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     Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Username: Jeri Post Number: 62 Registered: 01-2006 |
Waalll . . . back in '94, we had some mudslides. But since then, it's been more famine than feast. I could go for a couple of decent rains. After all, DH just got done installing a complete rainguttering system, and Mr. Engineer wants to see it work. :-) Jeri | ||
| Ron Robertson (Lemecdutex) Intermediate Member Username: lemecdutex Post Number: 28 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jeri, I do hate droughts, so I hope you get some good rains soon (without them being landsclide inducers!). --Ron | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Username: Jeri Post Number: 55 Registered: 01-2006 |
After last year getting too much, and this year not enough down south, does that mean next year will be just right? *** Oh, I WISH. But for us, of late years, it seems to be either feast or famine. Clay said he read today that the Pacific Ocean is presently warmer than it has been at any time in the past century. That has a major effect on our climate. No rain shortage up here so far. We've got standing water in several places (on sandy soil at that!) I try to think about all the gophers that might be drowning, definitely makes me feel better! *** Nope -- from mid-state up, y'all have OUR rain, New Mexico's rain, and Texas and Oklahoma's rain . I'd settle for getting just a few good rains to leach accumulated mineral salts out of the soil around the roses. But, noooooooooo . . . no rain for US. Jeri | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Username: steprose Post Number: 87 Registered: 01-2006 |
I was pruning in shirt sleeves today. got up into the 40's - yeah! Actually, over all, we're having a mild winter. The ground is frozen, but the air is pleasant. | ||
| Ron Robertson (Lemecdutex) Intermediate Member Username: lemecdutex Post Number: 25 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jeri, I suspect you're right. Somewhere there was a winter chill counter on the web, and you can look for various cities how many have been accumulated. I don't think we get as many here in Petaluma as I got in Fresno, but it apparently is enough. We do get colder nights often enough, though. After last year getting too much, and this year not enough down south, does that mean next year will be just right? No rain shortage up here so far. We've got standing water in several places (on sandy soil at that!) I try to think about all the gophers that might be drowning, definitely makes me feel better! --Ron | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Username: Jeri Post Number: 42 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jeri, here at GardenValley (not Petaluma) we've gone down to 22°F *** I just think of it as providing the winter chill the peonies, bulbs, and of course, the Albas, Gallicas and other gopher survivers (so far) need. *** *** <sigh> Yes indeed -- and that's why we can't grow peonies, or tulips, Lilacs, or Northern European once-blooming roses. I suspect just a few deg. would make a difference, but our winters are growing milder here with every passing year. And drier. Jeri | ||
| Rozanna Tamplin (Rozanna) Intermediate Member Username: rozanna Post Number: 4 Registered: 09-2004 |
Many, Many days in the 70's here with a few dips below freezing at night and nary a bloom in the yard. | ||
| Ron Robertson (Lemecdutex) Intermediate Member Username: lemecdutex Post Number: 21 Registered: 01-2006 |
Jeri, here at GardenValley (not Petaluma) we've gone down to 22°F this winter, and several nights in the 20s (short-sleeved weather for Stephen). Cold enough to kill some plants I'd put out thinking they were hardier than they were! I just think of it as providing the winter chill the peonies, bulbs, and of course, the Albas, Gallicas and other gopher survivers (so far) need. Still, it quit being cold too early, and now most of the roses are beginning to wake up and grow, which worries me. --Ron | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Username: steprose Post Number: 75 Registered: 01-2006 |
they're twins! | ||
| Samantha Mooney (Matissesmom) Intermediate Member Username: matissesmom Post Number: 17 Registered: 09-2004 |
Hi Stephen.. we got caught up on this on another thread, right? I'm in SoCalifornia. 365 days a year of growing roses. Frost? What's that. LOL! Dry climate, too. It is as close to heaven as I want to be at this time! Sam Why are there two of them? Oops, what'd I do? Mistress Bosanquet... something like that :-()   | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 31 Registered: 01-2006 |
Welcome back Sam. Where do you garden? stephen | ||
| Samantha Mooney (Matissesmom) New member Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2004 |
