Crummily, that is. The adjective form of crummy. As in weather. It snowed on Mother's Day again this year, taking out a few tree branches, but hopefully not affecting much else. Still waiting to see if my sweet cherry tree and Chinese pioneer apricot made it- they are still bare. The harsh winter (a week of -20F around the new year) already took out my bees and some trees, including the paw paw I'd replanted. I put in a replacement for it last week, along with some elderberry, and a Cornelian cherry dogwood. The bigger problem this spring has been the atypical monsoons drenching everything and hiding the otherwise prolific sunny skies for which Colorado is supposedly famous. Other than the grass, dandelions, and lettuce/kale, not much is taking off. I ended up mixing dandelions into my first batch of honey wine, since the rhubarb was still not ready.
A good CELSS should be relatively immune from weather (although seasonal insolation changes will certainly have an impact), and with the introduction of the LED grow light, the stuff in my basement aquaponics has been thriving quite well, including the tomatoes, cukes, peppers and eggplants my wife had picked up for me to plant. I haven't bothered to put them outside yet due the lack of decent conditions. On the plus side, the lousy weather has convinced my wife of the utility of a greenhouse.
I planted the chinquapin seedlings indoors, five of them. So far one has sprouted.
It is hailing outside now. The biggest problem with a lack of sunshine is that it is depressing. Grow lights don't quite make up for it.
A good CELSS should be relatively immune from weather (although seasonal insolation changes will certainly have an impact), and with the introduction of the LED grow light, the stuff in my basement aquaponics has been thriving quite well, including the tomatoes, cukes, peppers and eggplants my wife had picked up for me to plant. I haven't bothered to put them outside yet due the lack of decent conditions. On the plus side, the lousy weather has convinced my wife of the utility of a greenhouse.
I planted the chinquapin seedlings indoors, five of them. So far one has sprouted.
It is hailing outside now. The biggest problem with a lack of sunshine is that it is depressing. Grow lights don't quite make up for it.