On 12/19/11 1:38 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
La Nino is the boy child who comes to visit at Christmas some years and who
takes our rain. Here is one of the rare visitors of a La Nina year when it
is wet. This season makes your tomatoes and squash wilt with fungus. You
will note the distinctive lichen which develops only during high humidity
and constant showers, there is some on the post too. It only lasts a week,
already it seems she has had too much holiday spirit and some of the growth
has fallen out. By Sunday she will be back to her old self.
http://s1086.photobucket.com/albums/j444/HareScott/
Happy holiday!
David
Where I live, El Niņo brings rain, sometimes torrential. My hill tried
to become part of my lawn during two different El Niņo winters. See my
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_back.html#hill.
La Niņa brings drought.
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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary