T wrote:
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Thank you!

you're welcome.


I am just grateful that anything grows at all!

life can be pretty tenacious given a
chance.

we have a foot of wet snow, nothing
much is growing now. will be down in
the single digits and below zero F this
week. a bit early for such weather, but
at least we have a blanket of insulation
for protection now.


The little berms you had make to keep my onions beds from
filling with water worked marvelously. It has been
raining off and on over the last few days. I got
to see where the water was actually coming from.
It is coming from my roof and draining straight
towards my onions beds. So I have two things to
thank you for.

yes, always important to know your water/nutrient
flows, especially in an arid climate.

it doesn't remain soggy for long periods does it?
you don't want bulbs/roots in standing water for
too much time.

if you have to, put a few smaller berms up from
the onion beds to catch some of that water and
soak it in. it is always better to soak it in
instead of letting it run off, if you have the
space. water in the ground doesn't evaporate
like a pond will.

a rain barrel on the downspouts is very useful
too.

i didn't even get a chance to see if the garlic
was up yet before the garden was closed up for
the winter.


songbird