pics soon of the gardens. they're going slow, but starting to take off with our heat...and thunderstorms, oh my!
could you please send us some rain? I'll send you some heat. This is the hottest driest Summer I can remember. Last year was the wettest on record, I think. Hmmmm, something wrong with this picture. Last Sat. it was 102 and we have had very little rain in the last 3 months. The sweet corn is starting to shrivel and turn yellow. I have carried 300 gallons of water across the road in 5 gallon buckets in the last 2 weeks :'( :'( :'( just to water the rows of cukes, tomatoes and peppers that are over there.
We had those incredible thunderstorms too! Felt like the 4th of July fireworks, with some thunderclaps that rattled the house. Have never had thunderstorms last 12 hours before. Glad you are finally getting some warm weather. Looks like we are cool and damp here for a while. Wish it would at least get into the 70s. Carolyn please take some of this cool rainy stuff! I'm sending it on a wish and a prayer.
Thank you Jewell, I will gladly take that. Thanks! In the 90's early this week and then the mid 80's at the end of the week and no rain in the forecast :'( :'( :'( .
tee hee...should we try it???! 'Quaquaponics' - How to set up Aquaponics with Ducks! http://permaculture.org.au/2012/08/22/q ... ith-ducks/ no new pics of the gardens yet, finally had several days in the 90's. weeding, watering and doing our arithmatic right now. the harvests are finally beginning! hope you all asking for rain abovee got some!
Hi Bunkie, great invention that Aquaponics with Ducks and so easy to set up. No more rain here please,..we have it every day,..LOTS of it,..rivers are VERY high,..and still more rain.
We've had a wet summer, but we take advantage of the dry spells and have got lots done around the house, everything considering. When it rains too badly, I think of the book seller from Kenya who, after having sold us a couple of nice books, sat himself down on our veranda, stared at the mountains across the fjord and sighed: "Oh, man, you're rich in water!"
sounds beautiful there droopy! hope you are getting some dry weather there philip! hot hot hot here...in the 80's and smokey! fires are quite a ways from us, but the winds keep filling our skies with smoke. hasn't affected the gardens tho. been buzy harvesting...and still watering here and there. everyone takes a nap around 2 in the afternoon, now, as the smoke is thickest then...and the heat. hope to snap some pics soon. sammy and pete are tighter than ever, sleeping curled up side by side most of the time!
Hi Bunkie, still no real dry weather,..its raining every day,..four inches in the past 24 hours and winds up to 70 mph,..now that i don't mind,..its trying to collect seeds,..almost impossible.
wow philip! i'm unshering a bunch of sunshine your way...we have plenty, except for the smoke! and the harvest continues...
smoke's gone and we've been finally getting some much needed rain. downloaded a bunch of pics of our veggies this year and nothing???! i can't believe it. not sure what i did. i think maybe the batteries were too low, but usually it blinks?! will have to take some of the preserves i guess! my thoughts are with all of you on the east coast. be safe!
yay! the snow did melt! hubs successfully downloaded some of the pics i lost from summer's harvest... a neighbor... smokey sunrise.... smoke... smokey moon... first ripe 2012 tomato...and a critter ate over half of it... some of our 2012 tomatoes... our sweet corn...planted late, but did well... fresh beet greens.... 2012 peppers.... http://i45.tinypic.com/2djyqsm.jpg[/IMG [img]http://i50.tinypic.com/29m4waf.jpg some of our colorful potatoes and chops ready for the solar oven... kidzzzzzz...
