07-06-2003, 09:32 PM
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Rain, rain go away...!?
wrote:
After last years drought, who'd have though that we'd be getting too
much rain this year
My main problem is how can I get any planting done? I've read that
you shouldn't plant if the soil is too wet, but this spring its been
raining at least every other day, and sometimes for days on end. It
may not always rain hard, but its raining often enough and the soil is
just is not drying out. It's been like this the last 6 weeks, and for
at least the next week it looks like the same.
So my question to the ng is..... how can I get my planting in? Should
I be patient, try meditation, and wait until it dries out, or should I
just go ahead and plant when it's not totally sopping wet? I assume
that it will eventually dry out, but that may not happen until we're
into July. It's possible that it will be wet the whole season,
although that would be a rare summer in S.Jersey.
I have some perennials just waiting to move into their new homes, I
haven't done all my vegetable planting, and I'm itching to be outdoors
and working.
Swyck
Hi,
Luckily I got my plants in early risking the chance of
frost. I'm sure glad I did or I'd have a barren garden.
If you've already turned the soil, I see no reason not
to put in plants (maybe under an umbrella).
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Bonnie
NW NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/
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