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RE: CLXXII....Cool and colder

10 years ago

Veer finished with Killer in High Heels.....Gemma Halliday

Murder Day by Day......Irvin S. Cobb

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eaga
10 years ago
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
phyllis__mn
Original Author
10 years ago
A Sight for Sore Eyes/.....Ruth Rendell
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best way to overwinter Live Oak in colder climate?
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Guys, thanks for the add'l replies. Last winter, I mostly kept them in storage room adjacent to the house, bringing them out for occasional watering on warmer days. That is, except for 1 tree that I brought inside maybe a bit more than a month after the first frost (i.e., allowing some dormancy, but before the coldest part of the winter) for a test case. The one kept inside did fine, and began to grow. The rest took a beating, and their main stems all died. They did resprout from the very base, but it wasn't pretty. I can technically boast of 100% survival, but last winter was a fairly mild one, temperature-wise. For various reasons (mostly, lack of space!) I need to keep these potted; I will try putting them in a bed of mulch and top soil, to see if that helps. They're so small that I'm not worried about snow load breakage yet, but I will watch for that. Sam, just saw your post as I was typing this... that's interesting that they will live up to the DC area! Thanks again.
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Getting colder...
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"You might want to go back and re-look at what is actually happening with the carbon dioxide v. temperature. When the oceans release CO2 during hotter periods and absorb it during colder periods, this amplifies the effect." I'm sorry, I thought that's what I said. Maybe I wasn't clear. And FYI atwork, I quoted the thing about river delta subsidence and ground water pumping directly from EPA. They were discussing the many causes of sea level rise, and two particular areas that have seen rapid rise for those reasons. Also, the sea levels have been rising for thousands of years, they didn't just start recently. Places like Tuvalu (which is only about 7 inches above sea level) are doomed regardless. And they qualify the studies on sea levels with all kinds of quotes like these: "The IPCC found significant uncertainty in the analysis of 20th century sea level change. Also, there is little knowledge about the regional pattern of sea level change." Or "Furthermore, some processes affecting sea level have long (centuries and longer) time-scales, so that current sea level change is also related to past climate change, and some relevant processes are not determined solely by climate." Or "According to the IPCC, current model projections indicate substantial variability in future sea level rise between different locations. Some locations could experience sea level rise higher than the global average projections, while others could have a fall in sea level." Projections range from an increase of 3 inches to about 3 feet in the next century.
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Climbers that are not cane hardy for zones 6 & colder
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Thanks vaporvac! JL like most climbers has a heavy flush of blooms in June, and sporadic thereafter. It can get pretty tall with beautiful pink flowers. I've had mine for at least 15 years. There's another climber that blooms for a long time in my garden and it's Super Excelsa. It starts blooming later in the season, but it continues blooming right up until frost. One thing to warn you though is that it's a thorny monster! LOL. Pic #1, Jeanne Lajoie; Pic #2, Super Excelsa.
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Colder mornings are back. Are some of your plants back inside yet?
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Bill, YES, they are prehistoric and NO, did not grow them from seeds, but can you believe I have had some of them for 40 years. They grow in flushes, they will look like varnished plastic and then within two weeks sprout a new crown of some 6-20 new leaves. So they are FAST within the period of new growth, and in Florida, can have two growth spurts per season. They also sucker, so there will be more of them for propagation. They are pretty easy but are NOT house plants..., NEED TO BE OUTSIDE. I have serious DEER and this plant is DEFINITELY NEVER gonna be touched by any deer..., maybe a dinosaur. When the leaves first emerge they are very vulnerable to damage and by the end of week two they are indestructible, unless you are a dinosaur. Not sure of hardiness..., maybe 15 F and I am going down to 25 F but they are valuable now, and plants in containers are never as hardy in a pot as in the ground. One of my gardening themes is paleobotany (prehistoric plants), thus, the cycads, ferns, magnolias, Japanese plum yews (Cephalotaxus), Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle), Gingko biloba, and Dawn Reds (Metasequoia). I guess the modern world ain't really doing it for me, LOL. My Japanese Bloodgood Maple is one of our favorite trees and it too drops leaves very late toward the end of November. But at least THIS year they turned red and did not linger on the tree as frozen brown leaves for the winter, they do that some years if it's too warm in Autumn, which it was this year, but they did not freeze. My gingko goes from solid green to yellow debris it seems in a day. I hear you about the Sweet Gum, never had one but my neighbor is still bitchin' about his after decades of separation from it. Here is a pic of one of the C. revoluta plants. Also grow Zamia, Encephalartos and Dioon among the cycad genera.
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leel
10 years ago
Medicine's new vision --Howard Sochurek
veer
10 years ago
The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles - Giorgio Bassani
leel
10 years ago
The Golden Bowl--Henry James
veer
10 years ago
Lew Hoad: The Golden Boy of Tennis - Pete Sampras
eaga
10 years ago
The Poky Little Puppy - written by Janette Sebring Lowrey, Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. A Little Golden Book
leel
10 years ago
Woof by Elliott Erwitt

(Cercis141: Well do I remember that Poky Little Puppy! Must have read it a thousand times to my kids.)
veer
10 years ago
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
phyllis__mn
Original Author
10 years ago
Strange Affair.......Peter Robinson
sheriz6
10 years ago
The Mysterious Affair at Styles -- Agatha Christie
netla
10 years ago
The Chicago Manual of Style - University of Chicago Press Staff
leel
10 years ago
The elements of style by William Strunk

(THE book on how to write it well and succinctly)
veer
10 years ago
Fashion Branding Styles from Armani to Zara - Mark Tungate
sheriz6
10 years ago
Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa -- Peter Beard
leel
10 years ago
The Barber of Seville--Rossini
veer
10 years ago
Short Back and Sides Tales from an Irish Barber's Shop - Peter Quinn
woodnymph2_gw
10 years ago
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
leel
10 years ago
The cloister walk-- Kathleen Norris
veer
10 years ago
The Black Monk - Anton Chekhov
Kath
10 years ago
Dissolution - C J Sansom
eaga
10 years ago
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco

(Hi leel - I remember reading The Poky Little Puppy to myself as a child! Still recall the feel of the book in my hands.)
phyllis__mn
Original Author
10 years ago
The Thorn Birds. Colleen McCullough
donnamira
10 years ago
Birds of a Feather .... Jacqueline Winspear

(The Poky Little Puppy was my favorite Golden Book as a child too!)
leel
10 years ago
Sibley Guide to Birds--David Allen Sibley
veer
10 years ago
Our Feathered Friends - Mollie Makes
woodnymph2_gw
10 years ago
Too Late the Phalarope - Alan Paton
phyllis__mn
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings....Maya Angelou
eaga
10 years ago
A Complete Guide to Bird Feeding - John V. Dennis
leel
10 years ago
Birds of the Puget Sound Region--Bob Morse
veer
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Sounds of the Wild Birds - Maurice Pledger
woodnymph2_gw
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The Snow Goose - Paul Gallico
carolyn_ky
10 years ago
Winter of the World, Ken Follett
leel
10 years ago
The winter of our discontent --John Steinbeck
veer
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A Chill Wind - Janet McDonald
sheriz6
10 years ago
The Wind Through the Keyhole -- Stephen King
phyllis__mn
Original Author
10 years ago
Ill Wind........Nevada Barr
leel
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The wounded storyteller : body, illness, and ethics --Arthur W. Frank
veer
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Cuts and Bruises - Frederic Raphael
sheriz6
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Stitches -- Anne Lamott
woodnymph2_gw
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How to Make an American Quilt - Whitney Otto
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leel
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--Douglas Adams
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