Weather extremes have emerged as the new normal, and strategies to mitigate them are mandatory for a resilient garden. Basic to the equation is building healthy soil, including minimizing soil disruption by tillage, and keeping soil covered through the use of mulch and cover crops like buckwheat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Choosing resilient cultivars suited to mountain summers is common sense, these plants that can tolerate wide swings in temperature and precipitation. Brassicas like cabbage are an excellent case in point, with varieties that hold up to spring and fall frosts, while surviving intense summer heat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Choosing resilient cultivars suited to mountain summers is common sense, these plants that can tolerate wide swings in temperature and precipitation. Brassicas like cabbage are an excellent case in point, with varieties that hold up to spring and fall frosts, while surviving intense summer heat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Weather extremes have emerged as the new normal, and strategies to mitigate them are mandatory for a resilient garden. Basic to the equation is building healthy soil, including minimizing soil disruption by tillage, and keeping soil covered through the use of mulch and cover crops like buckwheat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Sunflowers. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Choosing resilient cultivars suited to mountain summers is common sense, these plants that can tolerate wide swings in temperature and precipitation. Brassicas like cabbage are an excellent case in point, with varieties that hold up to spring and fall frosts, while surviving intense summer heat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Choosing resilient cultivars suited to mountain summers is common sense, these plants that can tolerate wide swings in temperature and precipitation. Brassicas like cabbage are an excellent case in point, with varieties that hold up to spring and fall frosts, while surviving intense summer heat. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Labor Day is a bookend, marking the intersection of seasons. Behind us is the mad scramble of early summer, of getting the gardens in and growing, and June’s shimmering green landscape. July turned dry, August edged more recently into drought in all of New Hampshire. September’s full Corn Moon is just a week away on the 7th, and from there the stretch before the autumn solstice on the 22nd.
The end of August has delivered iconic late summer weather, day after day with a quality of light witnessed only at this time of year. The skies have been clear blue, the air soft, and late afternoons drop dead gorgeous. Yet the seasons are clearly in transition, marked by chilly morning temperatures and receding light. The days are two and a half hours shorter than the June solstice, an hour and a half less than the end of July. Dusk arrives at 7 p.m., and full dark by 8 p.m.
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