With the fires in Canada, the smoke has been drifting through Minnesota. Yesterday and today have been the first time we've had "air quality" warnings in as far back as I can remember. The whole area looks like we're in a haze, and while it's worse in open areas, it's everywhere. I hope they can get it under control up in Canada. Wildfires are no fun, and the "second hand smoke" the fires are sending our way isn't much fun either. It doesn't seem to be slowing the pumpkin growth at all, so I'm not terribly concerned, but it is slightly psychologically alarming to live in a haze and have the faint smell of fire at all times.
Happy fourth of July. I finally got around to bringing all of the peppers, the solanum spontaneum, and all three tomatillo plants over to my parents' house. I planted them on the North side of the dog kennel fence. It's one of the sunnier spots in their yard and hopefully it's close enough to the house that the local deer (and bear) stay away. I can hope anyway. Off the top of my head, there were really only a few peppers. I think I ended up with Anaheim, one bell variety (either Midnight Dreams or Purple Beauty, I can't recall by memory), Bolivian Rainbow Chile, Ring-O-Fire Cayenne, and Lipstick Pepper.
With the fires in Canada, the smoke has been drifting through Minnesota. Yesterday and today have been the first time we've had "air quality" warnings in as far back as I can remember. The whole area looks like we're in a haze, and while it's worse in open areas, it's everywhere. I hope they can get it under control up in Canada. Wildfires are no fun, and the "second hand smoke" the fires are sending our way isn't much fun either. It doesn't seem to be slowing the pumpkin growth at all, so I'm not terribly concerned, but it is slightly psychologically alarming to live in a haze and have the faint smell of fire at all times. Comments are closed.
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