Re: [gardeners] Tuesday in the garden

Jane Burdekin (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 05:08:50 -0600

Hi George, 
We got your rain!  I am so happy, it has been raining all night with
thunder and everything!  We so seldom get rain this is a real treat.  We
really need it. 

Jane 

> Not much going on in the garden today except running the soaker hoses
> again. Still no rain even though it was forecast. Chiles, green beans,
> scarlet runner beans, and tomatoes are all blooming good and the little
> radishes are getting fatter. Spring lettuce is about the size of a small
> dog's ear now and just right for salads. Grass needs mowing, bah humbug
> but Miz Anne did get out yesterday and whack a bunch of stuff in the
> front flowerbeds. Particularly the dwarf crepe myrtle by the front door,
> you can get to the door again. ;-) She dug up some amaryllis bulbs that
> had quit blooming and potted them for trading stock.
> 
> It's back to work tomorrow and Thursday so I'm off to bed.
> 
> George