse

That’s nice!


47 posted on 01/20/2012 12:07:37 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: rightly_dividing

As much rain as we’ve had since Christmas, I expected the pollen to be washed away. Doesn’t seem to have had much affect.


48 posted on 01/20/2012 12:13:13 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Thanks for the ping ....... Stay safe !


49 posted on 01/20/2012 12:18:01 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: left that other site
Isn’t “11” South Florida? Or am I reading the chart BACKWARDS??? LOL! What’s the Zone for Anaconda, Alligator, cane frog Infested SWAMP???? LOL

You're in 10b *giggles*
50 posted on 01/20/2012 12:21:10 PM PST by Lera
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Gardening has been cancelled due to 3.5 inches of rain in Benderville...


51 posted on 01/20/2012 12:28:05 PM PST by tubebender (I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.)
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To: NautiNurse

You are quite the green thumb. Not to mention a good photographer.


52 posted on 01/20/2012 12:30:13 PM PST by painter (No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
Got another inch of 'annoyance snow' last night, bringing our grand total to an inch and a half.

Snowmobiles = paperweights right now...LOL!

We'll be back to bare ground in a few days as temps head for the mid-40's!!! by Monday...yahoo! New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont ski areas are freaking out...no sign of any more snow over the next fifteen days...I would love to see a record set for least snow EVER for a winter season...

Baby peppers are putting forth true leaves...cauliflower looking good.

53 posted on 01/20/2012 12:30:13 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Lera; left that other site

It was me all along who was confused. I need to find a better chart ... I was looking at the red way up north!


54 posted on 01/20/2012 12:35:48 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: who knows what evil?

We’re been wanting to use our season lift passes in Montana, but they are just now getting enough snow to be good. Looks like we’ll head up there around Feb 1.


55 posted on 01/20/2012 12:38:57 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Awesome...may Montana receive ALL the snow that was originally destined for New Hampshire, Amen...I have YET to use a snow shovel this winter.


56 posted on 01/20/2012 12:46:17 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: painter

Thank you! Since my business is all brain work, I find gardening very relaxing. A labor of love, the gratification is a handsome yard, eye appealing gardens, delicious fruits and vegetables, along with lots of compliments and some flattering copycat behavior by friends and neighbors.


57 posted on 01/20/2012 12:46:31 PM PST by NautiNurse
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

Florida has a pretty broad range but just a few spots are zone 11 (most of these are in the lower keys )
Really there is almost no difference between 10b and 11 as 10b almost never sees frost


58 posted on 01/20/2012 12:50:16 PM PST by Lera
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I miss hearing from Diana where has she been?


59 posted on 01/20/2012 1:15:25 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

74° here in Mississippi.


60 posted on 01/20/2012 1:19:05 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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