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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Bev & Gene,
Here in NE TN we are about two weeks behind Bev and a week behind Gene,  I am 
still enjoying the bulbs and the fruit trees, the redbuds are beginning to 
show and the dogwoods are still small little balls.  With all the rain and 
lack of sun they may take a bit longer, but I am really into rain this 
Spring!  Our creeks are running again and the watering ponds for cattle are 
almost full again.  Seeing things turn green is like a miracle since it has 
all been brown since last July & August.
I am even enjoying the weeds which are magnificent this Spring with all the 
rain.  What wonderful compost they will all make.  Getting them before they 
go to seed is the hard part!
Here's to just rain and no destructive storms!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gene GeRue 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:50 AM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Bev -- incoming



  On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:43 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

  > I'm guessing you are talking about the weather..lol

  The weather forecast sites I use showed serious tornado activity in NW  
  Georgia, including Rome and Floyd County.
  >
  > Nothing serious or severe here, just good Spring rains. They say we  
  > may
  > get 3 or 4 inches tomorrow...woohoo!  Maybe the creek will run!

  Happy days are here again . . . .
  >
  > Things are already green here; the dogwoods started blooming  
  > yesterday.
  >  The redbuds are at peak(nice lavender color for those that don't have
  > the view), and most hardwoods now have that light green tint they get
  > just before they leaf out and block the sky.

  You are a week or so ahead of Heartwood. Driving in Wednesday I saw a  
  few redbuds beginning to bloom. My dogwoods have fat buds but will not  
  open for another week or so. I am most appreciative when the redbud  
  and dogwood bloom overlaps, my kind of eye candy.

  >  They say the lakes around
  > here are back at normal levels(here being NW Georgia, not other  
  > parts of
  > the state), but we have historically had less drought effects than  
  > other
  > parts of the state.

  That is excellent news. I'm sure I was not alone in being concerned  
  over your water situation. How is the new well now?
  >
  > I'm envious of those who have the time to put in a full garden. I
  > planted my garlic last Fall, but that, along with some onions and
  > potatoes, is about all I have in the ground right now.

  Yesterday was the first day I've been able to do anything I wanted. I  
  wanted garlic in the ground. A sack of potatoes I left hanging in the  
  basement is sprouting, so they are next for the ground. As soon as I  
  get Magnolia started and the crossing made usable.

  >  I may lay out of
  > work next week and try to get some veggies and herbs planted.  I tried
  > to take vacation last week, but it was denied.  Don't they realize I
  > have better things to do, like PLANT STUFF??? :)

  While digging the garlic bed yesterday I was musing on the mindset of  
  gardeners. Seems to me that in addition to being classic optimists we  
  both romantics and realists. The term "grounded" is New Agey but we  
  are the epitome of the condition.

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