Re: Rain, sweet rain

Oh my - certainly doesn't sound too sanitary does it? That must have
been quite a sight! We may be in for a toad floater this afternoon they
say. Nothing knee deep let's hope. Glad I got all my stepping stones in
the ground (countersunk) yesterday - finished my path project. Will add
rocks from Jesse's as they become available!


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea H
Sent: 4/29/2004 9:12:44 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain, sweet rain

> Kitty, all of us that live near the coast get foot deep rain when it storms.
> No drains you know, or at least in the case here, 300 year old clogged
> drains. (OK, maybe not quite 300 years, but close! And if it's high tide,
> then you really have to watch out. I remember when I lived in Charleston
> people sitting on tables in the Applebee's downtown and waitresses serving
> drinks in knee high water. Can that be sanitary?
> 
> 
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain, sweet rain
> 
> 
> > Wow.  When it rains it pours!  A foot deep - problems with the storm
> drains
> > or just coming down that fast?
> > We're supposed to be getting rain over several days soon.  I wanted to get
> > my lawn fertilizer down before it gets here, but the winds have been high
> > the past several days.  Maybe there'll be a window of opportunity
> tomorrow.
> > I did get 600 feet of irrigation tubing set today with sprayers in place.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:41 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Rain, sweet rain
> >
> >
> > > It's here. At last. Came as I was on my way home from the nursery this
> > > afternoon
> > >
> > > Sky was grey, overcast, when I left the building--the kind of weather
> > > where you think you feel sprinkles but are never quite sure. Cool,
> > > prickly skin.
> > >
> > > By the time I got a mile down the road to the east-west artery that
> > > meanders toward the plantation, it was pouring. And when I got home--7
> > > miles further into the heart of the storm--the water was a foot deep on
> > > some of the streets.
> > >
> > > It's now 2 hours later. It's still raining. A gentle, gentle trickle.
> > > The brave cat [Beans] yowls to go out, but won't leave the shelter of
> > > the doorway when I open the door for her.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Island Jim
> > > Southwest Florida
> > > Zone 10
> > >
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