May 2013 Planting Guide

NC Susan

Deceased
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May 2013

1st Plant Late Beets, Potatoes, Onions, Carrots, And Other Root Crops.

2nd-3rd
Kill Plant Pests On These Barren Days.

[/FONT]4th-6th Favorable Time For Planting Late Root Crops. Also Good For Vine Crops That Can Be Planted Now. Set Strawberry Plants. Good Days For Transplanting.

7th-8th
Poor Planting, Fine For Cultivating Or Spraying.

9th-11th
Favorable For Planting Beans, Corn, Cotton, Tomatoes, Peppers, And Other Aboveground Crops.

12th-13th
Any Seed Planted Now Will Tend To Rot.

14th-15th
Most Favorable For Planting Corn, Cotton, Okra, Beans, Peppers, Eggplant, And Other Aboveground Crops. Plant Seedbeds And Flower Gardens.

16th-19th
A Barren Period. Good For Killing Plant Pests, Cultivating, Or Taking A Short Vacation.

20th-21st
Excellent Time For Planting Corn, Beans, Peppers, And Other Aboveground Crops. Favorable For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And Grains. Plant Flowers.

22nd-24th
Excellent For Planting Aboveground Crops, Starting Seedbeds And Planting Leafy Vegetables.

25th-26th
Do No Planting.

27th-28th
Plant Late Beets, Potatoes, Onions, Carrots, And Other Root Crops.

29th-31st
Kill Plant Pests On These Barren Days.

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June 2013

1st-2nd
Favorable Time For Planting Late Root Crops. Also Good For Vine Crops. Set Strawberry Plants. Good Days For Transplanting.

3rd-5th
Cut Hay Or Do Plowing On These Barren Days.

6th-7th
Good Days For Planting Root Crops And For Transplanting.

8th-9th
Seeds Planted Now Tend To Rot In The Ground.

10th-11th
Plant Tomatoes, Beans, Peppers, Corn, Cotton, And Other Aboveground Crops On These Most Fruitful Days. Plant Seedbeds And Flower Gardens.

12th-15th
Poor Period For Planting. Kill Plant Pests, Clear Fencerows, Clear Land.

16th-18th
Favorable For Planting Peas, Beans, Tomatoes, And Other Fall Crops Bearing Yield Aboveground. Sow Grains And Forage Crops. Plant Flowers.

19th-20th
Extra Good For Planting Fall Lettuce, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Collards, And Other Leafy Vegetables. All Aboveground Crops Planted Now Will Do Well. Plant Seedbeds.

21st-22nd
Poor Planting Days. Cut Hay Or Do General Farm Work.

23rd-25th
Plant Late Beets, Potatoes, Onions, Carrots, And Other Root Crops.

26th-27th
Poor Days For Planting. Kill Plant Pests, Spray, Fertilize, Do General Farm Work.

28th-30th
Favorable Time For Planting Late Root Crops. Also Good For Vine Crops. Set Strawberry Plants. Good Days For
Transplanting.




July 2013

1st-2nd A Barren Period.
 

Publius

On TB every waking moment
Did some tilling to day for weed control and prep the soil for some planting tomorrow! Beets, green beans (blue lake) and some rutabagas. Have planted now! One double row of green beans (two rows spaced 12" apart), one single row of beets and two rows of onions (one yellow & one red) have 100 pounds potatoes planted and they're coming up.

We're expecting rain for the next three or four days.
 

Publius

On TB every waking moment
We got about 5 or so inches of rain over the week and will take some time to dry out before I can even walk on the pathways or I will sink in past my ankles. Now Monday night they are forecasting a frost and low of 30F.
 

NC Susan

Deceased
‘Glacier on speed’ nearly swallows Minnesota homes
By Stephen C. Webster
Sunday, May 12, 2013 16:31 EDT


An "ice wave" moves in on Minnesota homes. Photo: Screenshot via The Associated Press.
Topics: Minnesota ♦ northern Minnesota

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A glacier-like “ice wave” struck northern Minnesota on Friday, nearly swallowing up homes in an astonishing natural phenomenon that was caught on tape by shocked residents.

NBC affiliate WPTV described the bizarre scene as like watching “a glacier on speed” as high winds and crashing waves pushed the mass of ice shards toward homes, a terrible crunching/scratching noise following it the whole way. Observers estimated that the ice was moving up to two feet per minute.

