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Post by richardw on Mar 31, 2019 13:17:48 GMT -5
High 60sF here yesterday, 7+ inches rain today and still coming down, roughly an inch per hour since it started, currently 39F. Rain supposed to change to wet snow overnight, high in low 40s tomorrow. Won't be doing much in the garden for awhile. It would be many years ago since that amount of rain fell in one fall
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Post by richardw on Feb 2, 2019 15:23:13 GMT -5
Had the hottest day for a few years on Thursday when it reached 37.9deg - 100.2F, dont get enough of that sort of heat to warrant an aircon but one would have been nice on that day, I do though have ice cold ground water so hosing myself down was carried out while working out in the garden.
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Post by richardw on Feb 2, 2019 15:13:12 GMT -5
Yes well done.
Not looking likely yet again that seed will be produced here by anyone in New Zealand, four year we have been trying. The problem is the scapes shut down before they can complete seed development
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Post by richardw on Jan 2, 2019 13:14:27 GMT -5
Winds off the alps are warm and dry so that makes for warm night time temps of around 20C -68F and daytime 27deg - 80F. So great growing conditions at the moment
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Post by richardw on Dec 26, 2018 23:57:12 GMT -5
When i was able to bring in tomato seed in 10+ years ago I got some seed through Tomatoville a tomato called Hoy, it was huge,I ended up with fruit of close to one kg or 2.3 pounds, not sure what 12 ounces is but does this come close.
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Post by richardw on Dec 25, 2018 13:42:22 GMT -5
Freezing fogs or hoarfrost as they are known here are not common around these parts but seen most winters to the south. they certainly can be beautiful alright.
Having a very cool cloudy and wet summer so far, some plants are loving others not so, peas potatoes onions are some of the best ive had for years, corn, camote, tomatoes and peppers all very slow. Good news though is the computer models are showing 10 days ahead of clear warm weather, so about time summer arriving.
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Post by richardw on Nov 28, 2018 11:53:25 GMT -5
richardw , do you start your salsify seeds in flats or direct sow? Directly sown, they are reasonably fast to germinate too.
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Post by richardw on Nov 26, 2018 13:05:13 GMT -5
These are about two months from sowing
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Post by richardw on Nov 26, 2018 12:51:27 GMT -5
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Post by richardw on Nov 26, 2018 12:47:42 GMT -5
Yes i grow the whites salsify every year. Ive found that they grow a wider root if they are given plenty of space, 20cm apart. Ive just done a reasonable sowing this spring thinking i might start selecting for roots with less lateral roots. As for the taste, has plenty of flavour like a parsnip, well worth growing. Ive got a block of plants that are producing seed atm, if you want some seed William let me know
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Post by richardw on Oct 31, 2018 13:25:58 GMT -5
I must take notice of the bumbles here too
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Post by richardw on Oct 10, 2018 14:17:02 GMT -5
I'm lucky that i planted large areas of native trees, bushes and tussocks, so Bumblebees have plenty of areas to build nest which i get a lot of in and around garden.
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Post by richardw on Oct 9, 2018 14:13:28 GMT -5
Maybe only once every couple of years do we see the NW arch cloud as straight as it was at sunrise today, formed much the same way as by the Chinook winds they are quite common but rare to get them as relatively straight as seen in the photo. The best example i remember was when i was a kid, the arch cloud then was ruler straight 200-300 kms long
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Post by richardw on Oct 8, 2018 0:00:12 GMT -5
Agree, good progress reed.
philagardener - how far away do you think you will be from digging up your seasons crop?
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Post by richardw on Oct 6, 2018 13:57:37 GMT -5
Ive taken the top few cm's of soil/un-germinated seeds from each of the small pots and spread that out over the top of five large pots fulled with soil, these are outside now but i'll keep an eye on them as its still about a month till the end of frost season, hopefully something might pop up during summer maybe.
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