As I write this at 1 PM EST, the temperature at my home weather station is 43°F. Yesterday, the temperature reached 52°F by mid-afternoon.
Snow-wise, I have witnessed a few very light snow flurries maybe three times during the past month, meanwhile, 2006 ended without any snow accumulation this fall and winter.
A broccoli plant grew in my vegetable garden until Thanksgiving when a cold snap seemed to have done it in, but it showed signs of coming back to life in December.
The calendar says "January" and the GPS says that it's 41° 37' 48" North, but it seems like the calendar should say early April or the GPS should be 10 degrees lower.
Weird!
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Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
garden update
The bell peppers have grown very strangely this year. The plants are huge with lots of vegetation and height (I've never seen pepper plants as tall), but there has been very little actual pepper production. I noticed a few tiny peppers on the plants last night, but they have a long way to go and the weather is already showing signs of autumn.
The four active boxes take over a gallon of water every day
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
mushroom field
About the time of year that I have to clean the blue crud from the phone jacks in the house, the mushroom field in the front yard fills up with full a variety mushrooms.
Until three or four years ago, that part of the yard was just "lawn." Then, about three years ago, mushrooms started growing there.
The mushrooms seem to show up overnight, last a week or so, then disappear as quickly as they appeared. I avoid cutting that part of the lawn until they are gone.
This year, there seems to be fewer mushrooms than in past years, but there still is a wide variety in interesting colors and shapes.
Until three or four years ago, that part of the yard was just "lawn." Then, about three years ago, mushrooms started growing there.
The mushrooms seem to show up overnight, last a week or so, then disappear as quickly as they appeared. I avoid cutting that part of the lawn until they are gone.
This year, there seems to be fewer mushrooms than in past years, but there still is a wide variety in interesting colors and shapes.
garden update
Time for another garden update!
It is almost eight weeks since I planted seeds and seedlings in the Earthboxes and so far, we have eaten some home grown romaine lettuce and broccolli.
The broccolli production was poor. The plants grew and looked healthy, but the heads were slow in appearing. When they finally showed up, the weather turned hot and their growth slowed down and were on the verge of flowering. I assume the unusual wet June weather was the culprit and was also the reason why peppers were slow showing up on the pepper plants (I noticed the first signs of peppers only a day or two ago.)
I cut down the broccolli plants after I took this photo and planted broccolli seeds for a fall harvest.
Meanwhile, the tomatoes, beans, and squash are doing well. I think the June weather had a negative effect on their growth, too, but at least the tomatoes started showing up on the tomato plants weeks ago.
It is almost eight weeks since I planted seeds and seedlings in the Earthboxes and so far, we have eaten some home grown romaine lettuce and broccolli.
The broccolli production was poor. The plants grew and looked healthy, but the heads were slow in appearing. When they finally showed up, the weather turned hot and their growth slowed down and were on the verge of flowering. I assume the unusual wet June weather was the culprit and was also the reason why peppers were slow showing up on the pepper plants (I noticed the first signs of peppers only a day or two ago.)
I cut down the broccolli plants after I took this photo and planted broccolli seeds for a fall harvest.
Meanwhile, the tomatoes, beans, and squash are doing well. I think the June weather had a negative effect on their growth, too, but at least the tomatoes started showing up on the tomato plants weeks ago.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
garden update
The veggies have been in the Earthboxes for about 3-1/2 weeks now. We have already picked and eaten romaine lettuce. Meanwhile, the tomoatoes, broccoli, and peppers are doing great, but we lost some seedlings early on due to the poor placement of the boxes under our gutterless eaves. (The seedlings drowned.)
Meanwhile, the roses have gone nuts. The last couple of years, they did poorly with only a handful of flowers blossoming each summer. I had just about given up on them and was planning to pull them up and plant something else. But, lo and behold, this spring, the roses have more flowers then ever before. I did nothing different this year, so I attribute their improvement to all the rain we had this spring.
Meanwhile, the roses have gone nuts. The last couple of years, they did poorly with only a handful of flowers blossoming each summer. I had just about given up on them and was planning to pull them up and plant something else. But, lo and behold, this spring, the roses have more flowers then ever before. I did nothing different this year, so I attribute their improvement to all the rain we had this spring.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
veggies
It was colder last night (39° F) than the night before, but not as windy, so the veggies survived another cold spring night. The forecast is for warmer weather for the rest of this week, so that is good news for my peppers and tomatoes.
Monday, May 22, 2006
veggies in
This weekend, I planted vegetables in my five Earthboxes: romaine lettuce, bell peppers, string beans, broccoli, and Early Girl tomatoes.
The temperature was unseasonably low last night (41° F) with a stiff wind blowing most of the night. I feared that the peppers and tomatoes might suffer, but they looked fine this morning.
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