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» CarolWallace - Memories and weeds Howie, your juncos sound hilarious! We have a crust of ice topping our snow - too much for birds to sink into - but not the cats. ;-)I hope as I type this that you are in some place that has sunshine. YOu've had entirely too much snow. You are so lucky, though, to have a good place for indoor plants. My brugs are in the sunroom - the room with the best available light - but between the lack of sunshine and the fact that for some odd reason the sunroom has a northern exposure means they are almost leafless. I also envy you your farmer's market. We have one - but it doesn't open until around July 4. No flats of flowers - mostly just veggies and a few people selling potted herbs. But you are right about gardeners being optimists. We do it every year in spring - just the way we are mad enough to greet the first weed with joy - it's green and it means you can do a tiny bit of gardening. -- posted by CarolWallace » Howie - Re: Memories and weeds In response to message posted by CarolWallace:<img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319/files/BlueEntoloma3.jpg" width="100" height="130" alt="Blue Entoloma, Lake Matheson, New Zealand, 3,266 bytes" border=”2” align="left">We are back in the land of snow and gloom. A winter storm watch has been announced with lake effect snow to come. I am glad I absorbed some vitamin D last week in the sun. I am sorry your farmer's market is not as extensive as ours. Attending it in the spring is an experience drenched in color. Dozens upon dozens of flower sellers, each with dozens upon dozens of flats seduce the unwary. We take it easy on the flowers but come home with far more veggies than we had planned on. I grow almost all the plants I use each year from seed. -- posted by Howie » Rocksy - Re: Re: Memories and weeds In response to message posted by Howie:Hi Howie, I am interesting in knowing where you live. It seems that you live in a cold snowy climate like I do. I am in Manitoba Canada. We also have lots of farmers markets,and to go flower shopping in the spring is unreal. There are zillions of flats of flowers everywhere. I guess that's why I have never really started my own. -- posted by Rocksy » Howie - Re: Re: Re: Memories can help In response to message posted by Rocksy:<img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319/files/BlueEntoloma3.jpg" width="100" height="130" alt="Blue Entoloma, at Lake Matheson, New Zealand, 3,266 bytes" border=”2” align="left">Manitoba! I feel like a southerner in comparison. I live in New York State, south of Lake Ontario. Our nearest city is Syracuse. Your winters must be worse than ours. The current winter seems to have no end. Our snowfall this season passed 140 inches (358 cm) a week ago and it is still coming down. -- posted by Howie » Gay_Klok - Re: Memories and weeds In response to message posted by CarolWallace:Howie, your photo of the crocus in the snow, bought back memories alright. I married Kees in Canada and in February. Snow storms were nearly every day that Winter. Kees had rented a very nice home [easing me into marriage very slowly] for 3 months. It was a retired bank manager's home and they had gone on holidays for 3 months. Mrs Graham was a great gardener with African violets in the basement [which I probably watered too much] but outside all I ever saw was snow. One brilliant sunny day, I ventured out to collect the post and there, by the front door, I saw Crocus pushing their way through the snow. I have to admit that tears came to my eyes and I felt homesick PS You can all come over and get some of our weeds out if you are so desperate for a bit of earth grubbing -- posted by Gay_Klok » MaggieM - Waiting for spring Howie - you certainly helped remind me that there are things that do make what seems like an etrnal winter here near the Great Lakes (I'm on the other side in Ontario, 60 miles north west of Toronto and 30 miles or so north of Hamilton). Last year we went to Arizona in early March - while it was very dry, the Phoeniz Botanical Garden was a delight - evenmore so because I got to share it with my wonderful gardening friend from Saskaatchewan! And I am overdue for a visit to a couple of big local greenhouses to see the seedlings. My own seeds will be started this weekend, under lights of course - peppers (mostly the extreme hot varieties my sister in law, who is Peruvian, loves and we continue to grow because they brought seed pods with them when they moved here from Peru), some annual flowers, then tomatoes in a couple more weeks. Ohh - the smell of damp earth! One of nature's most precious perfumes! And in spite of the cost, the drive and the crowds, I will take a day and head off to our big garden show in Toronto - Canada Blooms - in about two weeks. My overwintered (under lights) geranimums are blooming now, as well. And of course I go visit Gay in Tasmania when I need a big fix of greenery and colour!-- posted by MaggieM » Howie - Re: Waiting for spring In response to message posted by MaggieM:<img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319/files/BlueEntoloma3.jpg" width="100" height="130" alt="Blue Entoloma, at Lake Matheson, New Zealand, 3,266 bytes" border=”2” align="left">MaggieM, it was at the Phoenix Botanic Garden that I purchased our mailbox flag, Kokapelli, the Don Juan of the Cliff Dwellers. It reminds me of the garden which I saw during a northeast winter. You are lucky to live north of Lake Ontario's snow belt. We are just at the southern edge of it. We have had more then 150 inches (3.8 m) of snowfall so far this season. I too visit Gay's gardens as a relief from our weather. I began my seed germination back in January for the slow starters. Also under lights and with bottom heat in a cold basement. I guess I check them and plants overwintering indoors more than once a day as my only contact with "spring" to come. I have not yet been to Canada Blooms but I do share your visits to local plant nurseries, despite my envy at the profusion of flora. I would like to possess everything in sight. -- posted by Howie
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