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All beds but one mulched and that one I want to plant some carrots in tomorrow or Sunday. \u00a0Planted another row of carrots in the large raised bed today. \u00a0Put down jubilate and transplant water on the carrot seeds and on the leeks. \u00a0Having the heat is good, the tomatoes, peppers and egg plants need it. \u00a0Now this isn’t much heat, I know, if you’re reading this in, say, Riyadh or Singapore, but still it counts here.<\/p>\n
The growing season has begun to rock on. \u00a0I thinned some early beets and onions today, the strawberries have fruit and all the orchard trees have fruit, too. \u00a0Kate’s already given away rhubarb and lilacs, plus tomato marmalade from crops awhile ago.<\/p>\n
In just one week the sun will hit it’s peak height here in the northern hemisphere: \u00a0“The\u00a0summer\u00a0solstice<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0occurs when the tilt of a planet’s semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the\u00a0star\u00a0(sun) that it orbits. Earth’s maximum\u00a0axial tilt\u00a0toward the\u00a0sun\u00a0is 23\u00b0 26′. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.”(Tau\u02bbolunga<\/a>)<\/p>\n After that, as the maximal tilt gives way, slowly, the days grow shorter, the dark begins to dominate and I move into my favorite half of the year, the part headed toward the winter solstice. \u00a0Though I love the growing season, it doesn’t feed me in the same way the gradual darkening and cold does.<\/p>\n It’s great right now though, heat for the plants, which will, ironically, feed me when the dark season comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solstice Moon All beds but one mulched and that one I want to plant some carrots … Continue reading Heat<\/span>