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["Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>]

Ginda,  If you got some rain late in the summer, your plants probably did 
some blooming later than they would have if they'd been going all summer.  I 
find it amusing that my gooseberries (planted a year ago) which defoliated 
fairly early in the year now have leaves and are presumably working on 
getting their roots established when I thought they were just done for the 
year.  Maybe they'll use our long summers for estivating and fit in 2 growth 
seasons per year.  I'll have to wait for a non-drouth year to find out I 
guess.   Donna