[Ag-eq] What's up

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Tracy:

I love amaryllis plants; my grandmother used to keep them and I've always
thought they were beautiful.

I dind't plant a winter garden this year to much was happening in my personal
life and I'm trying to get the bermuda grass out of my beds.  Do you have any
good ideas for getting rid of bermuda?

All I have growing right now are a few herbs.

I've been riding some and working with my horse.  He's turned out to be a
wonderful boy; I wasn't sure at first.

I'm still getting a little goat milk and have been making soap with it.  I
didn't breed any  of the girls this fall, so won't be getting milk much longer.

My chickens haven't been laying well with the shorter days.  I know they will
pick up when the days get longer.  I actually had to buy eggs for holiday
baking.  I've been threatening them all with the stew pot!

I'm still doing some dog training with Hank and Winston; they are both good and
fun boys.  Well, thats about all I've been up to lately.  I hope someone else
will share; the list has been so quiet.

  Take care.

Nella



Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> Hi Nella and all.
> I didn't mean to ignore you; I've just been swamped with work.
> The weather in Phoenix sounds delightful just now, though I still wouldn't
> want to live in the desert.  It was really cold here last week, but now it's
> back to the 30's and 40's.  Last week, it was between 3 and 15. Brrr!  Most
> of my patio plants spend the winter in our attic.  It's insulated, but not
> heated.  It usually stays comfortably cool, but last week I had to cover my
> plants because it was downright nippy up there.  They seem to have come
> through OK, happily.  I won't know about some of my more tender perennials
> outside until spring comes.  We'll see.
> Two of the plants I brought in for the winter are Chinese hibiscus, who are
> living in the dining room.  They're blooming a lot this winter!  Every few
> days, another big, beautiful flower opens up.  I need flowers in the winter.
> I'm also waiting for my amaryllis to wake up.  I've had the bulb for years.
> I put it outside when the weather warms up, and bring it in for a rest in
> the fall.  It's never ready to wake up in time for the holidays, but it
> usually has flowers in February or March.  My original bulb got so big it
> had a child bulb, so now I'll have even more beautiful flowers!
>
> I'm starting to give a little thought to next year's garden, with all the
> seed catalogs rolling in.  I wish it was easier to read them.  But mainly,
> it's still too cold for me to really get into garden mode yet.
>
> In the fall, I found one of my kale plants was just covered in insect eggs.
> I'm afraid I'm going to have a cabbage worm attack, come spring, even though
> I pulled the plant and tossed it.   I have to research organic controls for
> the little buggers.
>
> Anyway, that's what's up with me.  Anyone else care to chime in?
> Tracy
>
>
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