On 11/14/2013 2:09 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
Yesterday, today, tomorrow, over 85F. Does take a swift dive at
night, thank goodness; you sleep with a blanket all year here.*

About to sow SEEDS of "winter" crops - radish, lettuce, beet, green
onion. Will they get confused if this madness continues? Hope by
the time they sprout, things will have reverted to "normal", whatever
the hell THAT is in this globally warmed world...

* Unlike Hong Kong, where I came out of the airport at 10:30 pm few
years ago and got slapped in the face by a hot, wet blanket. Up to
then, I had never been in a place where it didn't cool off at night.
Well, I lie -- India, Vietnam, but you have to stay in airconditioned
accommodations.

Back to Alaska and another 10-day camping/mushing trip. THE
greatest!

But I ramble...

HB

At noon yesterday, it was 88F with 7% relative humidity.

Near the ocean where you live, the heat will speed sprouting and help to
get the plants established before what we call "winter" arrives. Where
I live, this is very important because we often get night frosts in the
winter (only occasional and very light); so winter flowers need to be
established before the frosts. Otherwise, while the plants will be
okay, they won't bloom until spring.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary