Friday 13th Full Moon Harvest Moon!
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Comments (7)It was clear here, and the moon was beautiful. We don't have an unobstructed view either, but I could watch it through the tree branches. It DID look bigger than usual, almost like you could reach out and touch it. Now it's Spring!!...See MoreHarvest Moon Pic . . . and an Autumn Dec Pic, Too
Comments (15)Thanks for your kind words. Yes, our views up here are gorgeous. Lee it takes me about ten minutes max to drive from my house near the village here down to the town below us. That's actually 2 towns down there, as they're kind of running together lately. Urban sprawl in not something we're used to here in New Mexico, but it is happening in a few places. As for my buffet, I do like to keep it simple as we use that area as a buffet most evenings at dinner (we eat dinner in our dining room pretty much every night except Fridays, as well as weekend breakfasts). But, that said, I LOVE seeing all your not-as-simple centerpieces and vignettes. They're gorgeous! Lynn...See Morefor you people who like to take pictures of the moon
Comments (2)As I took the photos last night of the moon, the coyotes started up several times with their howling, how neat it is to hear them bark, yap, and howl. You are correct about the two-day full moon appearance, but I will add that the moon increases toward full moon. At some point, it reaches 'full', then begins it's decline back to new moon, so actually it is only full for one short period of time, but appears to be full for a total of a couple of days before it is noticeably showing signs of Earth's shadow again. This moon is known as the Harvest Moon, since it is when harvesting takes place and in years past, particularly when harvesting was done by hand, harvesting could be done all night long, by the light of the moon, hence the name...Harvest Moon. Out here in the country, most people stay outside late into the night, especially on weekends, so it might be more strange to NOT find someone outside than to actually find someone outside. Stargazing is a part of country life, I guess, but with encroaching city lights and people moving from the city to the country and putting up bright lights that stay on all night, it is becoming harder to find a good spot to really see the beauty of the night sky. Thanks for the websites on the moon and sun, very interesting. Kt...See MoreNot Quite the Harvest Moon, Onions!
Comments (10)I'm not sure to what to attribute my success with onions. It isn't a special knowledge. For example, I just learned about "water mold," a common and sometimes serious onion disease. It's why even large onion farms are using drip irrigation rather than overhead sprinklers. I use the sprinklers and have some problem with water mold every year. It doesn't damage them all that much. I was briefly reading about planting by the moon the other day. They put onions in the root crop category. Onion bulbs aren't roots. They are the base of the leaves. Onions have plenty of stringy roots. Fertilize them more like corn or lawn grass. Those leaves need to grow to produce good bulbs. Leeks and bunching onions don't form bulbs but need that high N fertilizer, too. My leeks struggle through the summer heat. I will get some fish emulsion on them soon so that they can take advantage of the cooler days ahead to make some growth. All these weeks since they sprouted indoors back about the first week of February. They won't gain baseball bat size in this climate but they really should after all this time. Nothing like leek and potato soup so I'm happy to have them in the garden. Steve...See Morelindaohnowga
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