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    From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 25 20:07:13 2023
    we've had a few sprinkles between Apr 5 and now,
    but probably all totalled less than a half inch of
    rain. normal for us is about 3 inches of rain a
    month.

    a bit ago we had a whopping 3/8 of an inch of
    rain and better yet more chances for tonight and
    tomorrow and even through the week.

    it will be really nice to not have to water. :)

    i finished planting gardens yesterday and did
    a bit more today but nothing extensive as it was
    outside the fenced area so critters may eat it.
    just testing some things out to see how they go.

    on the whole most things i've planted have
    been sprouting and growing but slowly as they
    just do not do as good as they would otherwise
    do with rain water. the well water is not so
    bad that it would kill plants, but it has some
    calcium and rust in it which will eventually
    affect the pH of the gardens. along with it
    mostly being clay some gypsum and sulfur are
    amendments i should get from time to time and
    check the pH, but as of yet in almost 20yrs of
    gardening here i've not done it. plenty of
    organic matter is also a good thing and any
    green manure crops i can grow and turn under
    are very helpful.


    songbird

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to songbird on Mon Jun 26 10:44:27 2023
    On 6/25/2023 8:07 PM, songbird wrote:
    we've had a few sprinkles between Apr 5 and now,
    but probably all totalled less than a half inch of
    rain. normal for us is about 3 inches of rain a
    month.

    a bit ago we had a whopping 3/8 of an inch of
    rain and better yet more chances for tonight and
    tomorrow and even through the week.

    it will be really nice to not have to water. :)

    That's good! It was like that most of May and half of June here, but
    the rain started a couple of weeks ago, and we've got a fair bit since.
    Gardens have been in, but I should put chicken wire around them. I
    just planted a peach tree in my front yard.

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Mon Jun 26 13:38:47 2023
    On 6/26/2023 9:44 AM, Michael Trew wrote:
    On 6/25/2023 8:07 PM, songbird wrote:
       we've had a few sprinkles between Apr 5 and now,
    but probably all totalled less than a half inch of
    rain.  normal for us is about 3 inches of rain a
    month.

       a bit ago we had a whopping 3/8 of an inch of
    rain and better yet more chances for tonight and
    tomorrow and even through the week.

       it will be really nice to not have to water.  :)

    That's good!  It was like that most of May and half of June here, but
    the rain started a couple of weeks ago, and we've got a fair bit since.
     Gardens have been in, but I should put chicken wire around them.  I
    just planted a peach tree in my front yard.

    We've enjoyed a fair amount of rain this year , and mostly well timed
    . We got a half inch yesterday afternoon . Other parts of the county got
    more , but it was mostly in the form of destructive hail . Busted every
    single skylight at our local WallyWorld . My neighbor was on the road
    when it hit , busted his truck windshield and I hear his hood and cab
    roof are covered with dents .
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    Snag
    Men don't protect women because they're weak .
    We protect them because they're important .

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