Comments on: Winter skin http://blog.blithewold.org/annuals/winter-skin/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/annuals/winter-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Blackswampgirl Kim Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:22:44 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1573#comment-4127 I'm... sort of... still planting! Actually, I'm looking at the 4 flats of free perennials that are sitting on my driveway (oh, okay, and one shrub, too) and wondering when in the heck I'm going to get them heeled into the ground. Not to mention the bronze Dutch iris, and that last bag of species tulips that I couldn't resist... <em>Kim, Has your weather gone to the top of the roller coaster like ours has? I'm a little dizzy from the ride from 14 to 60ish yesterday but if you're going through that too maybe you can still sneak those orphans in! Of course now we've got rain and if it freezes right after ... aargh. Good luck! (Could you force the bulbs if you don't have a chance to get them in?) -kris</em> I’m… sort of… still planting! Actually, I’m looking at the 4 flats of free perennials that are sitting on my driveway (oh, okay, and one shrub, too) and wondering when in the heck I’m going to get them heeled into the ground. Not to mention the bronze Dutch iris, and that last bag of species tulips that I couldn’t resist…

Kim, Has your weather gone to the top of the roller coaster like ours has? I’m a little dizzy from the ride from 14 to 60ish yesterday but if you’re going through that too maybe you can still sneak those orphans in! Of course now we’ve got rain and if it freezes right after … aargh. Good luck! (Could you force the bulbs if you don’t have a chance to get them in?) -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/annuals/winter-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Layanee Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:47:38 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1573#comment-4066 I am not ready for this! I just put up the cold frame and now we have solid freezes! It was a bit eerie for me to see your first picture. Come over and visit Ledge and check out the first picture on today's blog. Honest, I didn't look here first. <em>Layanee, It's like we've both showed up in the same prom dress - we're weirdly in tune with each other! -kris </em> I am not ready for this! I just put up the cold frame and now we have solid freezes! It was a bit eerie for me to see your first picture. Come over and visit Ledge and check out the first picture on today’s blog. Honest, I didn’t look here first.

Layanee, It’s like we’ve both showed up in the same prom dress – we’re weirdly in tune with each other! -kris

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://blog.blithewold.org/annuals/winter-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-4065 Pam/Digging Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:32:23 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1573#comment-4065 Brrr! Stay warm, Kris. Yes indeed, I'm still planting in Austin and will be continuing to do so all winter. Now's the time, while we have a reprieve from the death star. <em>Pam, you made me laugh! I'll be virtually visiting you to remember what warm looks like. What fun that you get to go full speed ahead planting your new garden. -kris</em> Brrr! Stay warm, Kris.

Yes indeed, I’m still planting in Austin and will be continuing to do so all winter. Now’s the time, while we have a reprieve from the death star.

Pam, you made me laugh! I’ll be virtually visiting you to remember what warm looks like. What fun that you get to go full speed ahead planting your new garden. -kris

]]> By: Amy http://blog.blithewold.org/annuals/winter-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-4064 Amy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:14:59 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1573#comment-4064 I can't plant anymore, but I must admit that my poor dead tomato plants have been left in the veggie bed and they don't look so good after several hard frosts! I went out to take photos yesterday and boy did my hands hurt by the time I was done. I think I'll need some fingerless gloves so I'll be able to take my camera outside this winter! <em>Amy, It's when my hands are cold that I get the crankiest. I wear layers even on my hands and when I'm taking pictures I definitely have to choose between dexterity and warmth - with gloves and mittens on I hit some new buttons on the camera (I learn a new trick every day)! -kris</em> I can’t plant anymore, but I must admit that my poor dead tomato plants have been left in the veggie bed and they don’t look so good after several hard frosts! I went out to take photos yesterday and boy did my hands hurt by the time I was done. I think I’ll need some fingerless gloves so I’ll be able to take my camera outside this winter!

Amy, It’s when my hands are cold that I get the crankiest. I wear layers even on my hands and when I’m taking pictures I definitely have to choose between dexterity and warmth – with gloves and mittens on I hit some new buttons on the camera (I learn a new trick every day)! -kris

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