[Garden] summary for Thurs May 29

[Monica Dikkes]

Gus, I like your style.  I am sorry I haven't been able to meet.  I am not used to this schedule juggling yet with my little guy!  I hope to be in the garden come bug season!

> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:12:17 -0400> From: gmgutoski at uwaterloo.ca> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org> Subject: [Garden] summary for Thurs May 29> > -- Greta and I made a trip to the garden this morning at 11am to uncover > the plants... only to find that someone had beat us to the job! > Fortunately, the weather outside today is so nice that we didn't mind > the extra walk in the sun.> > -- The lock on the shed is officially broken. I couldn't even get it to > lock, and a liberal application of WD-40 did not help. The lock exists > now only for cosmetic reasons.> I suggest that we do not bother investing in a new lock: the shed doors > are so flimsy that their purpose now is also merely cosmetic.> > -- Taken from the UW Weather Station web site:> "Our low temperature this morning was 0.014°C at 6:00 am, thus we just > managed to stay above freezing.> However, remember that the temperature at the UW weather station is > measured at 2 m above the ground (this is the worldwide standard).> So your plants, that are most likely closer to the ground, may have some > frost damage."> Glad we played it safe.> > -- The forecast for tonight calls for a low of +6, so we should be in > the clear for now.> > -- It's supposed to rain Friday and Saturday -- a free watering for us.> > Gus> > _______________________________________________> Garden mailing list> Garden at lists.wpirg.org> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
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