Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Seed Moon<\/p>\n
A very windy day with a high wind alert for gusts over 40 mph.\u00a0 We had a 29 mph gust at noon.\u00a0 The day has warmed since morning, the sun has stayed bright.\u00a0 A good day for the plants though the wind sucks up some of the moisture we got.<\/p>\n
Since 11:30 today, our high winds speeds per half hour have been:\u00a0 23, 21, 24, 28, 29,28, 23, 26, 26.<\/p>\n
It’s spring for sure.\u00a0 The folks from Ecological Gardens came out and made a presentation today on their plans for our continuing conversion to permaculture.\u00a0 Permaculture is Australian rules sustainable horticulture.<\/p>\n
I just got off the phone with our sprinkler guy, too.\u00a0 We have to shift out a zone from overhead sprinklers to drip.\u00a0 This zone covers our newly installed orchard with fruit trees, berry patches and nut-bearing hedges.\u00a0 My old irrigation clock (controller) went kerflooey on me, so I had to get a new one.\u00a0 The old one was unrepairable and so yesterday.\u00a0 This new one is a great advance.\u00a0 Or so Jeff Sutter told me.\u00a0 We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Seed Moon A very windy day with a high wind alert for gusts over 40 mph.\u00a0 We had a 29 mph gust at noon.\u00a0 The day has warmed since morning, the sun has stayed bright.\u00a0 A good day for the plants though the wind sucks up some of the moisture we got. Since … Continue reading Wind and Water<\/span>