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When we were in Year 6, my school did a musical - Noah and his fabulous floating ark, obviously about the Biblical flood.
I can still sing the songs. (I have a pretty good memory for songs.)
Goodtimes.
So, after a couple of ridiculously hot days (40C) we're back in rainy summer territory where the temp doesn't drop below 22C and it's grey and nearly constantly rainy. Of course, we're headed for another scorcher on the weekend.
(Honestly, there is definitely something going on with the climate - and yes, this is anecdata, but all the scientific data is backing us up on this; our temperatures are getting more extreme, and the icy parts of the planet are getting smaller. Is it fixable at this point? Sadly, the truth is probably not. Too much money, too much greed, too much "God has made us to trample this world beneath our feet" and not enough "God made us to be caretakers of the world which He owns, and that means not burning the damn thing to the ground!" But I digress.)
A friend has a racing carnival going on, inland, NSW plains, and the temperature is due to hit 44C. It's a baked land, and it's definitely going to be baking. (If they have solar panels and solar batteries out there, they're going to be set for, oh, at least through to midwinter. And, frankly, if they don't have solar panels and solar batteries out there...I got nothing. Seriously.)
My garden, however, seems to be doing quite well:
Teeny Tiny Sugarbaby Watermelons (at this point, only the size of a golf ball):
And a couple of weeks later - now the size of tennis balls:
They're supposed to grow to the size of soccer balls, so I think I'm going to have to net them before they get too much heavier!
Ditto with the rockmelon:
I have at least one cucumber that is going great guns, and, of course, there are the tomatoes everywhere...
So many curcubits!
Pumpkins - I think they're butternut squash, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty dreadful at labelling my seeds, and then particularly at transferring the labels across...
Corn bed #1 and Corn bed #2. I'm planting Corn #3 right now, although I'm not entirely certain where it should go, or even how well it will do. Usually, I get a really good first corn crop, then a crappy second one, and a non-existent 3rd. It may be that by the time I get to the 3rd crop, the ground is all out and tired and needs the winter to settle for a less-nutrient-hungry crop:
Gardens are good for contemplation of life, the universe, and everything:
And relevant mug is relevant:
I really do need to think about how to go about improving the soil of my garden. Some bits of it are really good, and others...not so much. And I'm finding that my compost isn't happening fast enough for my liking.
Chickens are the next step in my garden pursuit, the question is simply where to put them; there's nowhere that's an instinctive and good place for a chicken house, and while I'd like to move them in and out of the garden that could be a lot of work.
Also: I'd like to start replacing the front fence with trees and bushes. That'll probably take money and effort and time, though.
I have time, at least, right? :D
I can still sing the songs. (I have a pretty good memory for songs.)
Forty days at sea! How the timbers shudder!
God has promised me He will be our rudder -
But I hope he won't hear when I wish that I were dead!
With the rain steady drumming on the roof above my head...
The raindrops drumming overhead!
Goodtimes.
So, after a couple of ridiculously hot days (40C) we're back in rainy summer territory where the temp doesn't drop below 22C and it's grey and nearly constantly rainy. Of course, we're headed for another scorcher on the weekend.
(Honestly, there is definitely something going on with the climate - and yes, this is anecdata, but all the scientific data is backing us up on this; our temperatures are getting more extreme, and the icy parts of the planet are getting smaller. Is it fixable at this point? Sadly, the truth is probably not. Too much money, too much greed, too much "God has made us to trample this world beneath our feet" and not enough "God made us to be caretakers of the world which He owns, and that means not burning the damn thing to the ground!" But I digress.)
A friend has a racing carnival going on, inland, NSW plains, and the temperature is due to hit 44C. It's a baked land, and it's definitely going to be baking. (If they have solar panels and solar batteries out there, they're going to be set for, oh, at least through to midwinter. And, frankly, if they don't have solar panels and solar batteries out there...I got nothing. Seriously.)
My garden, however, seems to be doing quite well:
Teeny Tiny Sugarbaby Watermelons (at this point, only the size of a golf ball):
And a couple of weeks later - now the size of tennis balls:
They're supposed to grow to the size of soccer balls, so I think I'm going to have to net them before they get too much heavier!
Ditto with the rockmelon:
I have at least one cucumber that is going great guns, and, of course, there are the tomatoes everywhere...
So many curcubits!
Pumpkins - I think they're butternut squash, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty dreadful at labelling my seeds, and then particularly at transferring the labels across...
Corn bed #1 and Corn bed #2. I'm planting Corn #3 right now, although I'm not entirely certain where it should go, or even how well it will do. Usually, I get a really good first corn crop, then a crappy second one, and a non-existent 3rd. It may be that by the time I get to the 3rd crop, the ground is all out and tired and needs the winter to settle for a less-nutrient-hungry crop:
Gardens are good for contemplation of life, the universe, and everything:
And relevant mug is relevant:
I really do need to think about how to go about improving the soil of my garden. Some bits of it are really good, and others...not so much. And I'm finding that my compost isn't happening fast enough for my liking.
Chickens are the next step in my garden pursuit, the question is simply where to put them; there's nowhere that's an instinctive and good place for a chicken house, and while I'd like to move them in and out of the garden that could be a lot of work.
Also: I'd like to start replacing the front fence with trees and bushes. That'll probably take money and effort and time, though.
I have time, at least, right? :D
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Nice quote, on your mug. :)
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I could still sing all of the songs!