[Ag-eq] test

Wed Apr 17 23:39:05 UTC 2013

Susan:

What kind of grapes do you grow?

I didn't know there were thornless black berries, I will have to look into
those.  I don't know if they would grow here, but I'm going to find out.

The fan flowers sound beautiful; I'm glad you were able to get some.

Nella
Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:

> Nella,
>
> I don't have anything in the ground yet.  We decided not to do the early
> garden because we have had too many late snows, frost and infrequent rain so
> far.  Although, Matt has already trimmed up the grapes in February and we
> are seeing real good early budding.  He will probably get fertalizer on them
> this weekend.  Matt has 5 thornless blackberries that he is going to get in
> the ground and between now and May 10th, he will hopefully get some seeds in
> the ground as well.  We can't put out plants until after May 10th due to
> frost, but that can still be a gamble.
>
> There is a flower I have planted for the past two years that I just can't
> get enough of them.  They are called Spanish Fans and their blooms look like
> colorful fans spred open.  They are in bright colors and do extremely well
> with our high humid heat.  The local family here that is now in their third
> generation of owner/workers usually has these flowers.  Last week, Matt
> called to see if they had certain plants and he asked about my Spanish Fans.
> Jimmy told him he didn't think they had them this year until his daughter
> who is about 18, piped up and told him that she knew I wanted them, so she
> made sure she planted extra for me.  Yay!  I am going to plant them this
> year in two half whisky barrels on either side of my bench swing.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
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> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:03 PM
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>
> >
> > Susan:
> >
> > I'm glad to hear that Dober is doing so well.  To bad he won't be able to
> > make
> > all of his wonderful hound sounds.  I love the sound of a baying hound!
> >
> > Have you been able to plant any of your garden yet?
> >
> > Take care.
> >
> > Nella
> >
> > Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
> >
> >> Hi Jody,
> >>
> >> Dover can wine, do a bit of a low growl and a quieter version of what we
> >> call hound talk.  He can't do the loud sort of yodel howling that a
> >> walker
> >> hound can do and they also can be rather vocal with wines, moans, huffing
> >> and other sound vocalizations that almost seems like they are talking to
> >> you.  Dover can still do some of this still along with pushing and
> >> rubbing
> >> his face, head, neck and shoulders up against you.
> >>
> >> When I'm sitting on the porch, he stands tall enough that he can just
> >> plop
> >> his head and neck right across my belly and he canpress his chest and
> >> shoulders all across my knees.  You might as well give him a minute or
> >> he'll
> >> just stand up on his hind legs, put a paw on your arm and shoulder and
> >> litterly be nose to nose with you.  The silly dog.
> >>
> >> When Dover was laid up inside, he wanted to do the same thing with laying
> >> and rubbing his head and neck all over you.  The only problem with that
> >> is
> >> he had the two open drains and all of those exposed stitches.  Now I have
> >> a
> >> thing about tuching stitches, they just creep the crap out of me.  So
> >> when
> >> Dover insisted on this sort of attention whenever I was sitting down, I'd
> >> just catch him at the chest with my sock feet and keep him at that
> >> distance
> >> so I could still pet and rub his head, ears, and muzzle without tuching
> >> his
> >> stitches or being covered with his drain liquids.  He unfortunately
> >> thought
> >> this was a fun game for me to slide him backwards with my feet on the
> >> slick
> >> wooden floor, so he blessed me with doing it quite frequently until I had
> >> to
> >> call for Matt to rescue me from the goofy beast.  LOL
> >>
> >>   We're thinking about downsizeing the garden this year because we have
> >> had
> >> two locations and with the terrible drout we had last year, we just about
> >> lost everything because we couldn't irrigate because we lost power the
> >> first
> >> of July for 1 week.  No power ment no running water anywhere and the
> >> generator couldn't help because the pump is hardwired into my house fuse
> >> box.  We had a hard enough time bringing in water from about 10 miles
> >> away
> >> for us, the animals and his one row of grapes.  The grapes got enough
> >> water
> >> to survive, but they didn't produce any grapes and we were expecting
> >> about
> >> 25 gallons of grapes.  I would like to see him cut back on volume and
> >> increase his veriety.  With him working 12 hour nights, 4 nights straight
> >> and then off 4 days straight, it really messes with your awake and sleep
> >> times.  To keep up with a place like this, it has to be enjoyable and not
> >> a
> >> non-ending burden.
> >>
> >> Susan
> >> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
> >> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 7:10 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] test
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello Susan,
> >> >
> >> > Oh I am so glad hat Dover is better but what a shame he will never bark
> >> > again.  Can he make any sound at all?
> >> >
> >> > Why do you want to shrink your garden?
> >> >
> >> > JODY
> >> >
> >> >
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