Re: [gardeners] Wednesday at work and in the garden
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:02:04 -0400
George, your harvest is enviable, even if the heat is not. Did I
tell y'all that we reached a high of 66* on Monday...? What a
bizarre August! Have had so far 5.25 inches of rain the first
14 days, and it seems never to stop. The big thunder storm hit
us at 5:00am, and since we had only gone to bed at 4:30, I
didn't mind getting up to disconnect both computers. The
frustrating part of it was that only 30 minutes north of here,
there was no storm, and at 6:00am the sky was alight with
a yellow-orange glow, a phenomenon I've been anxiously
searching for, for weeks -- only the constant clouds have
blocked my view.
So far we have harvested 2 snow peas, a total crop,
but our 3rd artichoke is growing very fast. The tomatoes are
something else -- I think I'll have to set up a roadside stand
just to give 'em away, there are so many! My cousin gave me
unknown seedlings, and one bush has oversized cherry
tomatoes which look like a television ad -- lots of fun to pop in
the mouth, and chomp. The pineapple sits in its nest of long,
narrow leaves, very much like a crown on display. I don't
see much growth in it, but without any sunshine at all, what
could I expect...? As the workers hereabouts are inclined to
say, demasiado agua sobre la presa -- too darned much water
over the dam!
I think we should have planted rice.
Penny, NY
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