wan2hav's Blog

My original posts in the old New England threads "OH WELL " are moving here....I saw that they had over 10,000.00 hits--so I want to continue them here !

Posted: Oct/07/2006 3:22 AM PST

I am finally and reluctantly bringing in my house plants for the winter.

Today , I brought in my tender stalked tropicals (Names unknown) tomorrow my Snake Plants...and Sunday my Hibiscus ..which are still continuing to flower..God BLess Them !!!

Falls here and temps will drop to 40's or a bit lower tonight and I don't want to frost 'em too much.

Veggie garden is looking real sad--though STILL.. I have greenies on the vine !

Leaves are crinkling under foot......and winterizing will now begin !!! Plants in..Hoses in...planters dumped and put away....roses tied back and cut back.
Onward we march through the end of another year.

Posted: Oct/17/2006 2:51 AM PST

Took cold last few days.

Heats on in the house..though still low !!

Hibiscus are in--though they are taking up so much space..I'll probably have to cut them back. They are so green and full and bauetiful now I hate to do it.

Nothing much growing outside now..still a few greenies on the vines..but this cold weather dip will soon have its way with them..and they'll be froze to death...

I'm startin' to think about chiles and soups and hot long cooked foods..that heat the belly along with the body........and have pulled out my sweaters and sweatshirts...cause even going downstairs at all needs long sleeves.

Oct/21/2006 3:35 PM PST

First fall rains came the last day or so-----knocked a bunch of leaves off the trees...leaves that are left are very red and orange now. I heard somewhere
that the moisture level is what determines a lot of the color in fall leaves.

Sweep up--clean up !

Posted: Oct/27/2006 6:41 AM PST

Got a bit of frost last night...lucky for me I had just gotten all my house plants in the house ..just in the nick of time !

My four Christmas Cactus already are full budded...and will be in full bloom within a couple of weeks I guess. They did very well outside this year..they look better than they ever did. These are young ones only a few years old..as I lost my old timer over last winter...even with lights..last winter was cold ..long....and deep..for this area.,,These I have totally in the house now...I certainly don't want to take a chance on losing them..this year.

Posted: Nov/07/2006 4:57 AM PST

I spent today out side ..finally pulling up the spent vines and the supports for
the cukes and tomatos. I picked another fifteen or so small tomatos and a few romas.They were very cold..not like in the summer when they are warm ..but ..still..very good tasting.

Cut back a bunch of late flowering plants....and swept up the driveway of leaves and debris.

I thought I'd be moving to a more northern place..but have had second thoughts--so for this year and next that won't be a issue for me..thats a good thing because I could not figure out how I was going to move all of my plants....and worse...in the winter. Nice house ..big yard...but I had to cut it loose.

My Christmas Cactus's spent all summer outside and now are blooming like crazy...I can ='t even believe it........they were little babies last year ..I saved from the end of the holiday plant sale..dried up and half dead..but now...........................
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They are alive and kicking !!

Posted: Nov/09/2006 1:01 AM PST

Major rains and flooding down here at about sea level.

Roads are closed...you can't get under the railroad tracks and a ton of accidents.

Everyone got home late today if they went to work at all.

No working on the land at all today--unless you want to drown or sink in mud.

Personally--I'm glad to see this rain...as now I can be at peace that all the plants will get a deep drink before we finally freeze off .

Squirrels been eating my pumpkins---hopefully they won't get them all so I can save some seeds for next years crop !

I'm still getting tomatoes..and I found another cucumber---yesterday. I brought it in and just made a salad. SO very late..but still better than a store bought one ! I was happy to see it..and happier even more to eat it.

Posted: Nov/13/2006 3:01 AM PST

We are trying to get the heavy pre-winter work done before the freeze off happens. Yesterday was working on the fence that had been blown down by the wind during the rains we had over the last few weeks. We need to put in another post...but want to wait till next year ..because we'll need to drop some fill where the earth has been washed away...so for now we had to rig it up.

I'm still pulling up the rest of the vegtable plants and putting away the cages and other goods for the winter....next I'm going to winterize my tools..by oiling and sanding.

I'm also looking at my beds to decide what I want to do and where I want to place things next year...I have some areas that plant certain types of plants..but I try to move them around within the bed to different areas.

I want to get this all done over the next couple of weeks..before the freeze.

Posted: Nov/17/2006 8:46 AM PST

Major windstorm overnight...
The storm came up from the south and is a long path of wind and destruction

Lots of flooding and downed stuff again !!..yet it was 65 degrees yesterday...wheres the snow. ?..where the sweater weather ?

I truly miss having a real winter ..and on time !!!!

Posted: Nov/21/2006 11:56 PM PST

A few days ago ...it was 65 degrees outside.

Today it had dropped down to 40 or so.

BBBrrrhhhhhh....Its getting there !!