From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   fos@sdf.org wrote:   
   ...   
   > i've been watering daily for weeks to keep the seeds moist. saturdays   
   > rain was very welcome. the garlic i've taken your advice about not letting   
   > it dry out. am growing grass too so there's that. once the veggies are   
   > taking off we'll be working on planting a natural & native habitat. we   
   > just planted flowers in seven hanging pots with a couple more still go.   
   > i'm working on being smarter and more miserly with water usage, i think   
   > we're over watering our very well draining gardens. the 12-14 thousand   
   > gallon per quarter twice a year water and sewer bills are nearly twice   
   > what we use in the winter. :)   
      
     we're on a well so we pay for the electricity,   
   well and plumbing and hoses, but not on how much   
   we use.  i try to minimize what we do use because   
   i don't want to run it dry or have other problems   
   come up.  its pretty deep and relatively good water.   
      
     what many people have happen around here when   
   they put in a well is that they have salt water   
   which won't work for gardening.   
      
     also, if i really wanted to i could pull water   
   from the large ditches that run through our   
   property.  one is better than the other but i   
   would also want to test it before i did that   
   since this is an agricultural area and i don't   
   want to water my gardens with runoff if it has a   
   lot of *cides or fertilizers in it (but i don't   
   think it does as it doesn't get green like the   
   other ditches do).   
      
     not enough rains recently.  out to water and   
   get back to weeding.  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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