[OFB Cafe] Rain...

[Derek Broughton]

On August 12, 2008 12:29:15 Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Fred Smith wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Donald R Spoon <drspoon at sbcglobal.net> 
wrote:
> >> Drat!!!  This is only the second rain I can recall all summer, and it
> >> just HAD to be on "D" day!
> >
> > Lucky. Up in the northeast, we've had about 2 days of sun in the past
> > month. 

Same here in Nova Scotia - but then we're just more north and east...

> > Luckily the Roundup resistant japanese knotweed we've 
> > been trying to eradicate for the past 2 years doesn't do well with
> > saturated roots and no sun, and seems to be dying on it's own for
> > once.

Luckily the knotweed hasn't got this far yet (it's in the south of the 
province, though)
>
> Yep........know all about it. BIG tomatoes - still green and NONE
> changing. 'Might loose most of them.

Our smaller varieties are beginning to ripen - _in the greenhouse_!  We're not 
holding out much hope this year.
-- 
derek