Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> Puester > dropped this news:JduLj.167159
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> It's April 10. Spring flowers are in bloom. The lupine,
>> iris and day lilies are about 6 inches tall.
>>
>> The flowering and fruit trees are in bloom (You can see
>> where this is going, can't you?) including our two mature
>> apricot trees. Leaves are emerging from buds on shade trees.
>>
>> We had many days in the low 70's in March.
>>
>> Today it is 30 degrees and SNOWING, with 6-8 inches forecast.
>>
>> Here we go, another year w/o home-grown apricots.
>>
>> I can't decide if it's fools not learning from former errors
>> or hope springing eternal, but over the weekend we planted
>> two cherry trees and another apricot (we hope it's a
>> later-blooming one.)
>>
>> ;-(
>> gloria p
>
> I don't have an ounce of pity for you. We haven't come close to 70
> degrees and we're getting yet another full day of rain. I've now got 64
> plants in my garage which I've ordered from different nurseries and they
> have already been delivered. I can't plant them. The ground is so wet I
> need hip boots to take the dog out for her walks. The feral cat rarely
> leaves the garage.
>
> If all else fails, I've got to buy 64 peat pots in various sizes to at
> least get some of these plants into some fresh soil. I'm not a happy
> camper.
>
> Michael
>
>

<BEG> It's 78 and party cloudy here in Naples </BEG>