How is your garden looking today?

mix some of that water polymer into your soil when you waterlog it. That stuff will keep the soil moist if you miss a watering or two.
I will sow my peas right in the ice cold soil

Drier than bone dry. We just broke another record. This was written on Friday, it is Sunday and we still don't see any moisture in the forecast except for a 20% chance some clouds might spit on us as they blow by next week.


http://www.abqjournal.com/346498/news/dry-streak-ties-duke-city-record.html



Albuquerque has tied a 91-year-old record for the longest streak in the winter months with no precipitation, and there’s a chance that record could be broken if the city sees no rain before midnight Saturday night.

Through Friday, it’s been 41 days since any precipitation – including trace amounts – has been detected at the Albuquerque International Sunport, which hasn’t happened during winter months since the winter of 1927-1928, according to National Weather Service forecaster Clay Anderson.

Anderson said storm systems coming from the West Coast toward New Mexico were thwarted by a “blocking ridge,” a stationary weather pattern. The lack of precipitation could cause early start times for wildfires and exacerbate an already diminished snow pack.

“Snow really goes a long way in terms of water supply … so we’re definitely hurting,” Anderson said.

Albuquerque could see some precipitation Monday night, but Anderson there’s a higher chance that a storm system could bring relief Thursday or Friday.

A large part of England is suffering from having the wettest January for a hundred years or more! Many places are flooded, and flood warnings are going out with alarming regularity.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fuk-news%2F2014%2Fjan%2F30%2Fengland-wettest-january-records-began&ei=MmbvUsugJ7De7AamiIDACA&usg=AFQjCNEf5R83DdPr8ahLVqjk9ns65UnuQA&bvm=bv.60444564,d.ZGU&cad=rja

70+ degrees through the weekend with lows in the 40s in Albuquerque. Is this a fake early Spring, or do I dare sow my veggie seeds in the garden already?

Was going to do it two weeks ago and then we got more snow.

How is my garden looking today?

Hmmm....let's think now.....

The lawn has disappeared, the winter pansies have donned swimming aids, the tennis court is slightly damp, the pond fish have a much larger area to play in and the cat has been in wet inspired grump mode since January 3rd.



Apart from that, everything's peachy.

what are we planting? peas and spinach ove to be planted in the snow. Many of our Amish neighbors put their onions IN the snow and then just cover with compost

Later sunsets.
It is starting to sound different outside.
Heat wave next week, it is going to hit forty degrees fahrenheit.

the botanical look up front.Featured in this view are honeysuckle hedge, wild phlox, iris,and peony (still in bud).

I've gotten 2 tamaters, and a cucumber is almost ready for pickin'!

I'm gonna have a ton of cukes.

mmmm.....I'm eating those two tomatoes, plus another, right now.....mmmmm.

hot and dry

A2k meet Johnathon apple.

Weeds.

Iris bed (with peony) as of today.



Every division took root successfully; maybe, just maybe, some may bloom tnis spring lol.

I cut the dead grass from my front yard lawn, and used a blower to clean off the dead leaves from the front of my house. It looks a little bit cleaner, but I know that with the fall season, the leaves are going to 'dirty up' our yard for the next month or more.

Today, I learnt how to tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese Wisteria.

Japanese twines clockwise and Chinese twines anti-clockwise.

I never knew that before.....

It looks a lot like autumn out back.

Beautiful, neko.

how is Johnathon doing?

My grass is browner, but my automatic watering system that turns on every five days helps to keep some of my plants to survive. Some have died, so I pull them out because they distract from the other 'greens.' The leaves have begun to fall, and we'll be sweeping up the leaves until the trees are bare.

Some in our neighborhood still have green grass.