Early upheavals
Feb. 3rd, 2022 08:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spacealien_vampJanuary was warmer than usual. We had enough nice sunny days that I got all the pruning finished. I also planted a new olive tree and two artichokes in the back yard. I harvested the first blood orange from the tree I planted two years ago, which was exciting. I'm looking forward to a bountiful supply of blood orange juice in the coming years.
One thing that has interrupted efforts in the back yard is trouble with the sewer lines. The pipes from my house have been causing issues and need to be replaced, since they are (mostly) original and have been deteriorating since the house was built just after WWII. That was compounded by the fact that the city's sewer main (which runs through my back yard) was blocked and backing up into yards all over the neighborhood. This has caused plumbers to be in high demand, while simultaneously they are in short supply as many of them have been out sick with Covid. I have a contract with one company to replace my pipes, but they may not get around to it for a while. In the meantime, this puts a big chunk of my backyard garden in limbo, as they will have to trench through some of the raised beds.
Work is going through some upheavals as the 5G rollout put a lot of the airlines into disarray. Multiple flights were cancelled out of fears that the new technology would interfere with the functioning of the aircraft. Flights are returning, but passenger counts haven't bounced back yet. Multiple staffing and budget issues continue to be factors making it difficult to plan very far ahead.
On the bright side, I still have some space in the front yard for planting out the first cool-weather crops of the year. I lost my fall peas thanks to all the sewer line issues, but there's still time to plant more. I can also get some Brassicas started.
One thing that has interrupted efforts in the back yard is trouble with the sewer lines. The pipes from my house have been causing issues and need to be replaced, since they are (mostly) original and have been deteriorating since the house was built just after WWII. That was compounded by the fact that the city's sewer main (which runs through my back yard) was blocked and backing up into yards all over the neighborhood. This has caused plumbers to be in high demand, while simultaneously they are in short supply as many of them have been out sick with Covid. I have a contract with one company to replace my pipes, but they may not get around to it for a while. In the meantime, this puts a big chunk of my backyard garden in limbo, as they will have to trench through some of the raised beds.
Work is going through some upheavals as the 5G rollout put a lot of the airlines into disarray. Multiple flights were cancelled out of fears that the new technology would interfere with the functioning of the aircraft. Flights are returning, but passenger counts haven't bounced back yet. Multiple staffing and budget issues continue to be factors making it difficult to plan very far ahead.
On the bright side, I still have some space in the front yard for planting out the first cool-weather crops of the year. I lost my fall peas thanks to all the sewer line issues, but there's still time to plant more. I can also get some Brassicas started.
