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Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Native plants for the southeast US, habitat restoration, and other science concerns More Fungi in the Wet New Year Although a little cooler, the last week has brought little wave after wave of rainfall amounting to about a half-inch total. Today and tomorrow will continue to deliver occasional moisture, and might even get a little rambunctious... With the warm temperatures in the latter half of December, accompanied by periodic wetness, some of the more opportunistic fungi have been making an appearance. Unfortunately most of this post is in the manner of questions rather than answers, but this is part of what we're seeing... The Month of December, Number 35 in a series. How was your weather the past month? Do you think it's been unusually cold, warm, or so neutral you've hardly been prompted to notice? Let's find out how observant you've been... It's been more than a year since I suggested a change in calendar, and no one's done a thing about it:This brings up Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy and the “timeslip”, a charming idea... Our ongoing drought may be showing some signs of relief. As for El Niño or a recession, we won't know until some long period of time after it's over. But at least the last few months have contained enough rain under cool conditions to provoke some activity...
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