Your Weather, 2021

[digitS']

Ya know, phenology has some ideas about planting, @flowerbug . It's true - plants in the wild are responding to past weather but ... maybe we can say that they are on the trend line .

I once noticed that I was being properly conservative sowing pea seed when the Oregon Grape began to bloom. People enjoy it as a shrub for the yard but it also grows as a native plant here. (So, its got cred .)

The temperature outdoors hit 70°f yesterday afternoon. This morning, 32°. I wonder how many TEG members live where there is a 38° difference between morning and afternoon temperatures. Challenging for outdoor plants!

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

Ya know, phenology has some ideas about planting, @flowerbug . It's true - plants in the wild are responding to past weather but ... maybe we can say that they are on the trend line .

I once noticed that I was being properly conservative sowing pea seed when the Oregon Grape began to bloom. People enjoy it as a shrub for the yard but it also grows as a native plant here. (So, its got cred .)

The temperature outdoors hit 70°f yesterday afternoon. This morning, 32°. I wonder how many TEG members live where there is a 38° difference between morning and afternoon temperatures. Challenging for outdoor plants!

Steve

thank you for teaching me a new word (again! )...

 

[3xhhheather]

The temperature outdoors hit 70°f yesterday afternoon. This morning, 32°. I wonder how many TEG members live where there is a 38° difference between morning and afternoon temperatures. Challenging for outdoor plants!

Steve

Currently dealing with this, but thankful that I have plenty of backups. Learned my lesson years ago when an 80-degree day turned into a freeze the next morning.

 

[flowerbug]

i know the word phrenology... so guessing that phenology was reading bumps in the soil? no, i'm just being silly.

as for such wide temperature swing is something you may see in more arid climates and those with elevations as both moisture and more air holds in the heat better.

sun on rocks and reflective arrangements including water can help provide some buffer.

in the north heat storage is always something to ponder.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Storming today. Had a double rainbow earlier.

 

[heirloomgal]

Storming today. Had a double rainbow earlier.View attachment 40305View attachment 40306View attachment 40307

That's a nice large garden @Artichoke Lover. I bet you harvest plenty from a garden that size.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

That's a nice large garden @Artichoke Lover. I bet you harvest plenty from a garden that size.

Yep! Far more than we can eat. I enjoy it but it’s sooo much work. I’ll probably only plant about half of it next year.

 

[flowerbug]

not much rain the past few weeks. will need the hose or watering cans to get things planted and moist enough to sprout until later this week perhaps. was thinking today i could plant peas, but no, it's too cold and windy. maybe tomorrow at least no more frosty nights later this week.

this coming week we go from the low 50sF (10-15C) to 81F (27C) in just a few days and then back to 60sF (16-21C). some chances of rain from Tuesday night into Friday.

 

[digitS']

Yesterday, a "rainy day."

One could recognize the hope in the information coming from the Weather Service and some of the broadcast weather people. It amounted to about 1/10th of an inch. That keeps the 2021 numbers at more than 50% of normal but ... let's see ... 61%. Some snow fell at the highest elevations - that is good.

Still a chance of some sprinkles.

Steve

 

[ninnymary]

Supposed to rain today starting at 7. But it sure doesn't look like it. Even if it does it will probably be a sprinkle.

Mary