Everything does look lovely and lush and all those little furry babies - so sweet. We had the strangest summer, it was the hardest summer we've ever had. Even our hardy perennials struggled. All the old timers around here say they've never seen weather like what we've been having and I heard about a big farmers conference in our province where they are talking about the change in climate and sharing ideas on how to adapt their methods - fascinating to see it all unfolding but scary because change happens so slowly and they always talk in 5/10/15 year plans! Food prices are going up and we had such a bad year that we are buying more food that we are used to. Weather and our own resilience are big topics of conversation this winter. I hope your summer is bountiful!!
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That's interesting @walkerland - worried too. This year I'm not planting much, mainly because we are going away. But the following year it'll be bums to the ground trying to figure out better systems to cope with this crazy weather we're gonna have into the foreseeable future.
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Don't be fooled by the lush look. We've got some pretty scorched areas which aren't looking so green. We've been focusing the water on the important areas.
There are predictions that food prices will continue to shoot up. A lovely organic apple farm in the south had a massive crop failure last season. I don't think they were the only ones whose crops were down. It was particularly sad as we knew the owners and they've decided to sell up, with her health not being so great any more either.
I hope you get a better season next year.
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