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To: zeta1961 who wrote (78)	5/31/2007 12:44:34 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 379

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.