Bubbles said:Melvalena, I think we just have to have an attitude adjustment! I've given up on some things that I know I have to baby too much. I bought some poppy varieties yesterday in 4" pots to plant and hopefully get seeds from for next year. No more palms for me, even tho we're having a palm expert speak to our garden club this summer. BTW, did you hear the meteor last night????
No I did not see or hear it!
I was inside a night club giving dance lessons at the time and heard about it on the radio during my drive home. Did you see it? I heard people saw it from San Antonio clear up to OKC!
I'm done pushing zone limits. I'm tired of hauling things in and out, I'm tired of wasting my money too.
Everything but the dusty miller I bought last year died during the summer! EVERYTHING! Even plants that were supposed to survive!
I guess they didn't get enough head start before the heat set in.. or maybe it was the June hail storm that stripped every plant of every leaf just before the heat set in?
AND I WATERED!!! We were not on restrictions here. Just couldn't water between 10am and 6 pm.. (who would do that anyway??)
Though our winters are mild compared to zone 6 and lower our summers are brutal. Your mid summer gardens are all dead and dried up here in April/May.
Our plants still have to go through May, June, July, Aug and a good bit of Sept before there is relief and they can't depend on rainfall either.. there is very little after the first of June.
I hate cacti and succulents don't impress me.
I suppose I'm just frustrated right now. I'll get over it and carry on....
