RE: [CH] Test CH ping - rain
Alex Silbajoris (asilbajo@hotmail.com)
Sun, 1 May 2011 18:44:00 +0000
No drought here, we set a record for April rainfall and the ground is far too wet to till. Judging by the radar images over the last few months, western Kentucky and Tennessee have been hit far worse.
OT - we have a hackberry, too; it's old and huge. I installed a "downspout disconnect" (google that) and now half of this house's roof runoff is delivered to the foot of this thirsty tree, instead of to the curb. It really does set berries which last into the winter, when the robins and grackles clean it out. We get bird-distributed volunteers from seeds, but we also get sprouts coming up from the spreading roots of the tree.
> From: docpepr@ccwip.net
> To: asilbajo@hotmail.com; chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [CH] Test CH ping
> Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 13:27:46 -0500
>
> Hey Alex,
> I was wondering same thing- Maybe the list is like the weather- or keeping
> us busy outside because of the weather?
> It's been no rain here; too much elsewhere, and I still have many projects
> left to finish before the hurricane season arrives to bring the rainfall
> averages back up to 20+ inches/yr.
> I re-fitted the greenhouse Swamp-Cooler, just in time for desert wind...
> still have to re-fence the persimmon orchard, cut out a few hackberry trees,
> and get some chiles in the ground!!
> For good luck and anticipating reasonable weather- just transplanted 8" tall
> Bhut Jolokias into 3-gallon pots, with one more and some Aji Amarillos and
> Pineapple Baccatums to go into the orchard after it is deer-proofed. Maybe
> sow some New Mexico Hatch seed also, at least to feed the birds, and get
> some big-uns later-if it rains!
>
> Bob "pinging to end the drought" Opersteny
>