Rainfall
- sixth: 1.29″
- ninth: 4.35″
- twelfth: 0.89″
- sixteenth: 0.14″
- twenty third: 0.04″
- twenty fourth: 0.26″
- twenty fifth: 1.68″
- twenty sixth: 0.11″
- twenty seventh: 1.93″
- Whole: 10.69 inches
Temperature
- vary of nighttime lows: 10 to 60°F (-12 to fifteen°C)
- vary of daytime highs: 40 to 71°F (4 to 21°C)
Climate Notes
- Heat temps coincide with wet days, chilly temps with clear climate.
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What the temps do not replicate is the wind, which has
been blustery and bitter. Even on gentle days it is usually not interesting to work
exterior.
Backyard Notes
- It is too chilly for issues to develop, so after ending up mulching the beds, I have been engaged on the weediest aisles, scraping the weeds and outdated mulch. Then I put down a brand new layer of cardboard and contemporary wooden chips. Unsure if I will end your entire backyard, however I like working there on good days.
- Apart from that . . .
- 12 exterior, 25 within the greenhouse
- 31 and sunny exterior, 74 within the greenhouse
- One factor that is actually thriving within the greenhouse is the volunteer chickweed.
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| Chickweed within the entrance pot. broccoli behind. |
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| Non permanent rising desk with kale and lettuce. |
Harvested
- lettuce
- turnips
- Jerusalem artichokes
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| Greenhouse lettuce. Not sufficient for salads, however sufficient for our Sunday burgers. |
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| Properly sized sunchokes from a patch I did not dig final winter. |
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| Pantry salad: canned inexperienced beans, cherry tomatoes preserved in olive oil and vinegar, and black olives. The oil and vinegar from the tomatoes is the dressing. |
Transplanted
The objective with the transplanting to to disassemble certainly one of my entrance yard herb beds. Whereas I actually like having it, there is a battle yearly to maintain the wire grass at bay. That and the handfuls of acorn seedlings that include the wooden chip mulch. Neither is conducive for the simple rising of perennials. We’ll doubtless strive some annuals within the mattress subsequent summer time.
That wraps up our January. How about you?
