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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

I've been trying to get hay cut, but haven't had a stretch of 3-4 days 
without rain. That's pretty normal for here in late spring. We've also 
FINALLY gotten our night temperatures out  of the 40's. Our last frost was 
just last week. Most of the things I have planted are just sitting, 
shivering...corn, beans, tomatoes, squash...no growth for the 2-3 weeks 
they've been planted. Only the cool season crops are happy. I hope with the 
warmer weather (50's at night/70's during the day) things will start to 
grow. We had our 90 degree days in April, when it was too early to plant 
much out. I sure hope we get nice weather on the other end of our growing 
season, or we won't have enough time to ripen long-season crops.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Five Days and Counting


> Well, we've had a couple of days with no rain.  The strawberries stopped
> practicing the backstroke.  Of course, that could be because I picked a
> whole bucket of them and they are now in the freezer <g>  I swear I saw 
> the
> pepper plants hanging some of their roots out to dry.  So what does the
> nasty ol' weatherman have to say tonight?  Expect more lightning and 
> thunder
> with rain.
>
> And, no, in theory we aren't in an area that is supposed to be getting 
> this.
> The problem is that no one seems to have told the weather that. <g>
>
> Lynda
> Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR 
> drivers
> so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
>
> --------
> I didn't think you were as far north as that was expected to happen - from
> the increase in torrential rains - associated with a normal shift from
> global warming phase to a cooling phase.
>
> I think the meterologist that I listen to on the macro cycles indicated 
> that
> torrential shift in the NW would be from about Seattle northwards on the
> west coast, and most of the entire eastern US with associated flooding. 
> Not
> sure if that was just for this year or a bigger pattern change, can't
> remember. Pretty sure I posted some a recap several months ago.
>
> Hope the veggies come thru ok.
>
> I had a flood in part of one of my gardens when an irrigation nozzle
> busted.... the soy beans looked pretty sad, and when the soil dries more, 
> I
> will rinse all the dirt off the leaves from all the mud splattering.
> Geez...........
>
> Hey ! I actually have harvested a few absolutely perfectly shaped medium
> size potatoes.... and I mean perfectly shaped ovals. not a signle dent. 
> I'm
> stunned.
>
> I had a few grubs, but haven't found any more. Here and there some of the
> potato plants are starting to wilt and look pretty crummy. I pulled one 
> up,
> searched dillegentlyl thru the soil - no bugs. Sliced open the stems - no
> borers. Examined every leaf - no holes, no bugs. Examined each stem and
> branch, no holes no signs of any kind of damage.... So I'm perplexed. And
> there were about 8 new potatoes on the plant on the small side. This was a
> small potato plant that never developed well.
>
> Although this a/m I see on the internet that when the plant starts to die
> off, wait 3-4 weeks and the new potatoes grow big at this time.... is this
> true?
>
> Is all my panic over some dyding plants all for naught?
>
> :-)
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Five Days and Counting
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 8:16 PM
>
>
> Well, this is the 5th straight day we've had lightning, thunder AND 
> periods
> of torrential rain (7-14" hour). I mean, I know lightning and thunder is
> the norm for this time of the year. What isn't the norm is to have it
> happen every single day, day after day AND to have torrential rains. I
> mean, we don't get rain after April. It simply doesn't happen. We've
> gotten more rain in 5 days then we got all winter!
>
> The peas don't seem to mind. Believe it or not, the tomatoes don't seem to
> mind. The peppers, well, the jury is still out. Beets love it. The
> strawberries are loving it. The lettuce looks a tad bedraggled. Can we say
> mooshed <g> The melons, pumpkins and cucumbers are doing o.k.
>
> I don't think the orchard is liking it. I think the rains have been hard
> enough to knock a lot of the young fruit off the trees. The black cap
> raspberries were already making berries, so knocking the last of the 
> petals
> off won't bother them. The red raspberries haven't bloomed yet, so they 
> are
> fine. I need to check on the grapes.
>
> The weatherman was just on and predicting high winds. What damage the rain
> didn't do to the orchards the wind will finish!
>
> I did get all my irises marked as to color for splitting before the rains
> knocked every single flower off them.
>
> Oh, did I mention this is supposed to continue for another 5-10 days? This
> is one bizarre year!
>
> Lynda
> Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR 
> drivers
> so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
>
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