Yes, I'm glad the 'Green Rose' topic was posted on Antiques Discussions. I'd forgotten about this place. I think I used to check in, but not for a while. I've bookmarked it and will try and learn how to post a picture. Samantha.. or just Sam Gee, I've been a registered member for a while! I HAD forgotten this place. Not anymore! | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 25 Registered: 01-2006 |
Well, we're very glad you found us! My teas are covered in snow. I can hear the screams as I type. | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Post Number: 11 Registered: 01-2006 |
this forum looks as though it will be one of the very best available to us! *** HEAR! HEAR! I think in the end, this will become my destination-of-choice. How nice that it was sitting right here, waiting for us. If we'd realized THAT, we might have decamped from GW ages ago. DUH. Oh, and Allison -- the temp. here hit 34 last night. It was brief, but it was the lowest temp we've had for at least a year, and likely more. THAT will probably slow those impulsive Tea Roses down some. <g> Jeri | ||
| Allison Strong (Countesswildrose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 6 Registered: 01-2006 |
Ah, I see that now! Thanks for the explanation Kent. And thanks very much for the welcome, Stephen. I will undoubtably make several mistakes as I am learning the format of this site, so, just wanted to step cautiously and make sure I was not where I was not supposed to be! Just like Jeri, I hope to always have at least a semi-double mind, and have found myself to have more than triploid club involvement, so I get mixed up pretty easily... But I have to say, this forum looks as though it will be one of the very best available to us! I am happy to find an online clubhouse that I won't have to worry about weird unrelated scrolling advertisements like I read that some of the GW folks were dealing with. And I do see that the emotional tone here is focused on enjoyment of roses, no embedded angst or grumpiness! Many, many thanks! | ||
| Kent Krugh (Kkrugh) Board Administrator Post Number: 19 Registered: 09-2004 |
None of our topics in the HRF Forum allow "Public" posting. This simply means you must register before you can post. "Private posting" means only registered users can post. The HRF Board topic is restricted to HRF Board members via a password. And I have dis-allowed posting to archived topics. Kent | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 21 Registered: 01-2006 |
you are very welcome here, glad to have you on board. stephen | ||
| Allison Strong (Countesswildrose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2006 |
Wow, Jeri, that is amazing! We are having a mild winter here, but, nothing is blooming at present. Nada. Zilch. I am so looking forward to finally seeing California in June! Only 5 more months til a great vacation! For my peace of mind, this page and several others I have noticed say "This is a private posting area." Yes, I am a registered user now, but, I am wondering if I should be restricting my posts to other threads? Do not want to become an interloper... | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2006 |
What teas and Noisettes dare to bloom now? Ummm . . . Let's see ... Rosette Delizy, Mons. Tillier, Mme. Alfred Carriere, Lamarque, Blush Noisette, "Jacob Zeisz" ("Placerville White Noisette")' "Georgetown Noisette", "Manchester Guardian Angel," Etoile de Lyon, Marie van Houtte, Mme. Berkeley, Le Pactole, Le Vesuve, "Smith's Parish" . . . There are probably more. Not blooming heavily, but blooming. But I'm even getting bloom on Reine des Violettes, Panachee d'Orleans, Probable-Pie -IX, and a few other such things. This is a remarkably warm, dry winter we're having. Northern CA and the PNW are getting all of our rain. Jeri | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 17 Registered: 01-2006 |
sounds like a bad Julie Andrews movie. What teas and Noisettes dare to bloom now? | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Post Number: 7 Registered: 01-2006 |
Nyah Nyah Nyah . . . The sun is shining, the sky is blue, and there are a few cotton-puff clouds in the sky. A few roses have stopped, but some of the Teas and Noisettes are still blooming away. Of course, the coastal hills are still summer-brown in mid-January. That's the BAD news. Jeri | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 16 Registered: 01-2006 |
oh, a triploid. we have our first snow, about 3" and lots of cold wind. Poor tea roses! stephen | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Intermediate Member Post Number: 5 Registered: 01-2006 |
