http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/ Bay Area gardener's growing pains and happy pickings. All things relating to gardens and gardening. en Copyright 2006 Susan Fisher Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:49:52 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Radio UserLand v8.2.1 sfisher@aclibrary.org sfisher@aclibrary.org rssUpdates 0 1 2 3 23 4 13 12 60 http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/04/08.html#a298 <font size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">April is starting out wet, wet, wet. I've managed to pull some weeds in a brief break in the weather after work on Thursday. Today might allow a bit more weeding, but planting is out of the question as the ground is simply too soggy. Gardeners' patience is wearing very thin.&nbsp; Watch out for high veggie prices too. Our California farmers are not having any better luck with their plantings either. I am saving up the memory of rain to bring forward in May or August when the weather is blazing hot.</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></font> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/04/08.html#a298 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:49:52 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/31.html#a297 <font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" size="3">March has set a record for number of days of rain. I love that the hills are still green and lush. Unfortunately, the weeds in my yard are also very happy. We are so soggy, it may take a month to dry out. Weather reports another week of rain is coming.<br></font> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/31.html#a297 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:08:33 GMT Plants Weather http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/15.html#a296 <P><FONT face=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif size=2>Rain is still in the forecast and it is cold for California. Spring is closing in and no plantings can be done in this wet soil. It feels more like the beginning of winter rather than springtime. There was a tornado watch in the area of Oklahoma where I visited.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I'll be going to Boston next week, where it is still in the 20's and 30's. Brrrr!</FONT></P> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/15.html#a296 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:48:33 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/07.html#a295 Flying home to say goodbye to my mother.<br> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/07.html#a295 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:08:31 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/05.html#a294 We have had lots of rain and everything is soaked and muddy. The cabbage and peas like the wet but it is still too cold to be spring or consider planting any more veggies.&nbsp; The hills above 3000 feet have had multiple snow days. Very unusual for our sunny Bay Area weather and as a native to the area, I can say I don't ever remember having this many snowy hill days.<br> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/03/05.html#a294 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:39:06 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/02/12.html#a293 <font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A white lilac bush spoke to me yesterday at the nursery. Unplanted at the moment, the lilac will hopefully break up the purples of lavendar, society garlic and hummingbird plants.&nbsp; We are to go back to seasonable weather--50's instead of 70's later this week. Lots of trees have already blossomed, thinking it is Spring.</span><br style="font-family: Arial;"></font> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/02/12.html#a293 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:34:14 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/02/03.html#a292 <span style="font-family: Arial;">Too much work, too tired and too wet to garden. :-(</span><br style="font-family: Arial;"> http://radio.weblogs.com/0122836/2006/02/03.html#a292 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:37:53 GMT