OT: cave water (was Re: CULT:drought)

Linda -- There must be something about that limestone water. Long may it flow! The family of a late friend of mine, Chester Coates, owned the land on which the entrance to Mammoth Cave is located until they sold it to the government many years ago. There was a brand of whiskey called Old Cave, which, if I recall right, used Mammoth Cave water in its production. Chet had one of the old labels, which depicted a man drinking the whiskey while another man held a pistol to his head. Chet said his dad had posed for the artist as the drinker. My cousin, the late Scott Breckinridge, recounted how an ancestor was converted by a minister who was preaching from a jail cell -- the same minister being credited with the invention of bourbon whiskey, "a beverage," wrote Scott, "to which our family has always extended loyal support." -- Griff 

Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Smith" <irisgrower@cableone.net> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [iris]CULT:drought



Betty, saw on news that Jack Daniel's whiskey is running short of water.
They even showed the cave in pix where water usually comes and some lake
that didn't have much water.

Now, this is really getting serious.!!!!

They say they will stop making it.  HA!

(I'm sure some wives will be happy about that.)
Right now, I'm getting loads of bark chips to just spread on top. That's all 
I know to do .
I've nearly gone totally underground w water, so there is none on the
surface to heat up & burn things.  Yes I'm sure next fall I'll end up
cutting some of those hoses. Already stocking up on radiator clamps.

Linda in CW AZ
-------Original Message-------

From: Autmirislvr@aol.com
Date: 06/15/07 08:06:23
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris]CULT:drought

Several years ago, Dave Niswonger wrote an article for the Bulletin on dry
mulch.  The general idea was to cultivate the top layer of soil as a form
of
moisture retention. Anyone have any thoughts on this process? Much of the 
country is experiencing drought after an early spring that  devastated our
bloom
season.
I was reminded of this as I watched a neighboring farmer cultivate his corn crop. His corn has grown despite the weather problems. He and I received 
1.5 inches of rain on the 2nd that was not recorded in other parts of  the
region.
Many lifetimes ago I had more gardening energy. I watered the garden once 
a
week and then cultivated the surface as soon as it dried.  It was  the
prettiest garden I've grown.  It didn't hurt that I'd applied very aged
manure from
Dad's old barn.
I'm reminded of these things again this morning as I cultivate the seedling beds. Thank goodness for swivel hoes! Most of it was done while seated on 
my kneeler!    I will plant a little further apart next  year!  I had the
problems in 2004 with the one bed that might have been  related to
pre-emergent.
I've decided to delay applying pre-emergent on the seedling beds until I'm 
sure the seedlings have developed good root  systems.


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