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Nice morning in Colorful Colorado!

 

[SteveTS]

I'd concede the tomatoes and chillies ... until the greenhouse collapsed everything else I try to grow spans the disappointing to abject failure spectrum. A lot of tedious work for zilch return. :-( David

Permant planting, David. If rhubarb doesn't appeal try asparagus, it takes a while but is perennially reliable !

Enjoy the Summer !

 

[mtmander]

mondays try

 

[harold9649]

Yes a lovely day again.

 

[BruceH]

Monday, May 19th AZ triva ...

4. Arizona's disparate climate can yield both the highest temperature across the nation and the lowest temperature across the nation in the same day.

Not the same day, but here are the state records:
- High: 128 degrees F (53.3 C), June 29, 1994 - Lake Havasu, Arizona
- Low: -40 degrees F (-40 C), January 7th, 1971 - Hawley Lake, Arizona
- Swing: 168 degrees F

Nationally
- High: 134 degrees F (56.7 C), July 10th, 1913 - Death Vallley, California
- Low: -70 degrees F (-56.7 C), January 20, 1954 - Rogers Pass, Montana (Contiguous states)
- Low: -80 degrees F (-62.2 C), January 23, 1971 - Prospect Peak, Alaska

The Death Valley high is also the World Record High:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/science/earth/death-valley-temperature-record-is-restored.html

 

[typo]

Permant planting, David. If rhubarb doesn't appeal try asparagus, it takes a while but is perennially reliable !

Enjoy the Summer !

I have apple, pear, cherry and plum trees and last year was my best harvest ever. Nine apples!! I did get a few lettuce, but the carrots, spring onions and beetroot totally failed and the peas and beans were pathetic.

David

 

[delia todd]

Gosh it's turned hot this afternoon!

 

[Lisa W]

My last Monday as a working stiff. Maybe this is the lucky post.

 

[WiscTJK]

good Monday to you all

 

[KC Foggin]

Ah so Lisa is retiring ! Good for you girl.

 

[poverty wagon]

Good luck to all entries today, but maybe just a bit more luck for me...

 

[Jos Stratford]

mine for today...

 

[JakeM]

instead of loving our enemies, maybe we could try and treat our friends a little better.

 

[dantheman]

Humid outside ... also quite grey, so I suppose it could also be described as mid-hue ...

 

[Broeder]

Hola

 

[Leif]

I have apple, pear, cherry and plum trees and last year was my best harvest ever. Nine apples!! I did get a few lettuce, but the carrots, spring onions and beetroot totally failed and the peas and beans were pathetic.

David

What kind of soil do you have? Acid, alkali, clay, sandy, shallow, deep? What aspect e.g exposed hillside, cool valley? Are your fruit trees self pollinating?

I need to put down slug pellets, and I water seed beds daily until germination, then for a week or two more. I'm a garden numpty, but most works. This year my beetroot failed to germinate hence I now water daily and they are finally appearing, after 6 weeks. I weeded the jerusalem artichokes at the weekend, and pulled up artichokes, leaving weeds, till I realised. You could try plug plants from the garden centre e.g. Mange touts.

Herbs are easy and look nice. Rosemary, marjoram, lemon verbena, lavender. Hebes are easy. Lupin. Hardy geranium. Water them till established. There's loads more easy perennials. If you are daft enough to plant fennel, you'll find it hard to get rid of.

 

[Turaco]

Have your heard?

== IMPORTANT NOTICE ==

I don't know whether you've heard about it:

- All rare bird sightings posted here will be moved to the appropriate section.
- All Good evenings will be moved to the Say-Hello-Forum.
- All posts containing elaborate gardening advice will be moved to http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/
- All outdated weather reports (older than one day) will be put into the archives.

Good evening all,
Raffaele

 

[akltsang]

Daily check-in.

 

[Huey]

Been away for a while, hope I didn't miss anything

 

[stereotruckdriver]

I think I missed a day or two?

Bryce...