Garden 2009

On the last day of February I started the 2009 garden. There are a few little lettuces, mountain spinach, cilantro, green onions, some stunted yellow onions, and some hearty artichoke sprouts (re-sprouted more vigorously after deer munched them), in addition to the baby strawberries and other perennials just resprouting.

Today I planted some spinach, pole beans, sugar peas, bush beans, broccoli, kale, and carrots. The artichokes came back pretty strong and in clumps of up to five, so I split and transplanted them.

Tomorrow I'll aim for some turnips, lettuce, and another type of spinach. Probably should start the tomato, peppers, and eggplant soon, at least by solstice. Last year I started them in mid Feb, prob too early.

Finance
I roughly estimated about $250 on seeds last year. Maybe another $150 on plants. And guess I grew about $2,000 in veggies. Throw in another $300 for electricity, and my free labor. Still a decent bounty. I'll pin these #s down in more detail later.

This year I am $2.79, no water use.

tomato recap

March 20, 2008

From garden 2008

Nov 1 storm update,,

San Lo went from 10 cfs to 400+. & from 2.5+ feet high to almost 6 feet.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv/?site_no=11160500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060

...and over 5 inches in the gauge since thursday,

first storm

This current storm is the biggest rain of the year so far. May top 4 inches from Oct 30 until Nov 2.

Rain Oct 4-5 was about 1.7 in Ben Lomond.

First Bay Area rains

SAN JOSE RECEIVED A TRACE OF RAIN BREAKING ITS PREVIOUS RECORD
FOR THE DAY OF 0.00 INCHES FROM RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1947 WHILE
SALINAS RECORDED ONE HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH TYING ITS RECORD SET BACK
IN 1973.

Big Sur fires

The tally of the Big Sur fires... the second was sparked by two lightning bolts...

Indians fire (near Arroyo Seco) = 76,554 acres
Basin Complex Fire (Big Sur) = 162,818 acres

That is almost 1/4 million acres! Almost the whole Ventana Wilderness burned!

5,000 to 6,000 bolts

The lightning storm of friday and saturday was unprecedented causing 5-6,000 lightning strikes.

As a result, there are 842 fires burning in the state from Big Sur to Napa to Humboldt to Shasta & Trinity.

A dry spring combined with a lack of marine layer and a High pressure system over Arizona and Nevada has fanned to flames with occasional offshore events, making an early fire season even more dangerous.

The Indians fire is over 57,000 acres and the Summit fire of a month ago flared up again.