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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-23 at 22:47

No dig gardening, October 23, 2024. A few plants continue to blossom for the pollinators. This is a renegade bok choi. The garlic bed is getting mulched with both leaf mulch and duck bedding. This is a satisfying gardening milestone. The garlic planting will wait for colder weather. #garlic, #nodig, #pollinators, #minnesota, #ClimateDiary.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 19:12

@Pollinators It’s always good to get the job of mulching the beds done and out of the way.

I’m putting off planting the garlic and the broad beans and field beans here until the weather shows some sign of getting colder.

It’s t-shirt weather here still.

Our forecast temperatures for the first week of November is still 7°C-13°C.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 20:08

@Broadfork. We have a Tuesday forecast of 27 C and 15 C as the low. That’s not garlic planting temperatures at all either. We got permission to gather the neighbor’s leaves so we can place more mulch in the vegetable garden. #compost, #minnesota, #garlic.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 20:23

@Pollinators Go on, scare me. What temperatures would you realistically expect around now?

Earlier today I tooted about bonfire night (November 5th) being a time of good childhood memories but those memories were all framed by cold weather, of frost and icy winds, of woolly hats and gloves, getting home and sitting in front of the gas fire to warm ourselves up.

At this rate November 5th could well be t-shirt weather this year. #ClimateDiary

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 20:32

@Broadfork @Pollinators

In Arkansas, we'd normally have had one 4C night by now, and olden days, first frost was Nov 10. Our lowest so far was 10C for one night. We've got basil putting on new leaves and peppers still flowering. And the lowest low between now and 5 Nov is 10C.

Amanda put the seed garlic in the bottom of the refrigerator so we can be sure it gets enough cold days. Our soil temp is 20C. We may end up holding off on planting garlic until just before yule.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 20:53

@johntimaeus That worked, I’m suitably scared.

@Pollinators

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 21:48

@Broadfork @Pollinators

Normally late September is when the summer dry breaks, returning us to our normal 2-3 cm of rain each week.

We got 1-2 cm from hurricane Helene in late Sept, and 1 cm yesterday. Other than that nothing since early July.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 22:24

@johntimaeus @Pollinators That’s so much worse than I thought.

British rain really should be our #1 export these days. We should be piping it all over.

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 22:36

@Broadfork @Pollinators

We started June about 20cm above average for rain. I'd spent the spring trying to keep things from washing away. We're still technically ahead this year. It just all came in two months.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:37

@Broadfork @johntimaeus. British Rain. It’s the good stuff.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:23

@Broadfork @johntimaeus. Gardeners are supposed to be scared about the climate emergency. The regular folk don’t have the daily touchstones. They can go for a walk and enjoy the t shirt weather.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 22:31

@Pollinators @johntimaeus I still enjoy the t-shirt weather but I worry about the consequences from having it in late October.

What really worries me is how quickly we could change from one weather extreme to another. Humans can only adapt up to a point but the natural world around us can’t.

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 22:32

@Pollinators @Broadfork

I've got an order for 100 elderberry starts that were originally planned for delivery mid-Sept. I told the customer we're going to wait for spring to see which ones survived.

We gave up on late summer/fall produce. I can't plant winter cover crops and may just heavy dry mulch cover everything (sets us back a year on legume enrichment and green mulch). And I'm fighting wildlife eating the irrigation system to get at the water.

Fortunately we aren't dependent on the farm for income yet.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 22:40

@johntimaeus Thankfully you have been building more resilience into your farm than some but there’s only so many knock on effects you can cater and cover for.

I hope you get some respite soon with some much needed rain. @Pollinators

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 23:58

@Broadfork

We've got a little coming late next week. Hopefully it'll be followed by more.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:42

@johntimaeus @Broadfork. So many families are dependent on dependable weather for their food.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:47

@johntimaeus @Broadfork. 100 elderberry plants is a lot of fruit, then getting the little stems off…#elderberry.

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 22:51

@Pollinators @Broadfork

It's for a hedge and pollinators/wildlife support more than fruit production.

We talked the customer out of planting asian bamboo.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:53

@johntimaeus @Broadfork. The critters are happy to eat the elderberries for snacks.

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Written by John Timaeus on 2024-10-27 at 22:56

@Pollinators @Broadfork

And we're in a primary flyaway for everything from duck and goose to thrashers and hummingbirds. Not to mention the butterflies.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 23:19

@johntimaeus @Broadfork. It’s going to be quiet as the critters go functionally extinct.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:07

@johntimaeus @Broadfork. It’s bad news on the rains and the temperatures. Refrigerating the garlic cloves to get the minimum cold stratification days is just another tipping point.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:00

@Broadfork. The forecast for October 29th is also the average for July 17th. Which is the summer peak. The expectation for the average Tuesday forecast would be 0 C and 13 C.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:15

@Broadfork. An infographic would show that more graphically.

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Written by Broadfork on 2024-10-27 at 22:17

@Pollinators Ye Gods, I knew it would be way out of kilter but not by as much as this.

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Written by Pollinators on 2024-10-27 at 22:01

@Broadfork. It’s bad news.

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Written by Matthew on 2024-10-28 at 14:21

@Pollinators 😊💯

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