That does sound bad. Have you been through this kind of water rationing before? Will you be able to keep your garden alive? CB ----- Original Message ----- From: "penny x stamm" <pennyx1@juno.com> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [gardeners] new to group > Welcome, CB -- when do we plant our summer veggies...? > We aren't even allowed to start our tomato seedlings until > April -- and nothing goes into the ground until May 15th, only > if the weather has become mild! > > We're near New York City, zone 6. Imagine what it's like for the > gardeners north of us, such as zone 4 -- it must be a very short > summer. > > This year we're in for a severe drought. 2001 was very dry, and > 2002 is proving to be worse. New Jersey is about to put in > water rationing for the situation is so bad -- the reservoirs are > only at 49% and sinking, whereas normally they are at 86% and > rising in February. It's gonna be a rough growing season ahead. > > Penny, NY > > > . > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. >