[Leica] IMG: floods

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Tina,

My thoughts are with those in Iowa where I have many friends. It will
impact all of us. It's sending the already high price of corn even
higher. That will affect everyone, and I don't just mean people in the
US. 

As far as the drought we're having here (I'm about 70 miles from
Charlotte.) I was just gone for 10 days and I put in a drip irrigation
system before I left. We're under water restrictions here, too. I don't
think it rained the entire time I was gone but the plants all look
great. Drip irrigation is very easy and economical to put in. The timer
was the most expensive item at $28 (Lowes). It's very efficient in terms
of water usage, too. Especially if you mulch as you say. 

DaveR  


-----Original Message-----
From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@comporium.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:55 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: floods

At 05:18 PM 6/12/2008, you wrote:
><http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=256>
>rough weather in the midwest
>
>Fond regards,
>George

George -

I hope you and your family are ok.  You are getting too much rain and 
we are getting too little.  I returned from NYC to find that it had 
not rained a drop while I was gone.  All of my plants in containers 
are dead.  The garden is surviving only because we mulched 
heavily.  Last night there were severe thunderstorms warnings in our 
area.  We sat on the porch at the farm and watched the dark clouds 
split and go right around us.  We did get high winds that blew over 
our peach tree.  It had hundreds of peaches that would have been ripe 
in another two weeks.  Still no significant rain and the main water 
line in Rock Hill broke.  We are on severe water restrictions.  I 
certainly believe whoever it was who said that all future wars will 
be fought over water, not oil.

Hope your weather improves!!

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com