Feeding My Enthusiasms: Hoping For Rain

Once we journey to Washington state presently of yr we virtually at all times get some rain, however right here in Northern California it is generally onerous to imagine within the ‘wet season’. We did get a whole lot of rain in November, however December, up to now, has been dry and is meant to remain dry for the following week or two. Fingers crossed that the rain comes for just a few days mid-month after which stops for the Christmas vacation…however that is not a certain factor, both.

For quite a lot of years I’ve checked out the pyracanth shrub berries every fall to see if I can guess how moist a winter it will likely be general. It appears to be a reasonably good harbinger. Within the years when there are many berries packed onto the branches we now have a moist winter and within the years when the shrubs have berries unfold aside on the branches and a smaller variety of berries we are likely to have a dryer winter with much less rain general.

This yr the berries are packed (see picture above), so I count on that by March we may have had an excellent moist winter. Verify again in March and see how we did!

Cooking and baking recipes will likely be suspended for just a few days however then I count on to publish some pie made with one of many grandsons…in all probability on Monday or Tuesday.