"Protect the 40 hour work week" is officially Orwellian double speak, right up there with "right to work" laws that actually protect the right to fire without cause.
Yup. Double plus ungood.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Nov 17, 2014 11:35:34 am PST #10662 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Zenkitty - Nov 17, 2014 11:37:24 am PST #10663 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
People who know plants: what do I do with these patio plants now that it's winter? After two freezes, the petunia and the...I think it's a geranium, seem to be dead, but the snapdragon is alive, and unaccountably the mums or daisies seem to be hanging in there. But it's going to freeze the next few nights and none of them are going to survive that. I can't bring them inside because of the cats, and I have no shed or other protected space for them. I didn't think this through when I bought them, obviously. I don't even know what to do with the dead ones, since I don't have a composter.
Ginger - Nov 17, 2014 11:50:49 am PST #10664 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Snapdragons will frequently overwinter like pansies, and the mums/daisies may be perennials. Water them well;, move them close to the house; and if there are some leaves handy, pile them up around the pots. Then wait until spring.
-t - Nov 17, 2014 11:51:53 am PST #10665 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think all my dead plants might be a sign that you should not listen to me. That said - a lot of things die back in the winter and come back in the spring even if they are not really supposed to. Just start watering them again when it starts to warm up, see what happens. You might put an old blanket or sheet around the ones that still seem alive to give them a little protection, or move them into a sheltered corner, or even throw some Christmas lights on them for the warmth from the bulbs.
Jesse - Nov 17, 2014 11:54:06 am PST #10666 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's too late now, but did I make the right call in throwing away my tomato and pepper plants?
Ginger - Nov 17, 2014 12:03:44 pm PST #10667 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, they're toast.
sumi - Nov 17, 2014 12:04:26 pm PST #10668 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Rick - Nov 17, 2014 12:06:26 pm PST #10669 of 30000
Absent divine intervention, tomatoes and peppers will not make it through the winter in your climate.
Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2014 12:10:10 pm PST #10670 of 30000
brillig
Maybe I'll leave those plants in the planter boxes Hubby put on the front of the house. Some of them are annuals, I'm not sure if any are perennials. As I told him repeatedly, "I do not garden." I watered them until I couldn't cope and the 100 degree sun finished baking them, so I don't know if they're actually dead or stunned. I'll wait till Spring to see if they've joined the Choir Invisible.
Ginger - Nov 17, 2014 12:15:22 pm PST #10671 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
As a local garden personality says, "It's not dead until it's warm and dead."