Extreme drought followed by brief intervals of heavy rain. Hot summers followed by early frost. Freezing winter weather and an early spring. What is a gardener or farmer to do?
This meditation on extremes was caused by a brief inspection of the garlic bed in my garden this past weekend. Due to impending knee surgery in October, I planted by 2021 garlic crop earlier than I ususally do and everything seemed to be fine. We had a couple of good frosts in early October and the weather seemed to be settling down. Unfortunately, Mother Nature, personified as climate change decided to go into a warm, dry November. On the plus side, the late fall brassicas continued to thrive and will provide for the table into December. The bad news is the garlic has poked green shoots above ground and now must withstand a North Country winter.
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