Re: This is summer?

This is a weird year. We have had so much rain. Today again we had over an inch... yesterday about 3/4 inch. Almost every day we have a chance for rain. I love it for my yard and garden but it is terrible for the farmers. They can't get their wheat out and can't bale hay. A friend of mine lost over 160 round bales of hay when the river flooded... which has happened several times already this year. 
I keep thinking any day we are going to dry out and burn up.
Tricia
western Ok
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] This is summer?



And we are getting FLOODED with temps in the 80's and 90's. We got 5
inches of rain on Friday night/early Saturday morning. The dairy farm
down the road looked like a lake.



Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com> wrote:
Drought is right - we got less than 1/4" of rain yesterday and whooped with 
joy at that. My area has had less than 1/2" in the last 2-1/2 months. It
really is getting serious. I feel for the local farmers. Can't wait to see
my water bill :(

Lynda
Zoe 7 - West TN

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Bonnie Holmes
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:00 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] This is summer?

Summer is here in ETN. It is actually more like August than June...hot and
very dry...worst drought in 114 years. Also, thought this
interesting...latest deep freeze in April in 114 years. Usually, we use
April 15 as the last frost.

This weekend, the Friends of the UT Trial Gardens had their annual "Blooms
Day". I attended on Saturday to get in some of the lectures and on Sunday
to volunteer some hours.

About the fence, what about things with thorns...cactus or berries? Even
roses? The Trial Gardens has a "Rattlesnake plant" that has a nasty thorn
but very interesting color and structure.



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Date: 6/24/2007 9:50:32 AM
Subject: [CHAT] This is summer?

I thought summer began this past week, but yesterday the
high was in the low was 69 degrees, and this morning the
temperature was 45 degrees. It's up to 67 now, but quite
windy and chilly. Also, it's terribly dry. It's been a couple
of months now since the 8-inch flood, and not more than
an inch total has fallen, mostly in very light showers,
since then. Not my idea of summer weather. People
say how beautiful the weather is, but it just doesn't
look that way to me.
Auralie



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Jesse R. Bell

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