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Well, I tried to get into the garden today
But I was buzzed by mosquitoes the size of helicopters. The daylilies are in
bloom and I just got my first spray of sweetpeas. C |
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Well, I tried to get into the garden today
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
But I was buzzed by mosquitoes the size of helicopters. The daylilies are in bloom and I just got my first spray of sweetpeas. C thank god we don't have the 'skeeters as bad this year. that's the only good thing about the lack of rain here. normally, the 'skeeters are really bad here to, can chalk that up to living along the river. lilies have been in bloom for a week, and peas, squash, and cukes have been coming off for about 2 weeks now. still wish you could send me some rain though - but you can keep the 'skeeters! lol rae |
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Well, I tried to get into the garden today
On 7/8/07 1:59 PM, in article , "rachael
simpson" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: But I was buzzed by mosquitoes the size of helicopters. The daylilies are in bloom and I just got my first spray of sweetpeas. C thank god we don't have the 'skeeters as bad this year. that's the only good thing about the lack of rain here. normally, the 'skeeters are really bad here to, can chalk that up to living along the river. lilies have been in bloom for a week, and peas, squash, and cukes have been coming off for about 2 weeks now. Wish I could get fresh cukes - I'm craving some home made gazpacho! still wish you could send me some rain though - but you can keep the 'skeeters! lol I feel bad - DD is at camp for the week and there is supposed to be rain every day this week. C |
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Well, I tried to get into the garden today
On 7/8/2007 11:23 AM, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 7/8/07 1:59 PM, in article , "rachael simpson" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: But I was buzzed by mosquitoes the size of helicopters. The daylilies are in bloom and I just got my first spray of sweetpeas. C thank god we don't have the 'skeeters as bad this year. that's the only good thing about the lack of rain here. normally, the 'skeeters are really bad here to, can chalk that up to living along the river. lilies have been in bloom for a week, and peas, squash, and cukes have been coming off for about 2 weeks now. Wish I could get fresh cukes - I'm craving some home made gazpacho! still wish you could send me some rain though - but you can keep the 'skeeters! lol I feel bad - DD is at camp for the week and there is supposed to be rain every day this week. C What is "rain"? This was the driest rain-year in southern California since record-keeping began. (West of the Rocky Mountains, most rain falls in the winter. Thus, rain years are reckoned from July to June or (by some agencies) from October to September.) Los Angeles had 3.21 inches since July 2006. Where I live, the last measurable rain was 20 April. We probably won't see rain again until late October or even November. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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Well, I tried to get into the garden today
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"David E. Ross" wrote: On 7/8/2007 11:23 AM, Cheryl Isaak wrote: On 7/8/07 1:59 PM, in article , "rachael simpson" wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: But I was buzzed by mosquitoes the size of helicopters. The daylilies are in bloom and I just got my first spray of sweetpeas. C thank god we don't have the 'skeeters as bad this year. that's the only good thing about the lack of rain here. normally, the 'skeeters are really bad here to, can chalk that up to living along the river. lilies have been in bloom for a week, and peas, squash, and cukes have been coming off for about 2 weeks now. Wish I could get fresh cukes - I'm craving some home made gazpacho! still wish you could send me some rain though - but you can keep the 'skeeters! lol I feel bad - DD is at camp for the week and there is supposed to be rain every day this week. C What is "rain"? This was the driest rain-year in southern California since record-keeping began. (West of the Rocky Mountains, most rain falls in the winter. Thus, rain years are reckoned from July to June or (by some agencies) from October to September.) Los Angeles had 3.21 inches since July 2006. Where I live, the last measurable rain was 20 April. We probably won't see rain again until late October or even November. On the other hand, if you get 2" of rain the drains all back up and you get have flash flooding. Once you get out of LA and Orange County, which are bathed in water that comes from far away, it's arid waste land and the the Mojave Desert. It's a one season climate that goes from cool to hot. What Southern California calls winter, most people would call a very mild spring. What has happened is that the amount of water that is being diverted into the peripheral canal from the Sacramento River in northern California has been reduced because the amount of water that was being taken is affecting a number of species of fish in the Sacramento delta. When the lawns turn brown and people stop letting water run down the street while they wash their cars, then I'd be worried. -- Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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