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Post by philagardener on Feb 21, 2017 18:20:55 GMT -5
I started some peas this weekend! I have plenty of seed in case they don't make it, but the typical issue is that our Springs seem to get shorter and shorter before Summers' heat sets in. Phenology (leafing out) is running three weeks ahead of "norm" for much of the country this year. www.usanpn.org/data/spring |
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Post by mskrieger on Feb 23, 2017 11:16:08 GMT -5
I started some peas this weekend! I have plenty of seed in case they don't make it, but the typical issue is that our Springs seem to get shorter and shorter before Summers' heat sets in. Phenology (leafing out) is running three weeks ahead of "norm" for much of the country this year. www.usanpn.org/data/springYep. Definitely true here. If it's warm and dry enough to dig this weekend I may go ahead and sow spinach, peas and poppies. In February! |
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Post by walt on Feb 23, 2017 13:04:17 GMT -5
I used to plant my peas by poking them into the mud in mid February. They would sit there until time to germinate. I usually started harvest only a week or less than neighbors who planted in March. But I always wanted to get out and start my garden.
This year. if I had planted peas on Feb. 1, they might have been up by now. Tonight will be the first frost in over a week, and it will be only a couple of degrees of frost. Not at all normal.
I planted some tomato seeds inside in January, in pots. I hoped to make a cross and plant the F1 seeds in the garden, late maybe, but early enough to get 2 generations and have F3 seeds next fall. Die to really warmer than normal weather, those tomatoes have been out side for over a week. In pots, of course. Tonight they come in, for at least a week, by the 10 day forecast. But they may spend days outside.
I should have planted radishes and turnips for greens already. But I didn't expect such weather.
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Post by richardw on Feb 24, 2017 15:32:08 GMT -5
Have already had a week of high airpressure parked up over the country meaning fine warm days, cool nights and light winds, looking to be 10 more days like this. Trees are now taking on an autumn look as two years of low rainfall means the deep subsoil's are very dry
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Post by reed on Feb 24, 2017 17:27:06 GMT -5
Stopped just shy of 80F today. Clouds came in just in time to stop it at 79. Supposed to be storms tonight and high tomorrow in the 30s maybe even a little snow. 40+ degree drop forecast over next several hours. A little ominous as far as storms go, we'll see I suppose. Doors and windows wide open at the moment but the breeze starting to pick up has a little chill too it.
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Post by steev on Feb 27, 2017 22:38:10 GMT -5
In Oakland, it's clear, windy, and cold (Cali cold, not Minnesota cold; we're not acclimated to that; I'm betting that as climate heats up, we'll be fine, though a tad parched).
It's been frost in the shade on the farm of late (rather late coming; might mean an early end to frost?); I've no clue.
Things will be different, when I'm in charge.
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Post by William on Feb 27, 2017 23:15:48 GMT -5
This has been a cold snow covered winter in Montana. Just the way the jetstream worked out this winter. Lots of warm dry winters in the last 15 years. Last couple times I've spent the winter in Montana the Chinook "Foehn" wind of my childhood has been absent. I miss those mid winter melt offs.
I want the snow to melt off enough so I can poke in some peas and favas!
Wonder what kind of summer I'll get this time around?
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Post by steev on Feb 28, 2017 0:26:12 GMT -5
I'm sure you'll find out.
I'm going to be getting field peas planted asap, the soil being workable; gotta get those salad greens growing.
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Post by walt on Feb 28, 2017 13:28:10 GMT -5
Late last week, it cooled off and I thought that winter had finally started. No. Just a couple of days that needed coats.
Sunday I drove 40 miles east to see my son in Salina, KS. Parked cars there had about an inch of snow on them, early. It didn't last. We had a heavy frost was all.
I guess winter was canceled for lack of interest.
I expect lots of insects this summer.
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Post by richardw on Feb 28, 2017 13:29:37 GMT -5
Last couple times I've spent the winter in Montana the Chinook "Foehn" wind of my childhood has been absent. I miss those mid winter melt offs. We also get a very commonly occurring Foehn wind which during the winter brings warmth and dries out the soil enough to be able to walk about with out feeling like i'm wearing a pair of Mafia boots. One of the best examples happened four winters ago after we had a heavy snowfall, first clear the temps went down as low as -15C, the second night it was at -10degC at 11.00PM when the wind arrived lifting it to +12deg within half an hour. The summer just past saw the most Foehn winds i can recall, nearly nonstop for weeks on end. |
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Post by gilbert on Feb 28, 2017 15:54:09 GMT -5
It has been warm, even hot, and very dry here in Denver. But now the weather has cooled down and it is snowing; but not for long! It will be over 60 F by the weekend.
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Post by mskrieger on Mar 1, 2017 14:39:37 GMT -5
We've had days in the high 60s Fahreinheit but nights still getting reliably frozen. Supposed to go down into the 20s by the coast and teens in the interior hills this weekend. I did rake the leaf mulch off my garlic and strew some poppy seeds on the exposed earth. But no other planting, yet. Probably I'll regret this when we start hitting 80s in April and the peas go down in flames. But maybe we'll get lucky and just have a long, beautiful spring. Here's to hope!
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Post by reed on Mar 2, 2017 8:35:29 GMT -5
We've gone into a little cold spell if you want to call lows in the high 20s cold. I planted lots of spring things, lettuce, radish, carrots and the like. Put in little patches of poppies along the edges but I'v never grown them before and don't know what they like so I saved about 1/2 my seed to plant a little later. Tilled all of the new part of one of the gardens and sowed it full of old turnip, radish and other stuff. Figure we can munch of it till time to plant things like tomatoes and squash. Dark and rain stopped me from planting peas but they should go in this weekend.
Had a pretty good storm yesterday morning, lots of trees and some buildings blown away but it missed our neighborhood. I guess power is still out in various places around OH, IN and KY. I imagine when this little cool period ends the hot dry won't be far behind so I'll be getting ready for lots of other planting this weekend.
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Post by steev on Mar 2, 2017 23:33:16 GMT -5
Gorgeous in the SF Bay Area, not windy, 60's F, still no smog; almost makes up for the traffic; but if you don't have to hit the road, this is the GOOD stuff! This is the kind of weather that weaned me off the Central Valley for good; then I bought a farm where the weather is even more rigorous than in the Central Valley; what was I thinking? What? Was I thinking?
Really; no regrets; I'm very pleased to have that land; its' challenges keep me engaged; what else would I do, play golf? I'd rather open my veins! Petronius had his point, but I'd be afraid to be on the computer while in the tub; might not finish my memoirs, getting electrocuted before bleeding out. Bummer.
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Post by richardw on Mar 3, 2017 13:02:04 GMT -5
Likewise, buying land away from the coast i have not regretted, dont miss those cold sea breezes that drag in the low cloud and fogs one bit.
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