[gardeners] Hiatus
asidv@fbg.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 22 May 1998 17:20:50 +0000
Don't know exactly what happened, but there have been no messages to
or fro asidv.fbg.net for days! This noon, I picked up a message from
Penny, so maybe the problem is over.
We are in serious drought mode; the squirrels are eating the bark
from the big climbing roses despite the four different water sources
we have put out for all the critters. Not even the weeds are growing
(except in those few places we have watered). We know we are over an
aquifer and have our own well, but we are very very careful with
water. Once, when the pump went out, we had no water at all for
several days and it wasn't any fun. Thankfully, a neighbor gave us
water he had saved from his downspouts,( put it up in kitty
litter containers), and that was "flushers" for a time. You can
really learn to appreciate a good neighbor.
Despite last year's dire stories of Earl Campbell thigh squash, I
have planted the same variety -- 12 seeds. All came up, are now
thinned to the strongest 6 and next week 3 will go to the compost
pile. We figure with 2 of us and 3 of them, we can supply the Food
Pantry with the overage. By the way, did Catharine ever tell you to
try grating raw zucchini into green salad? It's good.
Don't know how many of you are flower arrangers --for those who are,
I apologize in advance. About ten days ago our garden club had one of
those grimly intense flower-arranger-speakers who had instructed us,
in advance, to bring "plant material, holders, cutters, containers,
and a little imagination, PLEASE." Having precious little flowering,
I took a few herbs and one wild plant that had three "blooms" in
various stages of development. She went wild over my weed, begged for
it, and took it home with her to "plant in my front bed." I shouldn't
have been so mean -- it was goatbeard in all its glory! She will
never get rid of it.
Hope you and your gardens are warm-cool-wet-dry
enough and that you have a grand three day weekend. Pat