it's a welcome bump to the snowpacks in several areas out there. :)
i watch the levels fairly regularly through the season because so many depend upon them and i have relatives out that way and it gives us something to chatter about.
the Colorado River Basin is the one that is the most...
i got more of my room here cleaned up - i needed to dust under my perch here and around it too. whenever i dust after the fall bean shelling season i tend to find all sorts of beans hiding under there. :)
i still hate dusting and this is the hardest part of the job. i thought that perhaps i...
i am concerned about diversity in crops and how they may be bred.
more important to me in recent years is how to keep contamination from GMO crops out of any i may be growing. unfortunately there is no requirement to make crops that are GMO obviously (visually) distinguishable from those that...
they find gaps to hibernate in.
they will show up here, getting gaps sealed helps reduce how many but we usually have a few around.
the most annoying thing is that they will be attracted to moisture so they may climb on you heading for the mouth, eyes, nostrils and even ears if you sit still...
@Blue-Jay Those lovely red colored half white beans were ones i tried to grow called Frost (i think they were called :) ) and i suspected the name indicated they'd prefer cooler weather and we don't often get that here. like you, i got a few seeds that were possible to replant and then tried...
nothing is 100% guaranteed, but as a similar example i have gardens surrounded by crushed-rinsed limestone pathways and they rarely have any slug issues. i still won't recommend it for use because once it gets some dirt in it it is hard to keep the weeds from wanting to start growing in it...