Re: Blessed Rain!

I don't think it gets as hot there.

On 8/5/05, kmrsy@netzero.net <kmrsy@netzero.net> wrote:
> with 100 degree temperatures?
> 
> -- "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Geez, you eastern whiners.  We go for 5 months without rain almost every
> year.  Get used to the color brown.  It's not so bad...really!
> 
> David
> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blessed Rain!
> 
> 
> > Hurricanes are the pits, but I'm almost that desperate for rain here.
> > Four months of a whole lot of nothing is killing us here.
> >
> > On 8/5/05, kmrsy@netzero.net <kmrsy@netzero.net> wrote:
> >> Say Good Night Irene
> >>
> >> -- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> Looks like our only hope for any significant rain is in the
> >> soon-to-be-named hurricane Irene. Not exactly looking forward to it,
> >> but what are my options?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 5, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> >>
> >> > Much of ours probably ran off, too, but as we are on a slope, and the
> >> > perennial beds and vegetables are downhill, maybe they benefitted...
> >> > total was 1.35 inches in my rain gauge.
> >> >
> >> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >> >
> >> > On Aug 4, 2005, at 9:31 PM, Donna wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> We got some rain this morning, hard hitting storm, lightening,
> >> >> thunder, not
> >> >> very good for the plants or ground as it all ran off.
> >> >>
> >> >> Been watering all week, but don't think I am winning the battle here.
> >> >>
> >> >> Donna
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> >>> Behalf Of Cathy Carpenter
> >> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:53 PM
> >> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> >>> Subject: [CHAT] Blessed Rain!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Has been raining here for the past 30+ minutes. Probably coming down
> >> >>> too hard to do anything but run off, but at this point, I'll take
> >> >>> anything.  Will let you know what the rain gauge says tomorrow. (This
> >> >>> morning the drought in the midwest made the front page of the Wall
> >> >>> Street Journal.) At least I will probably get a one week respite from
> >> >>> hose hauling!
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >> >>>
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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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