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porterville, calif.

I was curious to see if having a great rain or snow year followed up with a really good year with your AGs.
And if there was a bad dry year in your area if you had a bad year for AGs or any other type of gardening.
I had a really good winter for rain , but lousy year following for a gardening. Then on a dry winter had a good year gardening. Even maybe the other way around?
Has this happened to anyone else? Or is this just a fluke?

1/30/2006 11:01:29 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Maybe after the rainy season a lot leaching occurred in your soil? Or if it rains a lot and you go tromping around or tilling in your garden when it's wet you get heavy soil compaction. Just guesses, I've never made any corrolations before.

1/31/2006 11:18:22 AM

Puyallup, WA

We just received nearly 12" of rain in the month of January alone! If there is any truth to this....growers in the Pacific Northwest will do well in 2006!

2/1/2006 1:13:14 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

We've had the wettest winter in 20 years! I hope it helps!

2/1/2006 1:25:29 PM

Tipp City, Ohio

In 2005 we were up almost 8 inches above rainfall average when we planted. Then nothing during the growing season. After harvest of the giant and field pumpkins we were swamped again. Ended up at plus 7 inches of rainfall for the year compared to the average.

2/1/2006 9:00:20 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

OK, well Ohio... I hear you can get 8 inches in a day!

Our AVERAGE is 12 inches a year.

2/2/2006 12:47:19 AM

Mn

Stan

Your weaher can be explained through a weather phenomenom colle El niania. Not el nino. Apperantly this causes lots of rain in the NW and hurricanes like the ones we had this year.

2/2/2006 7:38:25 PM