[Magdalen] More weather

[Jay Weigel]

We lost two of the cedars on the west end of our property that S/O had
planted and carefully nurtured. I forget what kind they are but they're
pretty. The others are okay. I have no idea what happened to these two but
he's exceedingly unhappy.

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:01 AM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> Praying for rain here too. The Western Cape (including Cape Town) has empty
> dams and ours are critically low. Upcountry, where there was drought last
> year, the dams are full TBTG. But our local Govt applied to be a disaster
> zone. Cape Town is talking about tapping the giant aquifer under Table
> Mountain and maybe desalination...what we will do in Eastern Cape if it
> doesn't rain I don't know. Their rain season is winter, but we can't count
> on that here.
>
> Regarding containers....We had a tree in a clay pot that grew too large. We
> knocked the bottom out of the pot and put it on some good, dug through
> ground. All well, tree has more than doubled in size even on our sandy
> subsoil. Summerstrand is basically dunes!
>
> I have five rose bushes in containers, two terra-cotta, two ceramic and one
> is a half wine barrel. All fine, we water with buckets saved from the house
> and feed with "worm wee" from a thriving earthworm "farm.". This townhouse
> has a fully paved yard back and front, so no grass thank heavens.
>
> We save buckets from the washing machine to wash the front yard bricks (2
> dogs in yard) and it works so well, smell is gone! Ariel laundry liquid!
>
> Prayers for rain ongoing in all churches...we may get some later today, but
> most important is rain in the catchment areas inland. Rain here is nice for
> us but will mostly end up in the sea.
>
> Sally D
>
> Sally D
>