Comments on: garden update http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/ Gardening, rural life, nature and general observations from a west Texas perspective. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dottie http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1920 Dottie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1920 It is so hard to imagine that it is already so hot out there .........we have had a cool week in St. Louis......I did have one black swallowtail fluttering around my garden this week- she was too active to get a picture - she was flying around the fennel that has grown to almost 5 feet, but not too many of the zinnias have bloomed for her to feed on. I can see tiny buds on the milkweed and they are already taller than I am- can hardly wait for the monarchs to arrive......... It is so hard to imagine that it is already so hot out there ………we have had a cool week in St. Louis……I did have one black swallowtail fluttering around my garden this week- she was too active to get a picture - she was flying around the fennel that has grown to almost 5 feet, but not too many of the zinnias have bloomed for her to feed on. I can see tiny buds on the milkweed and they are already taller than I am- can hardly wait for the monarchs to arrive………

]]> By: M Stevens (Austin) http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1921 M Stevens (Austin) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1921 Exactly how I feel, Bill. I can barely drag myself out to the garden in this humidity and when I do, I'm covered in mosquitoes. They seem to breed in the mulch, not just in open water (which I'm careful not to leave around). At least the toads seem very happy. Well I'm off to beautiful, cool, dry San Francisco (as AJM's speaking at JavaOne). So no updates on my site for awhile. Exactly how I feel, Bill. I can barely drag myself out to the garden in this humidity and when I do, I’m covered in mosquitoes. They seem to breed in the mulch, not just in open water (which I’m careful not to leave around). At least the toads seem very happy.

Well I’m off to beautiful, cool, dry San Francisco (as AJM’s speaking at JavaOne). So no updates on my site for awhile.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1922 Leslie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.prairiepoint.net/journal/2004/06/25/garden-update/#comment-1922 Unfortunately for us in Alberta, we've been told to do all we can to avoid the mosquitoes this year as some are carrying the West Nil Virus. Deet is once again reappearing on all the store shelves after having been removed previously because of health concerns. We don't get the humidity here that you do (thankfully) but I have experienced it in Winnipeg once summer and it was unbearable, turning everything in its wake to a sloth. Unfortunately for us in Alberta, we’ve been told to do all we can to avoid the mosquitoes this year as some are carrying the West Nil Virus. Deet is once again reappearing on all the store shelves after having been removed previously because of health concerns.

We don’t get the humidity here that you do (thankfully) but I have experienced it in Winnipeg once summer and it was unbearable, turning everything in its wake to a sloth.

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