Posted on 04/29/2021 4:11:19 PM PDT by Mariner
It's 91 deg, slight wind and 17% humidity.
The scallions are reaching, the radishes will be ready in a week and I see strawberries.
I had to thin out around 100 peaches and 200 plums. I see apricots.
The pepper leaves have all turned from yellowish to dark green. And the green beans and cucumbers have broken through.
Even the tomato leaves are bluish green and I have fruit on my San Marzanos.
9B
Good to know. I am in zone 7B. Gardening is a bit more difficult here.
Weather has been nice.
I wouldn’t call it great since we desperately needed rain and snow. I would’ve traded the nice weather for a few torrential weeks. Water reserves are 50% capacity. Farmers are going to be rationed.
I was attempting sarcastic humor.
Sorry, just came from reading a border story, fresh in my head.
You must be in the San Joaquin valley.
There’s a weekly garned thread every Saturday. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3953428/posts
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If I recall, the last time I was in Visalia it was summer and it was about 113 degrees and the mosquitos was thick and vicious. I figured it must have been all the irrigation around for that many misquotes. They ate me alive.
We’re in the Avra Valley area, west of Tucson. August is about that hot, but we tend to get thunderstorms in July and August, so a fair portion of the year’s rainfall comes then. Trouble is that you can get 2” of rain in a couple of hours in one place, but nothing a few miles away.
The Big Valley.
400 miles long, 100 miles wide and flat as a board.
All river bottom land, as rich as you can hope for.
Yeah, I’ve driven up and down though there via, 101, 5 and 99 many times.
My Bermuda don’t be doing jack shit.
Big freeze kicked its ass.
Speaking of gardens, I just read that there is a petition asking Dr. Jill, and Camel Toe's husband, to reverse all the changes that First Lady Melania made to the Rose Garden:
Glad there aren't any more pressing issues out there to be dealt with
There’s a fire in Calaveras. County with mandatory evacuations right now.
What is your growing zone and elevation?
FR Weekly Gardening thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3953428/posts
Zone 9b, elevation 26ft.
My apples, pears and cherries JUST went into bloom this week. Our last probable frost day was only 6 days ago.
What is your growing zone and elevation?
FR Weekly Gardening thread
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Hey! CNY - same weather
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