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More than a third. Less than a half. The Weather Service issued a statement on drought conditions a few days ago. LINK The focus is this inland NW but maps also cover all of the US. Normals have to be considered since local environments are dependent on those conditions. Here, "normal"...

@Branching Out , I just spent about 30 minutes trying to understand the weather we are having. We certainly didn't receive our share of your 8 inches of rain. Added to the 1/8th inch that fell late last week, we may yet gain today, the 1/2 inch promised back then. However, it is raining so...

Finished my chopped Bartlett pear in the bowl with the Wheat Chex. Sitting back with the herbal tea. Many of us garden for the food, don't we? I'm happy with my slices of heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers most evenings. Mozzarella cheese and Homemade salsa sauce on Ritz crackers was especially...

Do you make beer, @Shades-of-Oregon ? Dad and I used to make beer. "Cascade hops." The 5 foot wide bed is put to its Winter rest. Double dug, it was loaded with frost-killed tomato plants, cucumber, squash and melon vines, etc. I continue to be pleased with how the spading has been going...

I often do that. Complained to DS and he sent me a bedside clock with hands. Now, I confuse minute and hour hands. However. I realized not long ago that I have a personal clock. After rising, using the bathroom and while washing my hands — if I have difficulty looking at myself in the...

Seeing a spider on the wall, Mom says, "Hand me the phone book!" @flowerbug , "Phone book? Use your cell phone."

My first thought when seeing "minus 30" was, is that Celsius or Fahrenheit? I have read someone's comment that 95% of the world population uses the metric measurement. Official convertion began in the 1790's. The US uses "imperial." That system exists today and through the time of the thirteen...

Gardening is a s~t~r~e~t~c~h. I remember when wasn't so long ago.

Carried the celeriac off to the carport fridge after a good trimming and rinsing. Pulled some cucumber vines, dismantling the little trellis I built that didn't work all that well. I've never grown cucumbers on a trellis. A gardening neighbor used a cattle panel bent to just fit over a bed for...

@SPedigrees , being male, I was a little apprehensive about posting that. I like @Shades-of-Oregon 's response ;). I weighed 155# when I graduated from high school. Now, it's 180#. At least, I shed another 25# at some point when gardening and its production became a more important part of my...

I wanted to put this Growing Degree Days source here to show us where we are in the season and for comparison with other locations. Sygenta LINK