Posted on 05/11/2018 7:13:11 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Praying for you, FRiend. I love the B.I. and have been there many times. So sorry about your garden!
I have these Japanese Irises next to my shed, they are usually going gangbusters by now.
they are just getting started... barely...
I am so sorry to hear that. My thoughts and prayers are sent for you- what a horrible loss. I am so glad you and your wife are safe.
Praying for you and your wife.
Thanks everyone for your kindness and prayers.
Praying.
Stay safe
Prayers up.
So sorry to hear that. A couple who retired from here moved there and they lost everything but the clothes on their back. Super nice people and locals have started a Go Fun Me to help them out
We got a very late start to spring here in NYS.
Had snow the last Sunday of April and by Tues it was in the 80’s.
It’s been pretty nice since then and the long range forecast is pretty good but I’m still not putting anything in the ground quite yet. You just can’t trust the weather here in CNY.
But a friend started my tomatoes in their mini-greenhouse and they are HUGE. I’m hardening them off now and they’ll be ready to put in the ground by the last frost date.
I’m praying for a good crop this year. The last several years were awful.
Joe Bastardi from Weather Bell predicted a very late spring and quick start to summer, and by gosh, he was right. He is also forecasting a hot dry summer.
I say *Bring it on!* After this winter, it will be a real treat to have it sunny and warm at the same time.
Prayers and stay safe !
i’m so sorry for your difficulties. i hope your house is ok when you return
Praying for you and your family during this difficult time. ~Q
Prayers for Justice and others affected by the Hawaii eruptions. Life can change in an instant for all of us, right? Rainy weather in western PA. The forsythia is all green and bushy and the marigolds are pushing up from seeds, in their pots on patio.
Would you believe .... we had a snake in the house in the early hours of today? I was up late (after midnight) trying to finish a Kindle book - also had the TV on (Bronx Zoo - love that program). As I looked up at the TV, movement on the floor to my left caught my eye - it was a snake headed away from my feet/chair where I was sitting & going for cover under the piano. Yikes!!! To make a long story short, we got extremely lucky - the snake got behind the piano (instead of under it) & partially up on the molding in the corner. As much as I wanted to catch/release, it wasn’t possible due to the position it was in & we HAD to get it out of the house. The snake ended up dead & removed. It was a small hognose, about 15” long - hognoses are such cool snakes - really bugs me we had to terminate it. No idea how it got into the house - foundation is secure as are all the access doors to under the house. It might have gotten in off of the back deck since the back storm door doesn’t close all the way sometimes, but the deck is about 4 feet off of ground level. First snake we’ve had in the house in 40 years, but I guess there’s always a first time! Getting to sleep last night was not easy. Whew.
I am considering using chickweed as a cover crop over the winter, but I don’t have enough seeds collected yet. I love the taste, and it’s easy to pull up.
Does anyone know why instructions for planting squash seem to always say to plant it in mounds?
Seems to me that the only effect of that is to make it hard to deep-water them; the water runs off the mound.
prayers being said, sorry for the tremendous loss you and your family have suffered.
I am so sorry, praying.
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