Minnesota is experiencing colder-than-average temperatures for the month of May, which normally averages a minimum of about 47.6 degrees according to Climate Zone.

Minnesota didn’t get it as bad as our friends in Canada, however: similar conditions contributed to the destruction of numerous homes and cottages as waterborne ice thawed and broke up, causing residents to flee as giant mounds of slowly-approaching ice swallowed up whole neighborhoods.

This video is from The Associated Press, published Sunday, May 12, 2013.
 

NC Susan

Deceased
THIS is so creepy !!


Published on May 12, 2013
Big Ice sheet from Mille Lacs Lake Minnesota coming on land like a Glacier, entering and damaging homes.




Mille Lacs Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in the counties of Mille Lacs, Aitkin and Crow Wing, roughly 100 miles north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
 

NC Susan

Deceased
Published on May 11, 2013
High winds from a strong low pressure system and the almost ice covered lake caused what can only be called a Mini Glacier event on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake in the town of Onamia, MN

With winds gusting over 35 miles per hour this morning, part of the massive ice sheet covering the lake started to move and when it moved, it moved south and came on shore like a glacier into the Izatys Resort area.

Footage shot on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake (Pronounced Mil-Lac-s) and is French for "One Thousand Lakes" because of it size. The area is located about 100 miles north of Minneapolis, MN. Mille Lacs is the second largest lake in the state of Minnesota. It has an area of 132,516 acres or 207.06mi² which was still over 90 percent covered in about 12 to 15 inches of ice this morning.

By the time it was over, the depth of the mini glacier was one to three feet at the edge near the town houses to over 25 feet at the lake shore. Maintenance personal for Izatys Resort said that clean up could take all summer due to the ice moving massive lake side and under water boulders onto the shore.

Clip 1 Pan up shot of large ice boulders on shore to the still ice covered lake.

Clip 2 Pull back shot of the ground pushed upwards where the grass is now deformed from the force of the ice being pushed on shore.

Clip 3 A dog playing on the shore line on the ice blocks that are the size of a small car.

Clip 4 People standing on massive blocks of ice with a huge glacial ice mass behind them.

Clip 5 - 6 Tree's stripped of the bark from the force of the ice moving on shore.

Clip 7 Massive ice piled up against a home along the lake shore and the ice crashed through the from of the porch.

Clip 8 Bulldozer parked after pushing back some of the ice from the homes.

Clip 9 Pull back shot of the ice after it crashed through this home.

Clip 10 View from the side of after Ice smashed in the front of the porch on this town home.

Clip 11 Large ice boulders piled up against the side of the town homes.

Clip 12 Ice piled up on the shore that is at least 15 feet high

Clip 13 Pullback shot of massive amounts of ice piled up on the shoreline where it was over 20 feet in the air.

Clip 14 Ice stacked up on the shore line to 15-20 feet high.

Clip 15 Ice covered the yard after crews patched up the hole in the side of a town home that was damaged by the ice flow.

Clip 16 Pan left shot of massive ice boulders up against the town homes.

Clip 17 Pan left shot of the huge piles of ice stacked up along the shoreline, shot from the shifting ice on the water.

Clip 18 Push in shot of the home that was damaged and a metal picnic table that was cast aside like a toy by the ice.

Clip 19 - 20 What was left of the picnic table after the ice flow.

Clip 21 Ice piled up three feet high against a home and smashed their grill.

Clip 22 Someone walking on the massive ice boulders.

Clip 23 People walking along the massive ice chunks on the shoreline

Clip 24 Trees covered by the ice with lots of ice boulders

Clip 25 Some crazy fool thought it was a good day to go wind surfing on the ice.

Clip 26 Pull back shot of a massive ice chunk that is at least three feet by three feet by one foot thick and it pulls back to show the ice piled up against the homes.

Clip 27 Ice piled up against a home with the patio furniture still in place but the drain was partial ripped off the home.

Clip 28 Massive ice boulders next to actual boulders.

Clip 29 A field of ice boulders

Clip 30 - 32 A mountain of ice along the shoreline

Clip 33 What was left of trees after being smashed into by the ice.

Clip 34 Pull back shot of the ice where it was over 20 feet high.



 

NC Susan

Deceased
Yeah I know and keeping track of it too, I may have to go out there and put something over my bell peppers and everything else will have to be replanted or see if it survives.

I think the only thing they can plant this summer in Minnesota is Penguins !
 
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