Hi Cohan: I am very upset about how the Nargs Forum is treating me. It
appears that I, a paid up on time member of NARGs since 1992, have now become
an "unwelcome" guest on the forum - not welcome to post messages, reply or
comment. There can only be two possible reasons for this - first, I have never
had to use a password and, second, perhaps my last payment to NARGs went
astray?? Anyway, I feel I deserve an apology and a reinstatement or else I
will no longer be a member of NARGs.
Am not faulting you, Cohan, but, as I see no way of being able to get in
touch with any of the officials, I wonder if you would mind posting this on the
forum for me. Thank you. Fran Howey
PS: those Jeffersonia diphylla seed pods are getting large - shouldn't be long
now.
----- Original Message -----
From: cohan fulford
To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society,postings copyright by
authors.
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Springtime photos
I was wondering how quickly your spring melt was coming along-- we don't get
nearly the volume of snow that you do, but your area is z4, whereas I am 3 (on
the map....but remember the z2 temperatures!)..
Paths we have shovelled all winter--to woodcutting areas, compost, etc,
definitely give the melt inroads--without those, we'd have even less bare
ground than we do (most of it re-covered in yesterdays snow!)
Cohan
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:25 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
It could be that we've "quieted down" because our gardens are "waking up".
Our Rocky Mountain winters at 10,000 feet are very, very long. To cheer us up,
I've begun to germinate about 235 new species from seed under lights in a
spare, cool bedroom. Every day something new pops up and --- IT'S GREEN! What
a beautiful color green is! Aside from our evergreen conifers, we see green
(without white) for just 4 short months.
To get Mountain View Experimental Gardens moving along quicker than
nature's schedule, we remove the snow on the interconnecting garden paths
starting in mid- to late March. This time we didn't start until early April
because of the excessively abundant snow. It's wonderful exercise! No need
for a membership at the local rec center! We pick the sunny days for this
activity and it is so pleasant to hear our birds singing, especially our pine
grosbeaks, when we stop to catch our breath.
When the job is finished, we make a daily tour to see what new things have
emerged at the edges of the gardens as the sun warms the rocks and the snow
slowly recedes. This is a much-anticipated activity and is very uplifting at a
time when Klaus is still having to shovel the snow off our roof and I have to
don snowshoes to take our kitchen waste to the compost pile.
I have posted a series of photos at the NARGS forum at
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=657.0 The gardens are "officially" open
to visitors for the 2011 season.
We are not done with snowstorms. In fact, there are 12 inches of new snow
predicted for this weekend. That means we'll have to reshovel the garden
paths, but that's just our "early spring conditioner" to get us in shape for
those high-altitude wildflower hikes in July. I live for the Green Season!!!
Jane Hendrix
Mountain View Experimental Gardens
Peak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorado U.S.A.
Elevation: 10,000 feet
USDA Zone 4
Website: http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix
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