"0tterbot" wrote in message
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It's raining again today. This summer we have had:

Nov 194
Dec 117
Jan 144
Feb 73

That's La Nina for you.

I just need a magic bullet for powdery mildew and sooty mould. And the
car
has algae. Really.

well, i can't comment on your car (do you need to borrow some sea
creatures?) but i finally got round to trying the milk solution for powdery
mildew on the curcurbits. omg, it seems to have worked!! (i can't believe it
could be that easy). however, it's not made a dent on the powdery peas
whatsoever. i'm just completely over bloody peas & all the bloody hassle &
then in the end you get hardly any pea for your trouble anyway. as a last
resort i am trying dwarf peas so at least there's no hassle with soemthing
for them to grow up.

sorry, i've interrupted myself with a rant about peas.

Peas are a hassle for what you get. Great big bushes and when you pick and
shell them two cups of peas. At least the bushes make good compost be
lugumes. I don't grow them in summer, I will plant mine in a week or two.


it's been raining like the bejesus here as well. it won't stop. we don't
need any more rain at our house. i'm frantic about the erosion i know is
going on about the place & i'm too scared to look.


The only erosion problem I have is the banks of one of the little creeks, I
cannot get anything to grow there to stablise it. I need some earthwork done
to flatten down high banks so stuff will grow all over not just on top. Too
wet for earthworks now.


i'm sure all of this is terribly ironic in some way i can't put my finger on
exactly. whereabouts are you? (although i think the entire eastern seaboard
is awash.)

Wards River.

David