Our Microclimate
It's now a whole lot colder than it was during our lovely long weekend . In fact, the nights have been colder than expected – well, colder than predicted on the local news. I usually check out wunderground.com for better local information. Wunderground is short for Weather Underground, which relies on "official" weather reports as well as lots of local observers. When I say local, I mean really local. Newburyport has about four or five local stations to choose from; for example, Plum Island, Middle Street, and the Common Pasture. I usually rely on the Common Pasture results because it, like us, is located over the High Street ridge from the river and ocean, so we get some bigger temperature fluctuations – it’s just a little bit colder in the winter and a little bit warmer in the summer. For regular life, this is all probably more specific than necessary, but for the garden, it's super-helpful. For example, I can keep track of local rainfall amounts (so I k...