On 03/03/2016 12:26 PM, T wrote:
On 02/29/2016 09:01 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday.
That could easily change by then

yeah, i tend to not count things until they
arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend
to break up before they get here in the summer.

i was glad to see that they are forecasting
significant rains for CA for this weekend and
so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to
see what actually happens.

a few more inches of rain in the central and
southern parts of the state would be really good
as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted
right now. the northern reservoirs have come
back nicely.

some of the news outlets have been complaining
about the results of the El Nino so far and the
various predictions, but to me each El Nino is
still rare enough that we have a lot to keep
learning.


songbird


NOAA is saying Saturday pretty solid now.

It just started raining. The weather radar show a
lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada)

T wrote:
....
It just started raining. The weather radar show a
lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada)

just glad to see any rain out there at all.
especially heading towards middle and southern CA.

you have things set up on your property to catch
all the rain so it doesn't run off?


songbird

On 03/04/2016 05:41 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
...
It just started raining. The weather radar show a
lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada)

just glad to see any rain out there at all.
especially heading towards middle and southern CA.

you have things set up on your property to catch
all the rain so it doesn't run off?

I have about 100 years or more to catch up with
your skills. :'(

I would just like to grow zucchini!

T wrote:
songbird wrote:
....
you have things set up on your property to catch
all the rain so it doesn't run off?

I have about 100 years or more to catch up with
your skills. :'(

you have a very strange idea of me for sure as
there are others here who have a lot more practical
knowledge...


I would just like to grow zucchini!

see, that right there, i've not grown any of those
here at all, you already have more experience than i
do in that regards.


songbird

songbird wrote:
....
you have a very strange idea of me for sure as
there are others here who have a lot more practical
knowledge...

heheheh, love this guy's brain:

http://permaculturenews.org/2016/03/...gn-for-living/


i've read his works as best i can and agree with much
of what he writes.

as where i live is a prime example of doing it wrong, but
it was done wrong for a purpose (art and the creation of).
for me to go back and redo this entire site in line with
permie principles would be a vast amount of work and take
a lot of resources. i can paste bits on here or there and
help it out, but a proper design from the start would have
avoided so much... ah well, still love it, with all the
frustrations and defects. it is still home, because Ma is
here and so here am i too.

we saw the first killdeer yesterday when we were out
walking and it was in the mid to high 60s today. spring
is going to be here.

peace and goodnight,


songbird

songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
you have a very strange idea of me for sure as
there are others here who have a lot more practical
knowledge...

heheheh, love this guy's brain:

http://permaculturenews.org/2016/03/...gn-for-living/


i've read his works as best i can and agree with much
of what he writes.

as where i live is a prime example of doing it wrong, but
it was done wrong for a purpose (art and the creation of).
for me to go back and redo this entire site in line with
permie principles would be a vast amount of work and take
a lot of resources. i can paste bits on here or there and
help it out, but a proper design from the start would have
avoided so much... ah well, still love it, with all the
frustrations and defects. it is still home, because Ma is
here and so here am i too.

we saw the first killdeer yesterday when we were out
walking and it was in the mid to high 60s today. spring
is going to be here.

peace and goodnight,


songbird

I saw a yellow belly sapsucker yesterday , checking a maple tree over for
bugs . Thought it was a pileated at first until I realized how small it was
.. First one I've ever seen .

--
Snag

In article ,
"Terry Coombs" wrote:
I saw a yellow belly sapsucker yesterday , checking a maple tree over for
bugs . Thought it was a pileated at first until I realized how small it was
. First one I've ever seen .

Might have been checking for bugs. Might just be living up (or down) to
its name (I have a bunch of trees with patterns of holes those guys
drill.)

I'm a bit concerned that we might be in for a repeat of a few years
back, when it hit 80°F in early March, and then froze all the
buds/flowers off the fruit trees in late April. Pretty much doodly-squat
for fruit that year.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by
Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away.

On 03/08/2016 05:08 PM, songbird wrote:
you have a very strange idea of me for sure as
there are others here who have a lot more practical
knowledge...

You are being humble. If I was any good at gardening
at all I could be humble too. Not any time soon.

:'(

On 03/04/2016 04:27 PM, T wrote:
On 03/03/2016 12:26 PM, T wrote:
On 02/29/2016 09:01 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday.
That could easily change by then

yeah, i tend to not count things until they
arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend
to break up before they get here in the summer.

i was glad to see that they are forecasting
significant rains for CA for this weekend and
so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to
see what actually happens.

a few more inches of rain in the central and
southern parts of the state would be really good
as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted
right now. the northern reservoirs have come
back nicely.

some of the news outlets have been complaining
about the results of the El Nino so far and the
various predictions, but to me each El Nino is
still rare enough that we have a lot to keep
learning.


songbird


NOAA is saying Saturday pretty solid now.

It just started raining. The weather radar show a
lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada)

Yesterday's storm was rather "warm" as storms go
(maritime tropical).

The temperature is dropping like a rock. Looks
like a Maritime Polar is on its way! (I can't help
myself, I do so love snow!)

So it seems like we are back to tag team.

A few years back, we had monster Maritime Polar come
through and dump a ton of snow. Then it got tagged
with a really warm Maritime Tropical with a snow
level of about 11,000 feet. It melted all the
snow from the previous storm. The effect was
two huge storms a once. Tons of flooding.

It is much better for the first storm to be a
Tropical.