How about that Texas Weather
ConroeJoe@aol.com (Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:16:56 PDT)

Hi,

The weather station records at the nearest airport show precipitation for
every day in June, except June 1, it also sprinkled July 1 and 2. My
observations at home tell me it rained every day in June and July 1 and 2. Perhaps folks
in the Pacific Northwest are used to such weather, but it has been a bit much
here near Houston, TX.

The humidity has ranged very high when it was not raining--typically up to
100% for at least half the day, and sometimes all day. It has been warm too,
with many days of 95 F (36 C). Most of my plants like the weather, but some
have shown signs of crankiness. The Conroe airport reports about 14 inches of
rain for June. Some Houston news sources claim over 16 inches of rain. My
backyard homemade rain gauge tells me I got over 18 inches of rain in my part of
Montgomery County, TX.

Oddly, seedlings of 4 or 5 Dierama species have thrived in the heat and
humidity. I kept meaning to put them away for summer, or at least indoors under
lights, but laziness won that battle. They seem happy and healthy and as long
as I keep them in out of hot sun they keep growing. They are in fast draining
soil--but have stayed damp all the month of June (and most of May too). I
was lucky enough to get the seeds from a member of the PBS last winter, au
gratis. This sure is a friendly group.

Cordially,

Conroe Joe