Great fall

So far we have had a great fall.  A little Indian
summer, a little very cool, and a  little very nice
and warm weather.

Red and golden delicious apples are ripening
very nicely on the trees.
 
Maple trees are really dumping a lot of leaves,
due to the warm summer, hot weather and
lack of moisture.

Many deciduous and conifer trees have yellowing
leaves and needles, mainly due to the lack
of water and very warm summer temps. 

Fall

Grass seed showing new plant emerging.
Hazelnut crop - pretty much done.
some late apples.
Some late pers.
pumpkins - hammered with powdery mildew.
Some grapes hurt with rain, and powdery mildew
and I heard quite a stir about spotted wing drosophilia
affecting the damaged grapes.
Farm stands will strong with the good weather.

Indian sumer - continues

The Indian sumemrs continues.
Temps in the highs of 70-54 degrees,
the lows of 45 to 39 degrees.

Warm season plants will continue to ripen
during the day.  With the calenderis  heading
toward November, maybe time to think
about a tansition, just a suggestion.
  ::)

With this weather people can still transplant,
I wouldn't seed, but transplant cole crops. 
Anything that is leafy should get some good
growth.  The cabbage and broccolli, may be
too late but just depends on the temps.

 

Life and gardens

Family and friends are like a garden. It starts out young, very fragiile
and can be affected by many things.

Over time the garden grows, is watered, is fertilized, and
eventually produces fruit.

The fruit is picked, shared, and used for the benefit of our
family and freinds. In the spring it starts all over again.

Life is like that- take advantage of our garden (family,
friends) - they too grow old and move on. Sometimes that
 happens before we are ready....... and we have lost the
moment to cultivate -- those relationships.

Good weather until around Nov. 3. Continue to pick apples, Asian pears, winter pears. Hazelnuts should be close to being done, if not, get done by Nov.3. Continue to harvest, use and replant cole for the extended warm weather for winter usage. Store winter squash before the next rain. Wash with Clorox to remove the powdery mildew which will rot the the squash.

Apples - dry, juice or sauce

Indian summer

Our long awaited Indian summer is finally here,
or at least has been here for one week and looks
like it will be here for another 10 days.  Temps
look pretty good ranging from a high of 69 to
 a low of 40 degrees.  Day time temps will allow
for warm season veggies to continue to grow
but early temps are pretty chilly for warm season
plants.  Great weather for the winter garden cole
crops.

Hazelnut harvest - some waiting for a good wind
storm to bring down the last of the hazelnuts or
finish their third sweeping of nuts.

Cole crops doing very well.

Irrigation systems on the valley floor OK but
watch for temps reaching 32 which has happened
in the foot hills.

Red delicious apples - nicely ripening.

Third crop of figs didn't make it, boo.

Pumpkins- great crop this year and great weather
for visiting the pumpkin rides and local
produce stands.