Re: Rain garden

Understand! It's been so dry here that I have had to water the area I  
call "the swamp". Have also had rain going north, south, any  
direction but on our location. All we can do is hope, pray and endure...

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:39 PM, MICHAEL HABIB wrote:

> Cathy,
> Our garden club established a garden club at our local Elementary  
> School and we recently planted a rain garden with the kids. We now  
> have a precipitation deficit of 6 to 7 inches and I think we'll  
> have to water our rain garden along with the other plantings.  
> Sounds crazy, doesn't it?
> On a recent bike trip I saw that rain from a  thunderstorm had  
> stopped about a mile from our house, infuriating.
> Godi zone 7
> Mt. Vernon, VA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter"  
> <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Rain garden
>
>
>> Spent 3 hrs today planting wetland plants to create a rain garden at
>> our local community college. Plants were supplied by the state - soil
>> and water conservation folks, I think. My concern was the follow up
>> care. So many people think that plants can simply be plunked into the
>> ground and they will grow. Even natives in a fairly congenial
>> environment need a little TLC until they get established!
>>
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
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