From: natashavita@earthlink.net
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 09:54:55 MDT
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From: Greg Burch
>Watering my plants is a kind of therapy for me, and the habitual action
>provides a structured framework for enjoying and keeping up on their
>progress. I know this is so because this year, even having had a
>wetter-than-normal summer, my garden is actually in worse shape now than
>it was at this time last year, because I haven't HAD to pay as much
>attention to it on a regular basis (and I've been busier with
>work-work). (Our water bill is only about 10% of what it was last year
>-- a good sign of how different the climate has been in this El Nino
>year.) Fortunately, the tropical plants that dominate our garden pretty
>much take care of themselves so long as I give the soil a good
>recharging in the early Spring and spend 20 hours or so cleaning them up
>in late March to early April.
Being on a hill with no trees yet, our yard will be scorched by the sun so
it's probably a good thing to have a sprinkler system. I like gardening as
therapy, so I'll let technology take care of the watering -:)
I got some great feedback from Sabine, Robert and Barbara. Robert's
message to me is so full of information that I had to kick back for a while
and focus in on it.
Thank you!
Natasha
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