On 5/26/2015 7:31 AM, songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
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I'm not sure if it's too late to plant , but I do know the blue lake beans
I planted (twice now) either aren't germinating or they're being dug up by
"critters" .

in heavy clay soil they may have trouble getting
out of the soil after sprouting. plant two in each
hole and snip one after they get going. or mix a bit
of shredded cardboard or well rotted wood chips into
the soil used to cover the seeds so it isn't so
compacted by watering.


And about that rain thing , if I could I'd for sure send some
your way . We're getting very heavy rain , comes in waves . If you look at
the radar , the lines of thunderstorms that are building and coming from the
west have caused major problems all over Arkansas . We live in north central
, and it rained so hard for a short time yesterday afternoon it overwhelmed
my drainage measures and I had water running across the floor of my machine
shop . Today I have a lot of flash rust on mt machine tools , and I ain't
happy about that .

we had a short downpour yesterday and i was hoping for
more later but they missed us again. still at least we
finally had a bit more than a sprinkle. more rain forecast
and that's good if we get it. will be starting to get
plants and seeds out this week.


Some area are experiencing major flooding , I haven't been out today but
expect our (dirt/gravel) road has a couple of places washed out . Only thing
that keeps it passable is that bedrock is only a couple of inches below the
surface .

we'd have flooding over roads here too if we had as
much rain as you guys have gotten down there recently.

i hope it won't be too much work or disruption to
improve your drainage.


songbird

I just checked the rain gauge this morning. From 1600 yesterday until
about 0400 this morning we got an even four inches of rain. Had emptied
the gauge yesterday morning so it's accurate. Lots of lightning,
including some chain lightning and lots of tornado reports from the
weather folk but none hit us.

This morning the sun is out and it appears to be coming on a pretty day.