>Now if only it wouldn't rain long enough for the garden to dry. <sigh> Yeah, even my raised bed is a raised mud puddle. Fortunately my seedlings, (11 varieties, Kalosca paprika to Red Savina, including the ever-mysterious "keriting") need a few more weeks before they go in the ground. A recent issue of the KC Star said the latest frost on record was on May 14, (1914). So it looks like we have time to dry out. Scott... KCK