[CH] Fwd: A Picky Virgo
Mike (bear1@videotron.ca)
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:59:04 -0400
>At 07:08 AM 17/09/02 -0700, Linda Panter wrote:
>>How big is your garden, Mike? My dad (Sudbury, Ontario) used to throw
>>tarps over ours at night, keep the first months' frosts off till things
>>were ready. I can assure you, though, he was NOT growing hot peppers LOL!
>
>I'm quite lucky as I have access to a few garden spaces. This year I
>started planting in a municipal horticultural Society' garden plot of 20
>ft. x 50 ft. with a fellow chilehead.
>We're sharing 124 plants of some 28 varieties. I also have about 30 sq.
>ft. at my dad's place & 10 potted plants. The last two years beginning in
>October I covered the plants with large clear plastic bags at night and
>this helped extend the season. I'm not even considering that for the
>shared garden as we don't have the time for it.
>Well I can't complain too much about today's weather, 74F and pretty clear.
>
>Have a scorcher,
>
>Mike
>CH#2175