Hardy plants for hardy souls
‘More and more I am coming to the conclusion that rain is a far more important consideration to gardens than sun, and that one of the lesser advantages that a gardener gains in life is his thorough enjoyment of a rainy day!’ Margaret Waterfield, quoted in The Penguin Book of Garden Writing What kind of [...]
I mentioned the Drought Monitor website two years ago, when we were going through a drought. At least, we thought we were, but that Drought Monitor only said "abnormally dry." That's the most disturbing thing about the map. You think you've got it bad, and then you see some other part of the country has [...]
Upstate NY is drowning! At least, my county is. It's been raining all week, so the ground was saturated, and then this afternoon it really started raining! Must be the kind of downpour they get in Texas all the time. I can't even check how fast it was coming down, because everyone in town is [...]
The first weekend in April our area experienced the worst flooding in 70 years. It was a combination of a lot of rain falling on, and melting, a lot of snow, over earth that was still frozen and couldn't absorb it. From April 4th until this evening (April 22) it didn't rain at all. We've [...]
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