there was rain this morning and it seems to have been raining a bit more heavily in one part of the yard than another...this gauge is reading around .35 of an inch...
while this one, about eighteen feet away has a bit over .5 of an inch...they were both under open sky...no overarching branches or cover from the house...this is in line with what i was discovering last year which was markedly different rain totals in different locations...some of it could be explained by cover ( the gauge by the thermometer in the tree was never an accurate measure of actual precipitation...just an indication of what reached the ground under the canopy )...however the gauges in the open always read different amounts...i am thinking of picking up a few more of a uniform type to see if it holds up this season...
i hadn't expected to see much in the way of movement from the wheat i planted three days ago and in this i was not disappointed...i found exposed grains of emmer and einkorn inert in the damp...so i covered them lightly and will check again later in the week...
the ever restless strawberries would appear to be getting an early start on spring new growth..the daughters of the original twelve will be producing granddaughters and i would not be surprised at great granddaughters either...i knew this would happen..it is the strawberry way...
as the weather warms and the shoots green and lengthen, i continue to find new clusters of aerial bulbs from the walking onions...soon enough the south side of the house will be an impenetrable mas of onions, winter vetch, alfalfa, grapes, and the relentless jerusalem artichokes with some sweet clover tossed in for good luck and yellow highlights to contrast the red of the berries that will be there as well...the yard is always a busy place..it's just that some times are busier than others...the busy season is just getting underway.
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