April Update
Dang, it's been a month since my last post. Guess that is mostly because of minimal news out here. KC, Don, Sarah, Kim, and Mark were out weekend before last for cleaning and mowing around the old house and tick grounds. Much thanks. Still haven't got power back into that building, but will have to get it done in the next week or so.
Big freeze here two nights ago, but minimal harm. Frostbit the potatoes, but they will resume growth. Mean frost free date here is supposed to be April 8, but I am convinced that we get frost at least two weeks later than that every year. Anyway, nothing else up that would be damaged by frost.
Planted a lot of sweet corn, peas, beets, and stuff today. Also about a half acre of field corn to provide shade for a pumpkin patch and feed the local deer herd. We have a decent tractor and machinery up and running this year, so can plant with impunity and are doing so. Harvest will be the challenge.
Morels are out. I suppose I will go out and root around in the Buckbrush a couple of hours tomorrow and find a few. Ticks are also out, so there will be a price to be paid. Anybody know if Frontline works on humans, and if so what are the side effects? Sterility, or an overpowering urge to howl at the moon? Neither of those would be of much concern to me at present.
I've been thinking about a lot of profoundly stupid thinks lately, but have been too lethargic to write them down. Stay tuned.
Big freeze here two nights ago, but minimal harm. Frostbit the potatoes, but they will resume growth. Mean frost free date here is supposed to be April 8, but I am convinced that we get frost at least two weeks later than that every year. Anyway, nothing else up that would be damaged by frost.
Planted a lot of sweet corn, peas, beets, and stuff today. Also about a half acre of field corn to provide shade for a pumpkin patch and feed the local deer herd. We have a decent tractor and machinery up and running this year, so can plant with impunity and are doing so. Harvest will be the challenge.
Morels are out. I suppose I will go out and root around in the Buckbrush a couple of hours tomorrow and find a few. Ticks are also out, so there will be a price to be paid. Anybody know if Frontline works on humans, and if so what are the side effects? Sterility, or an overpowering urge to howl at the moon? Neither of those would be of much concern to me at present.
I've been thinking about a lot of profoundly stupid thinks lately, but have been too lethargic to write them down. Stay tuned.
posted by tickmeister at 8:32 PM
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Overall, this has been the sorriest, coldest, dryest spring that I can remember. Whoever said potatoes should be planted on St. Patricks day must have lived in Houston. Stuff in the cold frames is prospering, and no, I don't yet have a greenhouse. I plan to have one soon.
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