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Post by steev on Mar 14, 2012 14:06:55 GMT -5
Holly, providing they and I survive and thrive, you shall have cuttings.
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edwin
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Post by edwin on Mar 14, 2012 21:13:03 GMT -5
So today it was 13. We are digging beds. We are planning to plant peas. A week ago we had a blizzard.
Last year we were not able to get to our garden until April 1, and that was pushing it.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 15, 2012 16:06:46 GMT -5
Well, it's a bit gloomy, but it's not raining. So, back to work. There's seeds to sow and weeds to pull. I can hear the grass growing. Attachments:
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 15, 2012 16:07:50 GMT -5
and yes, I'm still amongst the quick, but the buzzards are keeping an eye on me.
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Post by steev on Mar 16, 2012 14:02:26 GMT -5
Still raining in Oakland; I went out yesterday in the light drizzle between real storms to check the urban wheelbarrow; it was full to overflowing; glad to see that. We've now gotten ~half normal-to-date.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 17, 2012 13:45:49 GMT -5
This is one of the first trees I planted on the farm, 20 years ago. A beautiful Asian Pear, now it's on my brother's side of the farm, so it's no longer mine. Behind it is my neighbor's new McMansion. It used to be dairy cows, who would be singing in the rain right now! We've had nearly an inch of rain in the last 24 hours, mostly last night, but it's still raining now. Attachments:
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 17, 2012 14:20:55 GMT -5
We were out weeding/cleaning up but had to stop and come in. 24°F! That's about 75° old style, and it's kind of muggy with it. Not to mention it's a shock to the system... we are going to put in some peas later today... about 2 months earlier than last year.
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Post by sandbar on Mar 17, 2012 15:26:18 GMT -5
73F here today, and I'm inside working on taxes ... We received 2 1/2 inches of rain in two hours Thursday morning ... we are soaked. Set a record for preciptation last year and are way above normal for this year. Ground has not dried out enough to work yet this year. I'm worried that I'm going to run out of time to get new raised beds installed for the berry and bramble plants I just bought. Am hoping to get the new strawberry and asparagus beds established, too. I know others are suffering from lack of rain, but at least you have the option of irrigating. Here, our soil is so saturated we can't work in the fields. The temperatures have been significantly above normal (only 5 days this winter that we reached single digit temps and NO days below zero ... very, very unusual), and the sunshine is helping to dry out the ground. Alas, more rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow ... sigh. I don't know which is worse ... no rain or too much ... I have 40 truckloads of back fill dumped along my driveway and in front of the barn waiting ... since last November ... for the ground to dry out enough to put it where I need it. Please, Lord, just one 10 day stint of little to no rain!! Please?
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Post by steev on Mar 17, 2012 23:38:52 GMT -5
For me, too little rain means the need to irrigate without the water to do so, ground too dry to till easily, weeds that won't sprout before I have to plant, and plantings that don't germinate.
My oats, rye, and kamut are still not up, but the brome is already setting seed.
If we really wanted to be in control, we wouldn't farm.
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Post by richardw on Mar 17, 2012 23:49:30 GMT -5
A lovely warm 24C in my neck of the woods today with very low humidity,low enough that i was able to dry a full dehydrator load of apples in 8 hours,normally takes 16 hours
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Post by MikeH on Mar 18, 2012 16:59:34 GMT -5
It's 5:30 in the afternoon and 71˚!!!!!!!!!! Jeez. Things are beginning to look much better for our bees - portageperennials.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/to-bee/. A couple of days ago I put out some sugar syrup (1:1 ratio water to sugar). We are hands-off beekeepers so I don't like doing this kind of thing but I also couldn't stand by and let them die. We make things tough enough for bees as it is without. They ignored it for the first couple of days but were all over it today but they could have been after the water. I did my first fruit tree grafts today. I consider them to be an outstanding success since minimal blood was shed. Damn but that knife is sharp - it only got near my thumb and there was blood. Whether the grafts take or not is another story.
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Post by bunkie on Mar 19, 2012 10:36:21 GMT -5
24F here this morning, but sunny. cold winds from the north are coming in with 'feet' of snow in the Cascdes. expecting inches of snow tonight and tomorrow here...
nice link on the bees holly!
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 19, 2012 19:57:32 GMT -5
This walnut tree was grown from a seed about 30 years ago. I'm told that it tastes great. I guess you'd have to like walnuts. Anyway, here's what it looked like this morning.
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Post by steev on Mar 19, 2012 20:26:28 GMT -5
I like walnuts. I gardened a place that had two seed walnuts ~50 years old; one had large nuts that tasted nearly as good as newsprint; the other had half-size nuts that were superb.
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 19, 2012 20:28:20 GMT -5
Dumont: Looking good.
We were at something insane like 26C (that's Celcius!!) today!!
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