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- From: s5uagm@fnma.COM (Andrew Miller)
- Subject: Re: spring fever
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.194748.25093@almserv.uucp>
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- Reply-To: s5uagm@fnma.COM
- Organization: Fannie Mae
- References: <1992Dec30.045306.14311@sequent.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:47:48 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article 14311@sequent.com, goose@sequent.com (Virginia Rios) writes:
- >I just got my first gardening catalog in the mail today....
- >The compost piles (I have 3 of them) are all doing great....
- >one of which is ready to be tilled into the ground, and the
- >raised beds are pretty much empty...they need to be filled
- >with the stuff that I saw in the catalog...
- >
- > IS IT SPRING YET?!
- >
- >I'm tired of the cold, windy, dark, grey rainy days. No more snow
- >no more sleet or ice...
- >
- > IS IT SPRING YET?!
- >
- >ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!
- >
-
- Yes Virginia there is a Spring Thaw,
-
- I too am getting frustrated just looking at the catalogs. Hearing
- that it's time for people farther south to start seedlings just makes it
- worse. However, I've found a few things to tide me over:
-
- 1) Paperwhites - plant indoors now for blooms in Feb.
-
- 2) I just brought my bulbs for forcing out of the cold for blooming.
-
- 3) Just started a tropical seedling project.
-
- 4) I took a warmer day and raked/picked-up the yard again.
-
- 5) The local arboretum is still open and inside it's almost like spring.
-
- 6) Don't order your seeds too early. That way you can keep looking
- at catalogs.
-
- Just a few ideas.
-
- - Andrew -
-