Spring                Waning Seed Moon

A very windy day with a high wind alert for gusts over 40 mph.  We had a 29 mph gust at noon.  The day has warmed since morning, the sun has stayed bright.  A good day for the plants though the wind sucks up some of the moisture we got.

Since 11:30 today, our high winds speeds per half hour have been:  23, 21, 24, 28, 29,28, 23, 26, 26.

It’s spring for sure.  The folks from Ecological Gardens came out and made a presentation today on their plans for our continuing conversion to permaculture.  Permaculture is Australian rules sustainable horticulture.

I just got off the phone with our sprinkler guy, too.  We have to shift out a zone from overhead sprinklers to drip.  This zone covers our newly installed orchard with fruit trees, berry patches and nut-bearing hedges.  My old irrigation clock (controller) went kerflooey on me, so I had to get a new one.  The old one was unrepairable and so yesterday.  This new one is a great advance.  Or so Jeff Sutter told me.  We’ll see.

Spring                   Waning Seed Moon

Sunny but cold, winds hit 10 mph and temperatures in the low 40’s.  Quiet but steady rain over the last three days and the green-up in the perennial beds is well underway.  I saw the first garlic shoot above the soil yesterday.

The predictions have higher temperatures:  NOAA and the WCCO have 78 on Thursday while the Weatherunderground  predicts 70.  Heat will spur the process of plant growth.  Tulips and daffodils by the weekend.

Drive into the cities at this time of year from the northern exurbs, the daffodils and some tulips have already begun to bloom.  30 miles further north than Minneapolis and St. Paul, we lag the cities by almost a week in bloom time.

Tour prep time.