Farming and Gardening

Farming and Gardening Notes for January 2009

DAILY NOTES FOR THE FARM AND GARDEN  1st: The season of Deep Winter begins today. This season has six significant cold waves, and it lasts from the 1st through the 25th of January. Average temperatures in this season are the lowest of the year everywhere in North America.

Farming and Gardening Notes for October 2008

    Pick up the black walnuts as soon as you can.  Otherwise the squirrels will get them and plant them all over your property!

Farming and Gardening Notes for September

SEPTEMBER FARMING AND GARDENING NOTES

Farming and Gardening Notes for August

In the North, corn is denting; in the South, the whole crop can be mature.  The cutting of silage has taken over from the second and third cuts of hay.  Soybeans are turning as well as setting pods.  The harvest of winter wheat and oats is complete throughout the nation.  Across the Plains, the spring wheat is coming in, and the great cabbage and cauliflower harvests are underway.  

Farming and Gardening Notes for June and July

June Farming and Gardening with the Weather 

Farming and Gardening Notes for May

FARMING AND GARDENING WITH THE WEATHER Using weather history, one can know that cold waves will cross the Mississippi around the dates listed below.  The fronts reach Western states 24 to 48 hours prior to their arrival in the Midwest; they reach the East 24 to 48 hours later. Major storms are most likely to occur on the days between May 8 - 14 and May 17 - 23.

Farming and Gardening Notes for April

Using weather history, one can know that cold waves will cross the Mississippi around the dates listed below.  The fronts reach Western states 24 to 48 hours prior to their arrival in the Midwest; they reach the East 24 to 48 hours later. Major storms are most likely to occur on the days between April 1st and 11th and April 19th through the 27th.

Farming and Gardening Notes for March

    Using weather history, one can know that cold waves will cross the Mississippi around the dates listed below.  The fronts reach Western states 24 to 48 hours prior to their arrival in the Midwest; they reach the East 24 to 48 hours later. Major storms are most likely to occur on the days between March 9th and 14th, and between March 19th and 30th.

Farming and Gardening Notes for February

Weather history indicates that cold waves will cross the Mississippi around the dates listed below. The fronts reach Western states 24 to 48 hours prior to their arrival in the Midwest; they pass through the East 24 to 48 hours later. Major storms are most likely to occur on February 3, 6-9, 14-18, and 24-25.