Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez wrote 100 Years of Solitude. As a sequel, I might write “Three Weeks of Endless Rain!”<\/p>\n
It has been raining here off and on for nearly three weeks, making it difficult to get my frost-sensitive crops in the ground. However, I managed to do it in an interval between showers so the squash, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and melons are on the way!<\/p>\n
As a bonus, the second round of carrots and parsnips are planted. In normal weather, these require daily watering for as long as three weeks, but I never had to water them once as Mother Nature took care of that task.<\/p>\n
Usually, this sort of rain could lead to problems of waterlogged roots and disease. But when you use raised beds, that is not a problem so everything is healthy and robust! The weather forecast says nice weather will arrive for Sunday and I’ll use that opportunity to trim around the beds.<\/p>\n
Happy mini-farming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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