Rain journals
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20 Nov 2011
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Killing frost, right on schedule
kinnickkinnick Growing, ladies eardrops Blooming, borage Dying, nasturtium whirlybird Dying, old secrets g...Cloudy 6°C / 43°F
got down to 28 last night.
Probably the end of the dahlias, borage, and nasturtiums for the year.
I brought the woolly blue curls inside friday, but put them back out today.
Next week: warmer, but major rain storm predicted, flooding and landslides possible.
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mother's garden and lily cutting garden
10 Nov 2011
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Rainy 17°C / 63°FYup, it’s raining here in Nova Scotia… AGAIN! 50mm plus, today. Another, 50mm plus. Crazy! And speaking of crazy, at 9am, it was 17C! Did no one tell Mother Nature that it’s November and that this is Canada? Actually, the air is beautiful. It’s moist and mild with...
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Raised Bed garden
08
Nov
2011
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Storms 27°C / 80°F -
04
Nov
2011
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The wireless weather station I have went from useful to nearly useless months ago. The remote stopped giving accurate information. It would say it was 94F when it was 60F. The main unit still worked for a while but now it’s not giving accurate information, either. It’s raining here ri...Storms 16°C / 61°F -
Upper Main Terrace garden and Syringa 'Josee' Blooming
01 Nov 2011
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Rainy 8°C / 46°F
After the beautiful weather we’ve had this week you might think that rain would, well, put a damper on things. Oh, no! It gave me the perfect excuse to wear my new rain slicker I bought weeks ago at our Ace Hardware! (Plus we needed the rain desperately) My dh just had to catch me outside i...
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Patio Pots garden , Earthbox #4 garden , Earthbox #3 garden , Earthbox #2 garden , and Main garden
24 Oct 2011
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The weather service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for tonight and tomorrow with predictions of 8 – 16 inches by this time tomorrow night. Not all of the plants have been harvested, with Brussels Sprouts and Bier radishes still in the garden, and three Earthboxes of hot peppers tucked in...Rainy 11°C / 52°F -
14
Oct
2011
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Yay, our first rain since 7th July! I always love the wet season, inspite of cyclones and flooding, yes, I have to admit I love it. It is probably a legacy of having lived further south for so many years, watering the garden via inverted soft drink bottles which I would manually fill every coupl...Cloudy 30°C / 86°F -
07 Oct 2011
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Storms 22°C / 72°F
Well, with my wife and one of the kids out for the day today, I had big plans for the garden. However, we’ve woken up to thunder, lightning and heavy rain.
Its a quagmire outside. The picture is taken from the kitchen window. According to my trusty new Davis weather station, So far since mi...
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Plain Leaf Parsley Harvesting, Butternut Squash, Butterboy Harvesting, Kale, Dwarf Curly Harvesting, Tomat...
04 Oct 2011
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Windy 19°C / 66°FOur brief Indian Summer has been a joy but alas is no more. Yesterday – though fine – saw a temperature dip and today has been distinctly chilly, with a strong wind. The bees have not yet responded with more entrance blocking. That all came to a halt during the sunny, warm spell w...
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05
Oct
2011
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We’ve had short drizzles before this but I woke up this morning to sustained rain. The wind is blowing from the East, too. At least I don’t have to go out and water the plants…Rainy 18°C / 65°F -
30
Sep
2011
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When life hands you rain, grow mushrooms.
mushrooms 'oyster' cloned on grain and mushrooms 'oyster' on straw baleSo this year has been the worst I can recall for the amount of torrential downpours happening on daily bases. Almost everything in our garden rotted. That is IF it germinated at all. It has been absolute disaster for all of our tomatos and cucubrits. And not much better for any other of our c...Rainy 16°C / 61°F -
thessaloniki tomato , Mystery (labelled Early Annie) Tomato , Orange Roma Tomato , tomato jaune flammee fiv...
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Rainy 13°C / 56°F
First serious (more than .5 inch) spell of rainy weather since mid May. I’m thinking i might be able to put the hoses away now for a while. Picked a bunch of tomatoes, mostly ripe or almost ripe, in case they wont like the cool wet weather.
My tomato tally so far —
Sungold (2 plants, ...
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04
Sep
2011
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Very unusual to get a thunderstorm in summer in our Mediterranean climate. Started up about 8pm and seems mostly gone now about a half hour later. Definitely wanted to journal it.Storms 33°C / 92°F -
I never promised you a you know what garden , Thugs gone wild garden , pampered darlings garden , new begin...
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Overcast 17°C / 62°F
Photos are taken from yesterday’s hike to Scatter Creek Pass. Every week I think the mountain flowers are at their peak, then they surpass themselves. Mountain huckleberries are ripe too, east of the crest, although it looks like they may not ever ripen this year west of the crest due to th...
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Oregano Greek , Spearmint , Peppermint 'Chocolate' , Ozark Beauty Everbearing Strawberries , Mary Washingto...
06 Aug 2011
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Storms 26°C / 79°F
I’ve been procrastinating a bit on the weeding but had some dedicated time to devote to it today. It’s sprinkling at the moment so that’s a convenient excuse to take a break for dinner.
So far, the area where the garlic used to live is done, the onions are done, strawberries ar...
