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Merci buckets

Did you hear the grateful gulps coming from your garden last night? Maybe the thunder obscured it, but surely those sounds were out there. Anyone who's tried to water lately has been frustrated ... you water and water and the next day, dust bowl.

Gardeners aren't like regular people. (I won't say "normal.") Regular people complain about rain. It's a spoiler. It literally rains on parades and weddings and graduations.

But gardeners check weather forecasts obsessively. We watch the skies for a sign. We ask each other the latest.

Last night's rain was much appreciated! Merci buckets.

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Since joining the Inquirer in 1985, Ginny Smith has been a city reporter and medical writer, City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. In March 2006, she became the paper’s gardening writer, which has been the most fun of all. Ginny recently won a silver award of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association in the newspaper-writing category.


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