On 10/4/19 1:32 PM, T wrote:
On 10/2/19 6:31 PM, T wrote:
On 9/27/19 6:10 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

All good things come to and end.

According to the weather service, Saturday night will be 29F,
then 26, 27, 26.Â*Â* So I harvested everything big and small.
well, except the Goji's which adore the cold.

Now to plot out next year's garden!

And I have all winter to pull out all the dead plants.
Nothing more pathetic looking than a frozen dead zucchini
plant.

Also, it is time to plant my garlic.

-T



Well how about that.Â* The weather service said we had
SEVERAL days at sub freezing and the kids did not die.
Huh!


Last night got them.Â* Very pathetic looking.Â* Time
to pull out all the dead plants.


Well how about that. One of the feral tomatoes hiding
under one of the dead egg plants survived and has both
fruit and flowers. Plus, now we are having a warming
spell, so maybe some more tomatoes?

:-)

-T

wrote:
....
Here, not so much. The cold weather, that is. I don't expect any
sure-enough freezing temperatures until Febrary but sometimes they
surprise us by showing up in December, which is really hard on the
tomatoes and the peas. AFAIK, the kids and their progeny are alive,
well and staying warm in various locales throughout the southeastern US,
mostly. Lately, days have been topping out at or near 90° while nights
get down to middle to low 60's. Typical for the season down here. A
bit warm during days and a bit "airish" overnight, especially during the
very small hours. Dry. No rain since August. Autumns typically are dry
unless a passing tropical storm/hurricane brings more rain than we want,
which happens from time to time.... However, we've had one rainy day
this week with more predicted. I'm grateful for it even though the rain
is interfering with my firewood and weeding activities.




I was unable to garden or do any significant outside maintenance
this past year but am determined to rectify that this year. No heat
needed since February, or thereabouts. Again, typical for these parts.
Had no firewood last winter and was dependent on the local electricity
reseller to keep the hovel relatively warm (those are _not_ generous
people) but this year we've what appears to be plenty of hardwood on
hand and I've decided to abandon the axe and poney up for a powered
splitting machine, although, I'm basically a non-believer in such
foolishness and am certain to miss the exercise provided by
hand-splitting with the axe.

can you rent one instead?


Due to my inattention, the "weeds" (mostly Spanish needles, common
ragweed and indigenous grapevine) are head-high, although, I've been
able to keep a path to the clothesline cleared and now one can at least
_see_ a couple of garden beds. The Spanish needles and ragweed, unless
they've been mowed in the past, are easy enough to remove but the grape
vine sometimes seems to fight back.

yeah, wild grapes can take over here if i don't keep after
them at least every other year or so. cutting the vines off
at the ground a few times a season before they can make more
seeds to spread around does help a lot. i'll have to be doing
a little poison ivy scouting and removal this fall too.

i see one wild grape vine which is up 20ft in a dead tree
i'll have to find the root of that one and cut it off. i
don't remove them because they are ok and hold the dead
trees together. if i cut the vines down and put them
someplace they might have a chance to reroot if not careful
so i just leave them.

long day, tired, bed-time for bonzo here...


songbird