Re: Rain, sweet rain

Ain't that the truth! She's probably never had to shovel her way through
drifts in order to get out to the car to dig to find it, either! Lucky
her! But, hey! Doesn't she live in one of those coastal places that has
hurricaines? I lived through one small hurricaine the year I lived in
Florida and that was enough to last me a lifetime!



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Fri 04/30,  < gardenqueen@academicplanet.com > wrote:
From:  [mailto: gardenqueen@academicplanet.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:08:29 -0500
Subject: Re:  [CHAT] Rain, sweet rain

Lucky you. But you never lived in Pennsylvania either. Count yourself
as<br>fortunate that you've never had to dig in a snow bank trying to
find<br>your car.<br><br><br>Pam Evans<br>Kemp, TX<br>zone 8A<br>-----
Original Message -----<br>From: Andrea H<br>Sent: 4/29/2004 9:19:40
PM<br>To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Rain, sweet
rain<br><br>> We have plenty of storm drains, just no where for the
water to go. But we<br>> don't have snow plows, since we get no snow.
You know, I've never even seen<br>> a snow plow except on the weather
channel.<br>> <br>> Andrea H<br>> Beaufort, SC<br>> <br>> <br>> -----
Original Message ----- <br>> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com><br>>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:18
PM<br>> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Rain, sweet rain<br>> <br>> <br>> > Some
places don't have storm drains. Don't get enough rain. When the<br>> >
streets fill up it starts creeping into the yards. But it doesn't
happen<br>> > very often. We don't have snowplows down here for the same
reason....<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Pam Evans<br>> > Kemp, TX<br>> > zone
8A<br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > From: Kitty<br>> > Sent:
4/29/2004 9:04:37 PM<br>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> > Subject: Re:
[CHAT] Rain, sweet rain<br>> ><br>> > > Wow. When it rains it pours! A
foot deep - problems with the storm<br>> drains<br>> ><br>> > > or just
coming down that fast?<br>> ><br>> > > We're supposed to be getting rain
over several days soon. I wanted to<br>> get<br>> ><br>> > > my lawn
fertilizer down before it gets here, but the winds have been<br>>
high<br>> ><br>> > > the past several days. Maybe there'll be a window
of opportunity<br>> tomorrow.<br>> ><br>> > > I did get 600 feet of
irrigation tubing set today with sprayers in<br>> place.<br>> ><br>> >
><br>> ><br>> > > Kitty<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > > ----- Original
Message ----- <br>> ><br>> > > From: "james singer"
<jsinger@igc.org><br>> ><br>> > > To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net><br>>
><br>> > > Sent: Thursda

y, April 29, 2004 5:41 PM<br>> ><br>> > > Subject: [CHAT] Rain, sweet
rain<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > > > It's here. At
last. Came as I was on my way home from the nursery this<br>> ><br>> > >
> afternoon<br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > > Sky was grey, overcast,
when I left the building--the kind of weather<br>> ><br>> > > > where
you think you feel sprinkles but are never quite sure. Cool,<br>> ><br>>
> > > prickly skin.<br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > > By the time I
got a mile down the road to the east-west artery that<br>> ><br>> > > >
meanders toward the plantation, it was pouring. And when I got
home--7<br>> ><br>> > > > miles further into the heart of the storm--the
water was a foot deep<br>> on<br>> ><br>> > > > some of the
streets.<br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > > It's now 2 hours later.
It's still raining. A gentle, gentle trickle.<br>> ><br>> > > > The
brave cat [Beans] yowls to go out, but won't leave the shelter of<br>>
><br>> > > > the doorway when I open the door for her.<br>> ><br>> > >
><br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > > Island Jim<br>>
><br>> > > > Southwest Florida<br>> ><br>> > > > Zone 10<br>> ><br>> > >
><br>> ><br>> > > >
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