The garlic crop should be ready to harvest late this week. Once it is pulled, an area is opened in the garden for late summer planting. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Current soil conditions are ideal for succession planting, either direct seeding or setting out transplants. A number of cultivars can be planted now for late season harvest, including beans, carrots, snow peas, beets, Swiss chard and, of course, lettuce. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
The garlic crop should be ready to harvest late this week. Once it is pulled, an area is opened in the garden for late summer planting. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Current soil conditions are ideal for succession planting, either direct seeding or setting out transplants. A number of cultivars can be planted now for late season harvest, including beans, carrots, snow peas, beets, Swiss chard and, of course, lettuce. (ANN BENNETT PHOTO)
Be careful what you wish for! After a month with negligible rain, the lawns crunching under foot, the woods frighteningly dry, recent weather has catapulted New Hampshire into record breaking territory in terms of precipitation. While June delivered a mere half-inch-plus, July’s total is 6.83 through the 22nd. The 30-year average for Mount Washington is 2.66, according to weather observer Ed Bergeron, while a record 9 inches fell in 2009.
In the meantime a gorgeous Buck Moon will preside over the summer sky this weekend, waxing full at 10:37 p.m. on Friday. So-called because the antlers of male deer are in full growth mode in high summer, July’s moon has other labels as well. Given the frequency of storms at this time of year, in some locations it is referred to as the Thunder Moon, or the full Hay Moon as farmers put away that crop.
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