tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post9043843471815157559..comments2023-05-08T21:42:05.380-04:00Comments on Blue Jay Barrens: It's Looking Like a DroughtSteve Willsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-5538675867102506182012-07-12T23:27:22.032-04:002012-07-12T23:27:22.032-04:00Hi Pat. This isn't our first extreme drought....Hi Pat. This isn't our first extreme drought. I expect we'll survive this just as we have the others. It's just not a pleasant experience.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-45456113312627060982012-07-12T19:40:42.098-04:002012-07-12T19:40:42.098-04:00After such a beautiful, lush spring, this is so sa...After such a beautiful, lush spring, this is so sad to see.Pathttp://bailey-road.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-86764096285482642082012-07-12T19:34:01.618-04:002012-07-12T19:34:01.618-04:00Hi Kevin. When we had a record flood a few months...Hi Kevin. When we had a record flood a few months ago, I wasn't expecting to head right into a record drought. It's going to take a lot of rain to get things back to anything near typical conditions.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-85288820401414060332012-07-12T16:02:28.437-04:002012-07-12T16:02:28.437-04:00There are really some wierd things going on global...There are really some wierd things going on globally. I'm finishing up on some posts here with pictures of native fruit bearing shrubs and domestic fruit trees which are not producing fruit. Graas is not growing and many things are simply stuck in neutral. <br /><br />However Steve, it has been raining intensely on and off for most of this spring and summer. I have only mowed the grass once and normally it's an every week affair. All of the deciduous trees and shrubs didn't leaf out till the end of may and it wasn't terribly cold either. Cherry trees are almost bare. All currant and gooseberry shubs have almost nothing when they are always loaded with abundant fruit everywhere in the wild or garden. And all of this incessant rain.<br /><br />My tomato plants did nothing but turn yellow for the first two months, now they are green but no buds and summer is over for good at the end of August and we head back to winter and short days. This is definitely the most bizarre year. <br /><br />I'm heading over to the Botanical Gardens tomorrow to see what they have observed here in Göteborg.<br /><br /><br />Kevin<br /><br />-Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.com