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Re: Close to Spring

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From: atec77
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:58
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On 28/07/2011 7:51 AM, rainman@mailinator.com wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:25:21 +1000,  "FarmI"<ask@itshall be given>  wrote:
>
>>>> I figured out how many weeks till Spring and how many tasks I had to do
>>>> in
>>>> the garden before the wqrmer weather comes.  I'm pretty much on track.
>>>> You?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Spring starts on Thursday at my Sinney residence.  That's my estimate as
>>> to when my prunus
>>> blieriana will start flowering.  ;-)
>>
>> For years I've checked up on a particular prunus on a road I travel
>> sometimes each winter.  For about 30 years this particular tree has always
>> flowered at least 2 months before the warm weather arrives.  I always look
>> out for it when I'm driving down that road and it never fails to cheer me up
>> when I see it in bloom.
>>
>> Do you start planting when your prunus flowers or do you still ahve to wait
>> a few weeks?
>>
>> Despite 1/9 supposedly being 'Spring',I know that there is no way I can
>> plant anything I please just because the date tells me it's spring - 1/10 is
>> more like the real time I can plant with any degree of certainty.
>>
> I've already started planting the veges.  Tomatoes and carrots are in, possums are being
> hunted down before other things go in.
>
My Garlic is 35cm high and thriving

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Subject: Re: Close to Spring
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:58:42 +1000
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