I took one look at the weather forecast this morning and decided to leave as soon as the rush hour traffic died down. I remembered to stop in Owasso to pick up the Tulsa World and USA Today since they recently stopped delivering to Coffeyville.. I got home before noon, but not before it gotContinue reading “Home at Last”
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More Dusting
We got a surprise dusting of snow last night. It’s not even noon but it’s gone already. My pond could use a good six to eight inch snowfall with a slow melt. Not likely to happen this year. According to droughtmonitor.unl.edu my land is on the border between moderate and severe drought. Thanksgiving Day itContinue reading “More Dusting”
Happy Days Are Here
Today ends Persephone Days. With exactly 10 hours between sunrise and sunset, plants will begin to grow again if they were not killed by frost. Some of my radishes have survived along with some salad greens. With temperatures going up this weekend, I may even be able to take the covers off the beds forContinue reading “Happy Days Are Here”
Polar Vortex Junior
December will end up a bit warmer than normal. January will try to make up for that and will get off to a good start Saturday as temperatures will drop until Sunday morning when the temps bottom out in the low single digits. Depending on how much snow we get we could stay below freezingContinue reading “Polar Vortex Junior”
More no heat peppers.
I took a closer look at the Baker Creek catalog and saw they have a heatless habanero pepper. I got my Territorial catalog today and found they have a heatless habanero as well. Is this becoming a thing in pepper culture?
Pointless
I just got my seed catalog from Baker Creek. They are offering seeds that produce jalapeños with no heat. That is about as useless as a bag of football bats.
Better late than never
Winter is finally going to arrive this weekend. Temperatures will drop below 20 degrees Sunday morning. After not needing heat the last two days, this should at least help keep the bugs down next summer. Of course now I have to put covers back on my radishes and greens.
Jack Frost Knocking
A warm Tuesday was followed by a wet Wednesday followed by a cold Thursday. By next week, there might be a light frost. For the first time since April, I broke out the long sleeved shirts. I got the last frost cover at the local greenhouse and made sure it is good to go. EarlyContinue reading “Jack Frost Knocking”
Power Outage
We had a serious thunderstorm at home last night. I was at work so I had no idea the power was out until I got home this morning. According to my email alerts from the electrie utility, the power was initially predicted to be out for almost six hours and according to my clock theyContinue reading “Power Outage”
Summer, We Hardly Knew You
I had to wear a jacket for the first time this morning. I will have to use my flashlight as well as the sun is nowhere in sight when I get off work. I put the window fan away and realized that for the first time in a dozen years, I never put the A/CContinue reading “Summer, We Hardly Knew You”
Footyfried 