My husband is the one in our house who has the green thumb. He loves being outside and working in the yard, which isn't my cup of tea. But this year I feel compelled to plant a few veggies in raised pots, so they will be more convenient to take care of. With the lack of water in CA and the cold weather in FL, I think that prices for produce is going to skyrocket this year. Kay In a message dated 01/19/10 23:56:29 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I lived in Chicago for 10 years and in Southern Ill. for about 20, best I recall..Around Salem, IL. We always had real good gardens there... Hoping your flowers will be blooming, but maybe you'd better take a few pictures just in case! If it were me I would make up a little scrapbook ...a pretty picture of your house when the snow is on ..in a picturesque manner, of course...Flowers blooming, etc...Wouldn't hurt to put a sort of store finding map, etc.... Hubby is just getting into flowers, and of course thinks I know nothing about the subject instead of working in flowers all my long life. Sometimes I go by the 'Rootin' tootin' kittle and there will be a great long flower branch stuck in the ground. I try to tell him you have to take off a lot of the top when rooting plants because theres no roots to sustain them, but......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:00:21 -0800 "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> writes: > Jeannie T., > > It sounds as though you are having the kind of weather that we used to have back in IL. ____________________________________________________________ Home Improvement Projects Click here to find experienced pros to help with your home improvement project. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=2cHtt_UbJhBDnvP1qYr3qAAAJ1BuHtEgYfARCKX2I2eGJBW8AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAShAAAAAA= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
There is no lack of water in CA . Linda,in CA Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: jkaywojack <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:45:50 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] SPRING!!! My husband is the one in our house who has the green thumb. He loves being outside and working in the yard, which isn't my cup of tea. But this year I feel compelled to plant a few veggies in raised pots, so they will be more convenient to take care of. With the lack of water in CA and the cold weather in FL, I think that prices for produce is going to skyrocket this year. Kay In a message dated 01/19/10 23:56:29 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I lived in Chicago for 10 years and in Southern Ill. for about 20, best I recall..Around Salem, IL. We always had real good gardens there... Hoping your flowers will be blooming, but maybe you'd better take a few pictures just in case! If it were me I would make up a little scrapbook ...a pretty picture of your house when the snow is on ..in a picturesque manner, of course...Flowers blooming, etc...Wouldn't hurt to put a sort of store finding map, etc.... Hubby is just getting into flowers, and of course thinks I know nothing about the subject instead of working in flowers all my long life. Sometimes I go by the 'Rootin' tootin' kittle and there will be a great long flower branch stuck in the ground. I try to tell him you have to take off a lot of the top when rooting plants because theres no roots to sustain them, but......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:00:21 -0800 "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> writes: > Jeannie T., > > It sounds as though you are having the kind of weather that we used to have back in IL. ____________________________________________________________ Home Improvement Projects Click here to find experienced pros to help with your home improvement project. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=2cHtt_UbJhBDnvP1qYr3qAAAJ1BuHtEgYfARCKX2I2eGJBW8AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAShAAAAAA= ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message