Sunny morning followup: Almanac/Astronomy/Geophysical day items;
“Today is the Last 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century!” (From an Imagur post.
Astronomical: 12/21/2021 today is the winter Solstice. The Sun officially enters Capricorn on December 21, 2021 at 10:58 am ET, or at 7:58 PST! (Days get longer from hear on!
Reported on https://spaceweather.com/ “GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A CME is heading for Earth. The storm cloud left the sun on Dec. 20th (1136 UT), propelled by an M1.9-class solar flare in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2908. NOAA forecasters expect a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetic field on Dec. 23rd, possibly sparking a G1-class geomagnetic storm. Christmas Lights, anyone? “
Comet Leonard began brightened last night and became visible to the naked eye. (Leonard = Lion Heart....interesting!) “Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1)is bright again. On Dec. 20th, astronomers witnessed an outburst from the comet’s core. In a matter of hours, it multiplied in brightness almost 10-fold. “Tonight it was clearly visible as a ‘star’ to the left of Venus,” reports Jan Hattenbach, who sends this picture from La Palma in the Canary Islands:”
Maybe aurora. Not a massive solar storm probably no radio disruptions. (Stand in your garden and watch the aurora??)
Anybody have any thoughts on Wisconsin 55 tomato?? Does it can well? Thanks!
Seed catalogues! Looked at Johnny’s Select Seeds this morning.
I wanted to try doing sprouts and possibly micro greens this year and they have 5-6 pages of micro greens/shoots/sprouts. They have both blends and single varieties. (Pages 46-51 if you have the catalogue.) Most extensive so far and reasonable prices! Easy way to “grow your greens” if there is some sort of unexpected disruption in the food supply chain! Or you just want to do it at lest cost than the store bought greens.