tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post627162260380206403..comments2024-03-28T16:38:10.153-07:00Comments on Late to the Garden Party: A Cause for Celebration (and a Wednesday Vignette)Kris Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-53588802217057179192016-10-24T17:48:53.811-07:002016-10-24T17:48:53.811-07:00Thanks for the spaceship cloud ID, Diana. I looke...Thanks for the spaceship cloud ID, Diana. I looked up other examples on-line - mine was tame compared to many of those!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-31144048913879316412016-10-24T15:34:28.986-07:002016-10-24T15:34:28.986-07:00is a lenticular cloud. I see photos of them taken ...is a lenticular cloud. I see photos of them taken in Cape Town, but I've only once actually seen them.<br /><br />I remember in Porterville with some good rain how you could almost watch in real time as the rain tank filled to overflowing!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-68839176303029987852016-10-20T17:38:54.184-07:002016-10-20T17:38:54.184-07:00Mother Nature likes to yank our chain by sending c...Mother Nature likes to yank our chain by sending confusing signals.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-80360760488984978972016-10-20T16:28:27.531-07:002016-10-20T16:28:27.531-07:00yay!
Those clouds look weird. yay! <br />Those clouds look weird. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-89376436310932057682016-10-20T14:44:55.221-07:002016-10-20T14:44:55.221-07:00From your lips to Mother Nature's ear!From your lips to Mother Nature's ear!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-17268987758321666582016-10-20T12:48:54.648-07:002016-10-20T12:48:54.648-07:00Hooray for rain for you! Fingers crossed that you ...Hooray for rain for you! Fingers crossed that you have a nice wet winter this year!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-63682712720674931952016-10-20T10:33:27.688-07:002016-10-20T10:33:27.688-07:00I haven't seen as much press on homeowner wate...I haven't seen as much press on homeowner water collection as I'd have expected 6 years into our drought. At least the state of California acted to legalize rainwater capture in 2012.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-17979716543109487452016-10-20T10:30:10.755-07:002016-10-20T10:30:10.755-07:00When I first noticed the spaceship cloud it was gr...When I first noticed the spaceship cloud it was gray and sinister-looking but, by the time I finally got around to going outside with my camera, it'd turned pink - note to future alien invaders: pink spaceships aren't as intimidating.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-33090797382009711412016-10-20T07:09:24.319-07:002016-10-20T07:09:24.319-07:00I'm reading "I Will Send Rain" by Ra...I'm reading "I Will Send Rain" by Rae Meadows about DustBowl Oklahoma and watching the sky, like you are, is a constant. Even our dry summer doesn't come close to what you've had to deal with. If not for the advent of water harvesting and aqueduct diversion, civilization wouldn't exist. Hail the hydrologist!Eliza Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879335295393594236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-60146048047349970062016-10-19T20:23:15.918-07:002016-10-19T20:23:15.918-07:00Wow you got a lot! Awesome! Riches!
One 33 gall...Wow you got a lot! Awesome! Riches!<br /><br />One 33 gallon trash can filled from the spiffy diverter installed last spring, and about 20 gallons more in a tub from the scuppers. The plants got it all right away--they are so thirsty. <br /><br />That space-ship cloud is way cool. Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-54863494828391512162016-10-19T20:06:03.461-07:002016-10-19T20:06:03.461-07:00If only I had rain barrels to cover all the surfac...If only I had rain barrels to cover all the surface area of our house and garage roofs, Evan! Rain barrels aren't all that attractive and I haven't seen fit to add collection points in all areas (for example, in the areas at the front of the house). When I'm conscious and present during a rainstorm, I usually run around like a madwoman collecting the water that comes down our rain chain and even the structure covering our firewood in plastic trugs.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-84780833109605042752016-10-19T19:59:29.617-07:002016-10-19T19:59:29.617-07:00It wasn't quite as bad here as it was predicte...It wasn't quite as bad here as it was predicted to be downtown but it was warm. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse - we may have to turn on the AC. Stay cool, Denise!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-87342905787193590862016-10-19T19:56:52.043-07:002016-10-19T19:56:52.043-07:00People underestimate what comes off of roofs in a ...People underestimate what comes off of roofs in a rainstorm. For the record, the official calculation is the square feet of the roof X the number of inches of rain x 0.623 (the quantity of water in gallons in one inch of water in an area of 1 square foot). By that calculation I got robbed a bit but that's because I don't have barrels to support all our roof surfaces.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-44732564844900685412016-10-19T19:52:28.685-07:002016-10-19T19:52:28.685-07:00Even though I'm aware of the formula for calcu...Even though I'm aware of the formula for calculating the number of gallons of rain that can be collected from a roof, the actual product always impresses me too!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-42603372619858647912016-10-19T19:46:54.039-07:002016-10-19T19:46:54.039-07:00I wish you could share your bounty too! At least ...I wish you could share your bounty too! At least Northern California shares (sort of).Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-47531471945733915392016-10-19T19:46:12.174-07:002016-10-19T19:46:12.174-07:00Mother Nature is really mean sometimes!Mother Nature is really mean sometimes!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-47206726883890047702016-10-19T16:13:34.996-07:002016-10-19T16:13:34.996-07:00I'm happy you finally got some rain, and enoug...I'm happy you finally got some rain, and enough to partly replenish your rain barrels. It's pretty amazing how much they collected from just 0.31 inches of rain. Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-2191718776419591572016-10-19T15:09:15.872-07:002016-10-19T15:09:15.872-07:00I was just as shocked as you waking up to wet pave...I was just as shocked as you waking up to wet pavement. And since the rain was mostly unanticipated, I was hoping the heat forecast would be off too -- no such luck. Wow, what a scorcher today is!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048985060349929026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-1095275724116274232016-10-19T12:40:59.316-07:002016-10-19T12:40:59.316-07:00Hooray for you! I'm quite surprised at how muc...Hooray for you! I'm quite surprised at how much rain you've collected in your tanks. That's very cool and this helps me to make more sense of why we (especially in areas with more rain) need more permeable surfaces to prevent the run-off deluge in urban and suburban areas.tvojthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05481184445956506127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-91082897226974182382016-10-19T10:39:12.385-07:002016-10-19T10:39:12.385-07:00So glad you got some real rain sparkles, Kris :) (...So glad you got some real rain sparkles, Kris :) (And I'm glad someone else notices that difference between rain and irrigation droplets!) Your water harvest is impressive!Amy@SmallSunnyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490564566463354419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-66843414098930663642016-10-19T10:36:53.649-07:002016-10-19T10:36:53.649-07:00Hooray for rain! What a great surprise to wake up ...Hooray for rain! What a great surprise to wake up to. Like Loree said - I wish we could share our abundance too. Anna Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353084595743927603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574540292918761182.post-19046464379016812142016-10-19T09:18:48.743-07:002016-10-19T09:18:48.743-07:00Oh Kris, why can't we share!? We've just e...Oh Kris, why can't we share!? We've just experienced the wettest start to October EVER...in the first 17 days of the month we've received 5.76". I am so done with the rainy season but it's just begun...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com