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Looking back on the compiled monthly reports from the Weather Service ... October isn't really a part of the growing season but for cool-season crops, about half of the month could be considered so this year. The rainfall was considerably above average with 2¼ inches while the October average...

Dug up the celery roots and prepared that end of the bed for 2026. The surface soil has benefited from several years of cultivation and moving soil and organic material in. That end was part of a driveway at one time. Really, the entire bed was but, probably many years ago, the route to the...

A bright, sunny morning — the sun showing up an hour earlier made it more so ;). Starting out, I accomplished what I had hoped for by staying on the horizontal in bed for 8 hours. Most nights recently, that has not been the case. Yes, I realize that the sun will disappear below the western...

fits.

Has our "sister site" seen this?

I had to look up "deer lease." If the property owner combines that with, year-around installed blinds and baiting ... it almost comes down to a selling game. The only plants that remain in the gardens are the ornamental perennials and about 6 feet of celeriac in one bed. There was about 8' at...

And, when she returned with a handful of something , my eyes began to lose focus and the scene slowly vanished into the mist shrouded forest and mountains beyond. The kid turnout seemed about the usual number. Our candy supply had been based on history. Somehow, I expected fewer kids. We...

Here Lots of Fog. Yesterday's official temperatures: 30⁰f low, 39⁰f high (-1⁰C, 4⁰C). Short thermometer. Honestly, with all the coast to coast hoopla ongoing and for today, combined with a dense fog locally, I suspect that lots of little kids will be too scared to leave the house tonight 🧙‍♀️...

🤔 I would guess also that the plant may be genetically disposed to having small fruit. If it is a hybrid, and since peppers are self-pollinating I believe, a mistake may have been made during the crossing work. I think that this mistake happens quite often and all of the genes of the maternal...

I was reading yesterday and this morning about a country in Europe and its history during feudal times. The author noted that nearly the entire population were either tenet farmers (serfs), clergy or the aristocracy (lords of the manors). Merchants traveled from place to place selling their...