Re: Blessed Rain!

If the rain and some watering doesn't bring it back, just overseed the
area and try again.  If it's just a couple of small spots, just cut
out the dead stuff and lay a couple of squares of sod.

On 8/6/05, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Guessing we just have to 'color coordinate' our gardens for this....looks
> ridicules now! <lol>
> 
> Donna
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of David Franzman
> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:01 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Blessed Rain!
> >
> > 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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