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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Feb 14, 2018 15:30:58 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Feb 14, 2018 20:38:03 GMT -5
How can it not be complicated and difficult, since people have been doing it for thousands of years; it's not simple, like rocket science.
Greatly enjoyed your presentation, Joseph; so straightforward and sensible.
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Post by jondear on Feb 14, 2018 21:46:58 GMT -5
Great talk Joseph. I got a good laugh out of your philosophy on record keeping. Lol
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Post by richardw on Feb 28, 2018 15:45:24 GMT -5
Great presentation Joseph, your laugh is rather infectious.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 6, 2018 14:03:04 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 12, 2018 0:14:40 GMT -5
My garden had frost last night. Not hard enough to outright kill much, but the upper-leaves of some frost-sensitive crops were crispy-brown this afternoon.
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Post by richardw on Jun 12, 2018 2:39:33 GMT -5
How common is frost in June? Have you noticed any reduction in frosts over resent years
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Post by reed on Jun 12, 2018 4:14:53 GMT -5
How about sweet potatoes were they exposed, any difference among them in how they took it?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 12, 2018 9:27:13 GMT -5
How about sweet potatoes were they exposed, any difference among them in how they took it? The sweet potatoes were still in the greenhouse. I even closed the door. They spent last night outside in their pots, because I moved them to the field. It was a cold one. Guess I get to check on them in a few minutes. I'm intending to plant them out today. |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 12, 2018 9:38:36 GMT -5
How common is frost in June? Have you noticed any reduction in frosts over resent years Snow is common the last week of May. I usually don't plant out frost-tender things until the first week of June. Two years ago, we had frost on July 4th. These are radiant-cooling frosts: Caused by clear nighttime skies. I was just whining a few days ago that the beans I planted on May 5th didn't get killed by frost this year. They are a frost tolerant strain that I have been working on, so hard to tell if that was due to their not being any frost, or due to them being resistant. I haven't checked on them since this frost, though they are in a slightly warmer field. It's hard for me to pay attention to trends, cause weather at high-altitude, in the mountains has always been fickle. I had a neighbor that used to have a glorious early crop of corn, about 1 year in 5, because he would plant super early, expecting the crop to be killed by frost, but then once in a while it would thrive and produce an early crop. I tend to wait to plant frost tender things. |
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Post by mskrieger on Jun 12, 2018 13:35:17 GMT -5
Wow, frosts in mid-June truly make "short season" no joke.
It was unusually cold here (for June) last night: 50F. That's probably a normal summer evening for you, I bet.
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Post by richardw on Jun 13, 2018 1:11:01 GMT -5
Frosts have been the most major rapid change in the weather in the time living here 17 years come July. The growing season used to be some what similar to yours Joseph, not now. Used to get 12 months a year of frosts, though the summer ones were very light, they have well and truly gone these days. But what effect will the coming Grand Solar Minimum have..?
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Post by steev on Jun 13, 2018 2:37:44 GMT -5
No question things are changing; on the farm, temps have gone from 12F x 119F, to 26F x 100F; it's gonna be a resounding "pop" when climate-change deniers pull their heads out of their asses!
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Post by prairiegardens on Jun 13, 2018 15:06:16 GMT -5
Thanks so much for linking to this! Great talk and gave very clear explanations which were much more concise than mine tend to be when talking to an industrial Ag person. Good stuff! |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Jun 13, 2018 23:34:23 GMT -5
My new tool. I'm sure liking it. I figured I had to get something other than a hoe and a roto-tiller to handle doubling the size of my garden to four acres this summer.  I planted snap peas today. How is this tool working out for you? What other special indispensable tools does Joseph have in his arsenal? What other things is Joseph up to? |
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