what ancient trees might have looked like
davidrt28 (zone 7)
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They look like corn. Might be something else
Comments (11)Farming is an input in/profit out business more than how much the crop is expected to be worth on the open market for the most part. On no-irrigation land, if corn isn't demanding a high enough price a lot of farmers will grow drought tolerant wheat (or another area specific crop) because the risk and cost of additional inputs for water/nutrients/weed control/etc aren't worth it...that hasn't been a huge issue lately with high corn prices (which are expected to decline slightly this year, btw). This is just a single example....See MoreLooks like a larger percentage might get lucky today?
Comments (16)We ended up with around 0.65" in the rain gauge. More would have been nicer but I'm still grateful for every drop. I think that when the storm intensified on radar, it went south because at one time the Gainesville TX airport weather station was reporting "heavy rainfall". When I saw that, I went outside and checked and there was no heavy rainfall here. They needed it more than we did, so I'm glad they get it. That county has been drier than us all summer and this rain should help the farmers there a lot. This morning we had dew on the ground (a rarity the last couple of months) and it was 64 degrees when I went outside a little after sunrise. It felt heavenly. We're headed back into hotter, drier weather though, so I'm still waiting for some lovely autumn weather to arrive. I want to see leaves changing colors and drifting down to the ground....I want to drink hot, spiced apple cider....I want to make a fire and sit around it and roast marshmallows and make s'mores. I suspect my longing for autumn weather will go on for a while, but maybe in October the weather that feels like autumn finally will arrive. kfrinkle, It does seem like one of those years, doesn't it? I keep wanting to plant lettuce, spinach and other greens and then I look at forecast highs in the 90s and decided it still is too hot. The downside to all the rain is that the humidity will drive our heat index numbers higher. I'm still glad it rained though. Maybe I'll just grow my winter greens indoors this year on my light shelf. Well, probably not, because we have three kittens who are very, very playful and I doubt that lettuce and greens on the light shelf would survive three 4-month-old kittens. The light shelf is in their favorite room----and there is no such thing as a kitten-free room with kittens at that age. It has been several years since we have had kittens (someone apparently dumped their pregnant mama "in the country" in June and she adopted us) and I'd forgotten how hard they run and play....and play and run....and climb and jump. They are upstairs right now (in the room with the light shelf) and it sounds like there's a herd of buffalo up there. In order to start seedlings indoors in winter, I will have to close the door and banish them from that room but I hate to do it now while they're still so young and such playful little maniacs. I might sow some lettuce seed in planters in the shade late this week or early next week. It just depends on what the 10-day forecast looks like by the weekend. Needless to say, even with the greenhouse covered by 50% shade cloth and all the doors and vents open, it still gets well above 100 degrees in there every day, so I can't even sow greens for winter in there yet. Dawn...See MoreGorgeous ancient Live Oak tree
Comments (18)He has been in this garden for about 30 years and the palms he has introduced in layers through the years create such an amazing effect up in the canopy.. The owner is the right man to watch over this tree. He has been involved with the ecological preservation in the state. I love the dance of the branches of the younger trees. That is the stuff of ballets. The leaves are just now budding out , so the shade is still a light yellow infused shade. Live oaks are so changeable. They are so much smaller where I am .... Water and dirt is doled out with a tighter hand around where I am. San Antonio is much lower in elevation and it is at the point where the karst of the hills dumps its treasure. There are springs coming up all along the edge of the Balcones fault that separates the hills from the coastal plains. The trees get bigger in a hurry as you drop down out of the hills....See MoreIt might not look like much... but it's been a LONG time coming...
Comments (31)Went through your build blog a bit and let me just say it will be a while before I pick my jaw up off the floor. Wowzer! What a journey and what a house it will be! So glad to be on the building forum at this time or it's unlikely I'd be in a position to follow along. This is going to be amazing to watch!...See More41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal)
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