Re: can't water...need help!


Barb,

I also have no advice but a lot of sympathy.  We have planted nearly
everything in our yard over the last couple of years as well and I know it
would be quite upsetting to know that you were going to lose them.  I
second Susan's idea and maybe the list can take up a "plant collection"
when the time comes.

Bob and Linda
Jake and Molly
NE Kansas

At 02:08 PM 08/06/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all-
>As a newbie gardener, I'm at a loss of how to manage with our
>water-restrictions.  We can't water anything but vegetable gardens &
>fruit trees.
>
>Will cutting back my perennials severely help them out?  I don't care
>what it will look like, I just want them to live.  
>
>We've already lost many plants and shrubs - if it weren't for the
>hydrogels/crystal polymers used when planting this spring, I would have
>lost much more.  There isn't anything in our garden that hasn't been
>planted or transplanted in the last 2 1/2 yrs, so I don't know if much
>is considered really "established". The only shade is that provided by
>the house.(the major drawback in new construction)
>
>All suggestions are appreciated.  TIA
>
>Barb (southeastern PA) where the closest we've come to rain in the last
>month is watching it rain about 1/4 mi away...    :(
>
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