A rainy April 8

It is cooler today though not uncomfortably so and wet. No gardening today. But I noticed that several of the plants are doing very well. The valerian has almost doubled in size in the last couple of days. I will have to move it back against the fence and move the rose forward. Valerian is a tall plant--much taller than a miniature rose.

When we did our trip to the dairy and stopped off at the close supermarket to get a couple of items we forgot (even with a list!!) earlier this week I saw pots of spring plants out. Tempting--but not yet.

Have any of you seen the story about the toxic pools of waste water in Florida one of which was threatening to burst taking the other two with it? Well, state officials authorized the massive release of the toxic water into nearby waterways averting the bigger disaster if the other pools also ruptured--that water had radioactive materials as well as toxins. As it is the pollutants in the released water may cause fish kills and toxic algae blooms. Has anyone heard anything about the "superfund" sites that were all over the headlines twenty+ years ago? They are still out there, still highly polluted and still not fully cleaned up. Some aren't even partially cleaned up. The "superfund" cleanup was anything but super funded. Does anyone know what happens to bacteria in a petrie dish? The population grows spectacularly--and then dies spectacularly. The population crashes long before the nutrients in the medium are gone because of the waste the bacteria produce. This is our "petrie dish", folks.