Greenhouse Weather

The garden is my pressure valve. We are into the 3rd day of really cold rain. The greenhouse has been my salvation. Potting soil is getting mixed. Cups are getting labeled and filled. The tomatoes have been planted in the indoor raised bed, the lights are set up. The lights were not cutting off automatically. I was ready to take the time back. I realized this morning when I went out to cut the lights off, that they were not plugged into the timer. It should work better now.

Why can’t the rain come while stuff is growing in the garden? The empty rain barrels are full now and overflowing. All summer city water had to be used. The rain is knocking the leaves off of the trees. That will help the leaf blowing process move along as soon as they get dry. The pin oaks are still about ½ green; so they will dump after everything else is cleaned up.

The rain is helping the greens and salad greens in the garden. The ground is too wet to pick them. They just get pulled up. When the soil dries a little there will be plenty to do there. The greens will need picking. The raised beds are full of compost. They need dirt now. More lumber has been scrounged. There is enough to build 3 or maybe 4 more beds. It is better than Prozac.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/