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ing more tender, moistureneedy plants in areas which receive afternoon shade or only choosing these kinds of plants for spring bloom and planting tougher, heat loving plants for summer. Provide shade nets for all but the most sun loving vegetables.
Above all, remember that incorporating any of these suggestions will improve the drought resistance of your garden, but that the groundwater soil, plants and atmosphere are all connected and best results will come by gardening to restore the proper, natural function of all these connections.
Imagine that you are rain, a reticent guest that must be wooed and encouraged to visit. Would you feel welcome to a place where people complained of “bad weather” every time it rained? Would you want to stay in hard soil or where there was chemical use and a disregard for the preciousness of water, the life-giver? Of course not! The most inviting place to visit would be one where gardens and land are clean and soil is rich, where there is mulch, lots of trees and vegetation, where rain barrels and water wise gardeners are waiting with open arms.
Donna LaPre welcomes questions and comments and may be reached at dopray@earthlink.net or in care of the Rappahannock News, PO. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747.
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