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Tag Archives: seasons
a post from Ron
Late summer and fall have been nearly impossible at work. And then This. Week. I’m happy to share a lovely post from Ron. *** It is late fall at White Pine Farm, and the woods have lost most of their … Continue reading
drought, still
We are still in a drought. Sigh. It’s been dry since early May. That means we are pushing three months of drought conditions. Sigh. We got 0.75 inches of rain early in the week–about a quarter inch Sunday night and … Continue reading
rain, finally
It’s barely rained for the past 2.5 months. We are finally getting some rain. Some. Finally. Not enough. But at least it’s something. The vegetable garden has felt like an uphill battle this year. Some things are doing well. The … Continue reading
one point three
We’ve had 1.3 inches of rain since May 1st. So reported our local newspaper (“newspaper”?) a few days ago. A third of an inch in mid-May and then a grand total of one inch during the entire month of June … Continue reading
drought
In terms of the weather, it’s been a somewhat unusual May and June–except for the fact that there’s always something unusual with the weather. That said, it’s been a very dry late spring and early summer. Ron looked at the … Continue reading
schlepping season
It’s been over a month since I posted an entry on the blog. Welcome to spring in academia–and the garden. There is, as one of our local NPR hosts says, “a lot to talk about.” The first robins and red-winged … Continue reading
seeds and reseeding
It’s that time of the year again: seed orders are due shortly. I think I’ve already written about the inevitable cycle of vegetable gardening–excitement for spring, lots of work prepping, planting, and weeding, followed by lots of harvesting (and more … Continue reading
five fifteen, near zero, two-fer
We’re definitely two weeks out from the solstice. It isn’t pitch black by five o’clock any more. Indeed, I was outside (briefly) at 5:15 this evening and there was a decent amount of dusky light. The sun went down quickly, … Continue reading
how now brown ground
We had a few days of real spring earlier this week. Now we’re back to that instability of early spring where the weather changes every 5.2 minutes. And it’s colder. And it snowed sideways last evening. Sigh. The good news … Continue reading
spring birds
The first robins showed up two weekends ago. There are big flocks all over the place these days. Meant to write about them then. Oh well. I heard red-winged blackbirds a few days ago, but didn’t see them until this … Continue reading
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