NE Adams Co., MS

Last Updated: 10:11 AM GMT on November 01, 2009 — Last Comment: 7:56 AM GMT on November 30, 2008

	Sun., 11/1/2009

Posted by: NatchezGen, 10:11 AM GMT on November 01, 2009

October was wild! We never knew if it was going to be summer, fall, or winter from one day to the next, and often within the same day. It rained 19 out of 31 days at my house. I managed to go the whole month without turning on any house heat, but I can tell that after many years of not needing a quilt on the bed during winter, that this winter it's going to be at least a one quilt winter, if not two or more. The latest predictions are for a cold and wet winter due to El Nino, and that damp cold in winter makes the cold sink in to your bones.

The houseplants are still outside and doing well. The summer garden yellow pear tomatoes, bell peppers, pimento peppers, and okra are still trying to bloom and produce. The winter garden is up and looking good. The saffron has been harvested on 5 days in the second half of October, and will continue into November. Roses in the yard are still blooming and still putting on buds. It hasn't been cold enough long enough to kill back the Confederate Rose tree and it'll continue blooming until a hard freeze.

OCTOBER 2009 STATS (temps in *F)
HIGHS: 58.9 - 91.3 (1 day in 50's, 9 in 60's, 12 in 70's, 6 in 80's, 3 in 90's)
LOWS: 42.1 - 74.9 (8 days in 40's, 9 in 50's, 12 in 60's, 2 in 70's)
RAIN: 11.7" (19 of 31 days) (YEAR so far = 61.2")

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	Sun., 10/18/2009

Posted by: NatchezGen, 9:46 AM GMT on October 18, 2009

As of yesterday, we are finally to cold weather, but it's only supposed to last thru early tomorrow. After months of not having to watch for lows to protect plants, I covered house plants still outside last nite for the low to mid 40's. Got out of shorts for the first time in months yesterday, but I refuse to turn on any house heat for only two days of high's in 60's. Earlier this month we still were having days in the 90's. The cold spell has made the almost da...

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	Thurs, 10/1/2009

Posted by: NatchezGen, 4:07 PM GMT on October 01, 2009

We're having a wonderful coolish fall snap right now. It's very pleasant to sit outside, temp wise, tho the mosquitoes are still really bad much of the time.The summer garden is still producing, and the winter garden is planted. There's another example now that the plants and foliage have gone askew/wild this yr. My asparagus bed produces March and April, and then the foliage stays green until hard frost. The foliage is still green, but I picked a small mess of ...

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	Thurs, 9/17/2009

Posted by: NatchezGen, 3:04 PM GMT on September 17, 2009

Temps aren't quite ideal yet, but it's getting close. Most lows are in lower 70's and highs in 80's to low 90's. Sun's heat is still really hot, and often humidity high.The night-blooming cereus that had wierd growth straight up 2 - 2.5 feet high this year after the triple digits temps in June now has buds on it and will be blooming soon.A gorgeous Giant Swallowtail butterfly was flitting, fluttering, and floating all around the yard after a recent rain. It looks...

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	Tues., 9/1/2009

Posted by: NatchezGen, 11:52 AM GMT on September 01, 2009

Days are ranging from nice to too hot, usually in same day and often a few times during the day. The veggie garden is blooming again, so there's time for another harvest before winter. We could use more rain and more often.With recent years hurricanes, I've gone more to drying produce from my garden, even beans and peas. I do have a generator to keep the freezer going, but long term outages can produce gas shortages. I got to wondering when our society changed o...

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I live in a hot spot of NE Adams county that often runs 5 - 8 degrees warmer than Natchez.

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