weather or not

I have five more post holes to dig and then I'll be ready to put in the verticle members. They're ten foot 2x4s (pressure treated, of course). They will support a horizontal lattice that will cover approximately 300 sq.ft.

I have wild Concord grapes that will be transplanted and then there will be some red seedless and some white seedless added on. It's exciting for me because after lots and lots of work the whole farm is starting to come together.

 

It was cold (69 degrees F*) and very windy today in the So. California low desert. My bicycle ride today was tough outbound but no problem returning at 30 plus miles per hour.
(* It was over a hundred a few days ago).

 

I've never lived anywhere (for a whole year) where there was no winter (meaning sub-zero temps, snow, ice, etc.). It's hard for me to imagine what it must be like. Where I live the change of seasons, and the adaptations that are required, are integral to the culture.

 

I spent about 12 years in Oberlin, OH, about 6 miles from Lake Erie. Before that, I'd lived my whole life in the DC area.

In DC, we'd get 2 inches of snow, and the entire city would shut down and schools would close and there'd be a million accidents.

In Ohio, we'd get a foot of snow and everything ran normally.

Now... in northern California... it RAINS and nobody knows how to drive and there are a million accidents!

Like Kizmet, I also am used to some sort of season change. At least in Sacramento, we get chilly (if you call "sweater weather" chilly) weather and rain several months a year. When I lived in San Diego, it was virtually undetectable whether it was January or July. I actually didn't like that, because I do like some sense of season change.

 

Kizmet: "...They're ten foot 2x4s (pressure treated, of course)..."

Has pressure-treating gotten safer? Having decided to put in a vegetable garden, we are discovering that the old pressure-treated posts and barriers in our backyard have leached a disturbing amount of arsenic into the soil. The county toxicologist says don't plant, but build above-ground boxes.

 

Thanks for the tip. I wasn't aware of this and so I did a bit of research. Here's what I found. I'd be interested in hearing people's thoughts on this issue.

http://www.finegardening.com/design/articles/pressure-treated-wood-in-beds.aspx

 

It would be extra work, but you can make the structure from aluminum or plastic poles (or vinyl 2X 4's.

Abner