greenstorm | I hold with those who favour fire

Two cool rainy days in a row, much-needed, and now we're back to warm. I hung my laundry on the line late last night in anticipation of the forecast, which is clear and warmer day after day until the weekend. I find the laundry does better outside than in the machine overnight, and the machine needs babying because of the low well pressure so it can only be run when I'm around.

Anyhow, we hit Warm a couple days ago, and 30C is forecast next weekend. For those keeping track, that's warmer than many of our summers ever get. In May. We're still having intermittent frost at night but I'm thinking seriously about planting my corn.

I'm doing this poetry challenge, 30 poems in 30 days, and I started by writing about plants and the land and now I'm writing about global warming. Go figure.

Tilled most of the lower garden before the tiller stopped running. I think I need to check the chain/transmission oil, it may be overheating.

Many of the apple trees have baby leaves, though the new ones don't yet. Some of the seedling apple trees have deep red leaves, I assume they're the offspring of my red-leafed crabapple.

I'm digging raspberries and giving them away, and turning the eggs in the incubator twice daily. It's a good time.