We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article ,
"FragileWarrior" wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the rain
with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article
, "FragileWarrior"
wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My
seedlings are this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so
hard I have to use a pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the
forecasts but the promised weekend rain looks to be getting less and
less likely. Someone do a rain dance or tell me how to do one. I'm
thinking that our Black Spring is going to be followed by a Toasty
Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the
rain with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

Where are you? I'm in central Indiana and this has been the quietest
spring in the five years I've been here. (Translation: we've only heard
the tornado sirens once.) I wish this house still had its well set-up
because I'm sure not watering anything at the prices of water in this
town. Send the rain to me. Do your Send The Rain Thataway rain dance,
please.

On 5/22/07 9:07 AM, in article ,
"FragileWarrior" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article
, "FragileWarrior"
wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My
seedlings are this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so
hard I have to use a pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the
forecasts but the promised weekend rain looks to be getting less and
less likely. Someone do a rain dance or tell me how to do one. I'm
thinking that our Black Spring is going to be followed by a Toasty
Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the
rain with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

Where are you? I'm in central Indiana and this has been the quietest
spring in the five years I've been here. (Translation: we've only heard
the tornado sirens once.) I wish this house still had its well set-up
because I'm sure not watering anything at the prices of water in this
town. Send the rain to me. Do your Send The Rain Thataway rain dance,
please.

I'm in New Hampshire and this is the second spring with major flooding.
Will dance tonight and send it your way for the weekend.

C

In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:

The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff.

Frag, you are mulching aren't you?
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings
are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use
a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


All we've had here are 2" in the past 8 weeks. I was forced to water the
flowers and vegetables again yesterday.

"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings
are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use
a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


Dig a small hole in the shape of a turtle.
Spit in it.
Cover it back up.
Really.


--
Toni
http://www.cearbhaill.com

Cheryl Isaak expounded:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article ,
"FragileWarrior" wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the rain
with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

We went through a 24 day stretch end of April to mid May with no rain
(Cheryl, you got it all, I think!), last week through the weekend we
got drowned. I do wish it could be a bit more even. Rain twice a
week, 1/2" or so, starting at midnight and ending around 4 am would be
nice!
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

"Buderschnookie" wrote in message
...

"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


Dig a small hole in the shape of a turtle.
Spit in it.
Cover it back up.
Really.

No...just have your car detailed. Rain will appear very soon.
Care Wren

On 5/22/07 1:13 PM, in article ,
"Ann" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak expounded:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article ,
"FragileWarrior" wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My seedlings are
this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the forecasts but the promised
weekend rain looks to be getting less and less likely. Someone do a rain
dance or tell me how to do one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is
going to be followed by a Toasty Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the rain
with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

We went through a 24 day stretch end of April to mid May with no rain
(Cheryl, you got it all, I think!), last week through the weekend we
got drowned. I do wish it could be a bit more even. Rain twice a
week, 1/2" or so, starting at midnight and ending around 4 am would be
nice!

Oh ya - flood watches, floods, water in the basement and unending rain the
entire weekend....
C

Bill Rose wrote in news:rosefam-749062.08273522052007
@cor8-ppp5025.per.dsl.connect.net.au:

In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:

The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff.

Frag, you are mulching aren't you?
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

Nope. I'm afraid of smothering the seedlings. There is some mulch from
last year but I was waiting for a little more height on the new plants to
mulch this year.

Ann wrote in
:

Cheryl Isaak expounded:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article
, "FragileWarrior"
wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My
seedlings are this - | - high and staying there. The ground is so
hard I have to use a pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching the
forecasts but the promised weekend rain looks to be getting less and
less likely. Someone do a rain dance or tell me how to do one. I'm
thinking that our Black Spring is going to be followed by a Toasty
Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the
rain with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

We went through a 24 day stretch end of April to mid May with no rain
(Cheryl, you got it all, I think!), last week through the weekend we
got drowned. I do wish it could be a bit more even. Rain twice a
week, 1/2" or so, starting at midnight and ending around 4 am would be
nice!

And if the rain could do some weeding while it was here... well, that'd
just be heaven on Earth.

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 5/22/07 9:07 AM, in article
, "FragileWarrior"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 5/22/07 7:29 AM, in article
, "FragileWarrior"
wrote:

We haven't had any appreciable amount of rain this month. My
seedlings are this - | - high and staying there. The ground is
so hard I have to use a pickaxe to transplant stuff. I'm watching
the forecasts but the promised weekend rain looks to be getting
less and less likely. Someone do a rain dance or tell me how to do
one. I'm thinking that our Black Spring is going to be followed by
a Toasty Brown Summer.


Come here - I nearly drowned this past weekend. I got to camp in the
rain with my daughter's Brownie troop.

Cheryl

Where are you? I'm in central Indiana and this has been the quietest
spring in the five years I've been here. (Translation: we've only
heard the tornado sirens once.) I wish this house still had its well
set-up because I'm sure not watering anything at the prices of water
in this town. Send the rain to me. Do your Send The Rain Thataway
rain dance, please.

I'm in New Hampshire and this is the second spring with major
flooding. Will dance tonight and send it your way for the weekend.

C


The people in Indy won't like that but I don't care. I hate that race
car stuff.

In article ,
"Buderschnookie" wrote:

Dig a small hole in the shape of a turtle.
Spit in it.
Cover it back up.

Has something happened in this newsgroup when I wasn't looking?

- Bill

Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:

Bill Rose wrote in news:rosefam-749062.08273522052007
@cor8-ppp5025.per.dsl.connect.net.au:

In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:

The ground is so hard I have to use a
pickaxe to transplant stuff.

Frag, you are mulching aren't you?
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

Nope. I'm afraid of smothering the seedlings. There is some mulch from
last year but I was waiting for a little more height on the new plants to
mulch this year.

I meant during the Winter and early Spring. I probably don't need to
tell you, that mulch holds in the moisture and encourages the worms to
do your tilling, leaving your soil all soft and fluffy (sort of). I'm
learning this all too slowly but, it even slowed down my previously
raging gastropods (painful they were too). Take care of your mulch and
your mulch will take care of you;-)

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)