Re: Rain garden

well it is raining hard north of me.... but here nothing, nada, - better
start watering as it is 72 degrees already with 88 percent humidity-
YUCK!

 
Donna

----- Original Message ----
From: Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:18:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain garden


Same here.  Our last meaningful rain was June 2 and we are 4" below normal.


I found another yellow jacket nest this afternoon and killed it after the
sun went down.  I am expanding one of my existing gardens by about 2ft all
around.  A recent article stated that you can use shredded paper as mulch. 
So I have been adding that all day and am going to put regular mulch over
it.  I noticed a yellow jacket pollinating some clover and decided to watch
where it would go.  About 10 minutes later, I followed it to the
next...right in the middle of where I normally mow.  


> [Original Message]
> From: Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/17/2006 9:45:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain garden
>
> hum, you didn't get any rain today? It was hot today here, but late this
> afternoon, the winds and clouds came in. Much cooler, but still warm.
> Forecasting rain for tonight and all day tomorrow here. We will see.
>
>  
> DH assured me it will pour since I had sprinklers going all day. Darn
soil was so dry and it was so hot... Everything looked wilty.
>  
> Donna
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:19:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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