MB> MM> The tomato seeds and empty pots have been sitting there for weeks now
MB> MM> - I  keep promising myself I'll pot them up!  This weekend for 
sure!
MB> 
MB> Oh oh! better hurry! You want those tomatoes ready to put in the
MB> ground by the first of next month!   Some of my tomatoes are
MB> sprouting, just planted them a few days ago!
I finally got them in the other day! 
MB> MM> I figure if it gets hot too early, we'll have pods, if it stays cool
MB> MM> long  enough, we'll have peas, and if gets warm way too early, at 
least
MB> MM> we'll  have pretty flowers. 
MB> 
MB> Sounds like you have it pretty well covered!   I guess it's
MB> turning cool again, so they should be happy for a while.
I hope so, but that gopher turtle is getting a gleam in his eye. Every time 
I water the pea seedlings, he's there watching me.  I think he's 
secretly digging a tunnel under the fence so when the peas are ready to 
bloom, he'll be ready to munch! 
MB> I never thought of that. I know when we get a cold front quite
MB> often it's windy and the plants will dry out in the wind, even
MB> though the ground still has mosture in it. I guess they just
MB> can't get the water from the soil as fast as the wind dries them
MB> out.
Well, NM averages around 15%-30% humidity - add in 30mph hour winds for a 
month and it stays around 10-15% humidity. And we're talking beach sand for 
"dirt" so there's not much moisture in the soil to begin with. Before I got 
my soil built up and mulched well enough, I'd be watering my tomato plants 
twice a day!  I had bought my house new, and the landscapers had put 
down sod straight on the sand (no enrichment at all) and the yard was 
sloped...  I spent 2-3 years trying to keep it green before I gave up 
and rented a rototiller and put it out of its misery. 
MB> MM> and see what  happens. Right now the crabgrass is still dormant and 
I'd
MB> MM> like to keep it  that way. 
MB> 
MB> Good lucky keeping the crabgrass dormant!  * Origin: Complications, Altamonte Spgs, FL 407-297-8298 (1:363/340)