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Nighthiker
Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714
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Posted: 6/11/2009, 10:12 pm Post subject: Monsoon Season |
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Must be close, I heard cicada's singing and observed desert toads out and about. Also had a badger stick his head up from a hole. |
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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 6/12/2009, 4:22 am Post subject: |
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We haven't had much summery weather yet up here on the mountain. It has really been a cool spring, with a lot of rain in May, and lately just coldish nights, cool days, lots of wind and clouds, some sprinkles. Everyone is saying we will go straight into monsoon without getting any hot, dry summer weather.
Wildflowers are blooming in the forest and grasslands that usually don't bloom until August or September. I am still running my heaters every single day, especially early in the morning. I wore Tevas without socks for the first time yesterday to run some errands midday, but at the same time I wore long jeans and a sweater!
My garden is very slow, things don't want to grow very fast. I still have some stuff in my plant room to be placed out, but those can wait until warmer nights are forecast.
On the other hand, my lawns and fruit trees (apples and pears) and all my shade trees (weeping willow, maple, elm and birch) and grapevines are going great guns. It does look like summer out there, even if the veggies are slow to grow. |
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Deborah
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 297 Location: Tucson
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Posted: 6/12/2009, 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Even in Tucson it's been great! Lot's of water in the canyons to swim in too.
Had some sprinkles this week, it's funny how the kids freak out when you take them out into a little "sprinkle". _________________ Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. - Rachel Carson |
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