Ouch, sorta like having a 18 month old human.
I know a few things about gardening--only a few
important things. Compost!
Roses: Last fall I cut down a couple of the most
diseased roses and gave up on them. But somehow the
root balls or a piece of cane or something ended up
in the compost pile. Presto! I have a new healthy
rose coming out of one of my compost piles.
I don't have a master gardener sort of yard at all, but
it suits me. One thing you have to do is completely change
problem areas--if I have a lousy patch of weeds taking
over, that is where I start my new compost pile, right
there on the spot.
Nothing makes me happier than throwing the compost
around in the spring and finding stuff growing in it,
which I recover and replant.
Kelp and such--I bought a gallon of Alaska fish
fertilizer to feed some roses I have in halved oak
barrels. We will know in July if it does the trick.
Gawd, roses. Nothing but trouble. <impatiens> now that
you mention it, I think I will water mine with some
Alaska fish stink today, that might finally get them
growing, they got off to an awful start this spring,
two late light frosts on them in April, not good.
To answer your question...
The Puget Sound Convergence zone is a mesoscale weather
system that puts rain bands between Seattle and Everett
when the winds aloft and stability are just right.
I probably have got 2" of extra rain from PSCZ's this
spring, and that is probably half of what I usually
get from the things. Usually we curse the PSCZ and April
and May can be showery and cool, but not this year. |
