Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 28, 2007, 7:49 am
On 5/27/07 10:57 PM, in article c8hk531ckj12ddeddan89fvso942a2r0f3@4ax.com,
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> One bite into a 'Honey Crisp' and all her wrath will melt away! I
>>> wish we could grow them down here in TX, but we can't. All we can
>>> plant are Granny Smiths and Delicious and they never produce anyway.
>>> I've paid as much as 3.00 for a pound of Honey Crisp. Mmmmmm mmmm.
>>
>> Try Gala, fugi and dorsett golden, all low chilling.
>
> True, but nothing like a Honey Crisp.
My cousins used to have a Winesap tree. Now, those were good eating.
C
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 27, 2007, 8:14 am
On 5/26/07 6:34 PM, in article 8ech53h0pstj1ae47t98p7qeqkgupt2bus@4ax.com,
"Charlie" <Charlie> wrote:
> I just "had" to go to the local Ace to pick up another jug of fish
> sauce for the tomatoes. When I came out I saw the first warning sign:
>
> SALE!
>
> Crap, it happens every friggin' year. I cannot resist. I thinks to
> meself, I'll just take a quick walk thru. Crap again, apple trees
> were reduced and several of them looked really fine. I have been
> pestering my sweetie for several years about planting a couple apples
> and haven't had any luck. I took the bull by the horns, and bought a
> Honeycrisp and a Royal Gala. I figgered to sneak 'em in and get them
> planted before she caught me. Maybe she wouldn't notice the side yard
> had sprouted a couple new trees.
>
> Yeah, well she was looking out the kitchen window when I rolled in.
>
> Busted.
>
> Making deals after the transgression costs one dearly.
> (Hee hee... I got the trees though!)
>
>
> "The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation.
> It becomes an obsession." -- Phyllis McGinley
>
> Tread Carefully, you have been warned
> Charlie
Loving spouses understand temptation and sticky pots.
C
Posted by Ann on May 29, 2007, 12:41 pm
>Loving spouses understand temptation and sticky pots.
Cheryl, you're a longtime wreck.gardener, so you know all about sticky
pot syndrome. There is no cure (nor do we want one!), the only way to
ease the symptoms is to buy that beautiful whatever and stick it in
your own garden. Repeatedly! <G>
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 29, 2007, 1:15 pm
On 5/29/07 12:41 PM, in article 9slo531kctjo38s95e0sh7l2h2opugri13@4ax.com,
>
>> Loving spouses understand temptation and sticky pots.
>
> Cheryl, you're a longtime wreck.gardener, so you know all about sticky
> pot syndrome. There is no cure (nor do we want one!), the only way to
> ease the symptoms is to buy that beautiful whatever and stick it in
> your own garden. Repeatedly! <G>
Thanks Ann, tomorrow, we see how many pots stick when the gardening neighbor
and I hit Lull Brook Farms for "heirloom tomatoes" and what ever else looks
good.
AND - I think I found (maybe) a place to site the shrub I fell for, but left
behind. It is Sambucus nigra 'Eva'
http://www.colorchoiceplants.com/Black_Lace_Retailers.htm?gclid=CKmcyInws4wC
FQMLVAodQSt7Sg
C
Posted by Ann on May 29, 2007, 3:23 pm
>AND - I think I found (maybe) a place to site the shrub I fell for, but left
>behind. It is Sambucus nigra 'Eva'
>http://www.colorchoiceplants.com/Black_Lace_Retailers.htm?gclid=CKmcyInws4wC
>FQMLVAodQSt7Sg
Cheryl, I had that last year, planted it in early spring, it didn't
make it through the winter. I don't know if it was too dry or whether
our whacky winter warmth/hard freeze did it in. I'm trying it again
in a more sheltered spot this season.
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************
>> wrote:
>>
>>> One bite into a 'Honey Crisp' and all her wrath will melt away! I
>>> wish we could grow them down here in TX, but we can't. All we can
>>> plant are Granny Smiths and Delicious and they never produce anyway.
>>> I've paid as much as 3.00 for a pound of Honey Crisp. Mmmmmm mmmm.
>>
>> Try Gala, fugi and dorsett golden, all low chilling.
>
> True, but nothing like a Honey Crisp.