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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

We haven't had an official advisory, but it has been very chilly here, 
too.


> The past three nights here have been 'frost advisories'.  Not the more dire 
> 'frost warning' but could have been bad news.  I am at a high elevation but the 
> gardens are, if anything, in an anti-frost pocket.

> Beds of lettuce, tsa-tsoi, kale, kolrhabi, and other seedlings are looking 
> good and will stay there until the next round of rain ... supposed to be 
> Thursday but we long since quit holding our breath.

I can't recall the last time it rained...maybe after Gustav?  We are 
also supposed to get some rain on Thursday.  Everything is so dry...we 
really need it.


> All in all, not a bumper crop year but we did OK.  If we had this and nothing 
> else, we would not starve.


I wish I could say that..


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"What Luck for Rulers that Men do not Think"             Adolf Hitler
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