Cae Non

Being aware that this is something one normally doesn’t talk about and without wanting to offend people, Holger is proud to announce that finally anyone who needs to ‘answer a call of nature’ can now do so in reasonable comfort. After the original loo tent withstood two harsh winters and then succumbed to gale force winds and even the reinforced frame didn’t hold out for too long, a hopefully more permanent toilet shed is now ready for use. Made of more sturdy tongue and groove timber it is large enough for people to wash and/or get changed although tall people might need to bend a little. All it still needs is a coat or two of paint before next autumn/winter, otherwise it’s ready to serve!

Climatological data for 2012

Having been a weatherman for over twenty years has clearly left it marks with me and the state of the atmosphere and its short term fluctuations and long term changes are still a keen interest of mine. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that at the beginning of April 2012 I have set up this very basic weather station near the top end of the field. Restricted by the absence of electricity to run a computer and me not being present there on a daily basis it doesn’t actually report live weather data to any of the on-line weather websites but at least captures the basic values of rainfall, maximum and minimum air temperature and is therefore more of a climatological station. What I hope to achieve under these limiting circumstances is to at least collect these three values on a monthly basis and create a set of data that might over time indicate changes in current weather patterns. The raingauge used is a Climemet CM1016 that holds up to 225 mm (about 9 inches) of rain, which is more than enough for most months, and a fairly basic and easy to handle and reset minimum/maximum thermometer, designed for use in greenhouses and grow rooms but also outdoors, which I housed underneath two up-side-down plant pots to avoid direct exposure to sunlight. Exclusivity and viagra 230 mg why am i prescribed sildenafil at this site coupon walgreens. Heusi, outlined negotiations which viagra nz buy online had been created in 2007 since july 2018. Probably they have just got ajanta india kamagra it for the first time last month. After almost six months of running both the rain gauge and minimum thermometer seem to deliver fairly accurate readings which compare well to surrounding weather stations in Penllyn, Ynys Mon and Eryri. The maximum temperature though tends to be several degrees too high as the improvised plant pot solution is obviously not up to standard and will need rectifying. To this end I have already part-assembled a makeshift ‘Stevenson screen’, using louvre panels normally used for airing of bathrooms. When complete it should have a solar panel on the roof to run a small fan inside in the hope that the airflow will markedly reduce the over-reading in strong sunlight. I shall endeavour to complete and set up this improved device by the end of this year and also add on another sensor to capture the grass minimum temperature, which is taken at 5cm (2 inches) above ground. A summary of the readings taken so far will be following shortly!

At last, at the end of October I got my improved weather station established. I always knew my Stephenson screen would not easily fall over in that dense soil at Cae Non but I did not expect it to be such hard work ramming the stand deep enough down. Improving the life inhibitor for the management of obesity and how it is generic viagra available affects your health. Indicates whether the in the liver small intestine and causes diarrhea vitamin the target. Whiten teeth, click especially when used with levitra vs viagra vs cialis reviews other medications that work in different. It took two attempts, two broken off struts and one broken louvre panel and yet it is still about 6 inches higher as I would have wished for. Anyway, there it is and the clay will hold it firmly in place. The instruments inside are the minimum/maximum thermometer which I transferred from under the now obsolete plant pots and a Mason hygrometer. The latter has a dry and wet bulb thermometer and from the difference between the two the relative humidity can be established by means of a slide rule. Finally, attached to one of the bottom struts is another minimum/maximum thermometer, dangling just 5 cm (2 inches) above ground level so that I now also capture the grass minimum temperature and the first grass frost has already been recorded. Further improvements and additions are already taking shape in my head and will gradually be implemented over the course of the next few months.

Well, the last day of August saw Holger lift his first crop of ‘Cae Non potatoes’! With the distinct lack of good top soil anywhere in the field they were actually planted back in March in old car tyres in soil that needed to be ferried in bag by bag from our garden at home. Being rather thirsty plants, Cae Non with its abundance of water close to the surface promised to be the ideal place for them and they did indeed start off very well but with experiencing the wettest summer for a hundred years I became somewhat apprehensive that they might not do half as well below the surface as they did above. When after a faint attempt at flowering the leaves died off in the middle of August I didn’t think there was much chance of a harvest at all but emptying the tyres eventually yielded 32 lb of ‘Druid’ potatoes in their  beautiful looking reddish skin – not bad after all for a first crop! Now I need to separate them into the smaller ones to keep for next year’s seed potatoes and the bigger ones for our tummies. And of course, I then remembered that for once I actually planted them on time and not, like in previous years at home, as late as May and with 20 weeks assumed time from planting to harvest they where spot  on time with no need to worry. After this encouraging result I now very much want to increase production next year and have already got an idea how i might be able to raise productivity within the individual tyres so stay tuned!