<snigger!> Yes, indeed. I try to keep a semi-double mind at all times. This is a necessary approach, in dealing with at least three different rose groups/societies all at the same time. My solution for ARS's perceived deficiencies is a bloodless coup. Jeri Jennings (on a bright, sunshiny January Sunday) | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 14 Registered: 01-2006 |
Or do you mean, semi-double? Let's keep our botany accurate! stephen | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) Junior Member Post Number: 2 Registered: 01-2006 |
Oh no. Being "annoyed" would be silly. Mind, I'm an ARS member who isn't enamoured of the paths ARS seems to take -- but I don't think "ARS Mind-set" is a communicable disease. So I have a semi-open mind. :-) And Happy New Year to you, too. Jeri | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Intermediate Member Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2006 |
Hi Jeri, Glad you're not annoyed, However, some folks seem to be. The details regarding costs, etc will be out shortly. by the way, happy new year! stephen | ||
| Jeri Jennings (Jeri) New member Post Number: 1 Registered: 01-2006 |
I'm not annoyed that you're working with ARS -- but I'm on tenterhooks for some details of this convention . . . oh, like cost? Some news soon? Jeri Jennings | ||
| stephen scanniello (Steprose) Member Post Number: 3 Registered: 01-2006 |
Here's a copy of what I posted on the Antique Rose Forum regarding our evolving Dallas Conference October 11 - 13, 2006 Hello Everyone, stephen scanniello here, current president of the Heritage Rose Foundation and a member of ARS - but definitely not an exhibitor. Soon, very soon, we will have more details to share with you about our conference that is happening in conjunction with the ARS convention. I am meeting with our conference committee at the end of the month and after that meeting we will have some solid information for all to read. Keep an eye on our newly activated and up-dated website(www.heritagerosefoundation.org) I want to point out that it's wonderful to be sharing our conference with the ARS. Sharing is the key word here. Neither group is stealing from the other. Naturally, due to the greater size of membership in the ARS, there will, no doubt, be more people attending their event. We hope that some of the ARS members who are interested in OGR's will join us for our planned events. Likewise, ARS is hoping that some of us OGR nuts will visit the rose show. (but,, please, no moving of name tags and labels; no spitting, no name calling -we're in mixed company!). Hmm, I wonder if we could challenge some of those blue ribbon rosarians to a wild game of rose alphabet? Seriously, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to share (and show off, of course) our knowledge of all types of roses with the members of ARS who stumble into our event or may truly be curious about OGR's and the HRF. This is going to be a great opportunity for us to increase our membership and to spread the message of the importance of preserving the heritage of roses. And, we couldn't turn down the generous offer from ARS to have our event blend into theirs. Conferences are very expensive. Coordinating our conference with the ARS convention has lessened the costly overhead. The folks in Dallas have been hard at work putting together a top-notch international HRF conference with speakers from all over the rose world. In addition to interesting speakers there will be trips to private gardens in the Metroplex never before seen by the general public. A special treat will be the opening of the brand new HRF Rose Study Garden in Chambersville, Texas . These tours are excusively for the attendees of the HRF conference and will happen before the ARS event starts. The board of directors of HRF has been working hard to strengthen our mission of research, education, and having fun with OGR's. Dallas will be a perfect place to do this. Keep an eye on our website and chatter on our forum for more updates. Still annoyed that we are working with ARS? Then come to the pruning party we are co-sponsoring at the American Rose Center in Shreveport, February 17 - 19. Take your anger out on the roses! This event is open to all who are willing to work. I'll be there, working in the Heritage Rose Foundation Garden. Bring your own bandages. There is more info about this "clash of the rosarians" on both the HRF website and the ARS website. By the way, I would like to have an HRF event in the northeast. Maybe some of you from the NE who complain that all of our events happen in the south or west will volunteer to help put this in motion? June '07? How about it, mad gallica? See y'all in Texas (that's Jersey speak for "come to Dallas in October '06). One more thing.....It's my birthday during that period of time (10/12), so bring a cake. 21 candles will do just fine. stephen |