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Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 8:14 pm

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It will seem strange to most that I would be so excited about rain. But last Sunday we had 3/4 inch and today we have had 1 and 1/2 inches. While this is pretty much what we normally get in January, it is also more than we had in the last 5 months of last year.

We are also having well above normal temps this winter and since the longrange forecast for our area is continued above normal temps for the rest of the winter I have declared it time to buy and plant.

A dozen new Daylillie bulbs (6 yellow, 6 purple), two Patchouli, 3 chocolate mints, two Indian Hawthornes and a Lavender have been added to FRED. Out on the front porch I added a red Primrose and a new Rosemary to replace the potted one the freeze got last month.
I need to refill the large tub out front with more red Geraniums as soon as they are in the garden center.

I am also going to get some seeds potted next week. I was given some watermelon and wisteria that I want to see if they sprout. Also have some gourd seeds from the birdhouse gourds I bought a couple of years ago and painted for gifts. I don't know what the "shelf life" is on these but I thought I ought to try anyway.


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dooley wrote on Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:14 pm:

I'm glad it's raining in Texas. Our rain here this week was just drizzle and it quit after an hour. We haven't had rain since Oct. It did snow about 1/4 inch. They are predicting a huge fire danger this spring.

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toni wrote on Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:37 am:

Dooley,
Hope the fire danger isn't bad for you this spring. We have been under red flag warnings for months.
Even after the rain we got today, the fire danger will be back tomorrow because of the wind and still being so behind in rain from last year.

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