At least snow never sticks around here. It’s mid 60’s and sunny after gettin 8 inches yesterday.
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Is this Salida?
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A few hundred miles south. It’s the east slope of the Sandias from my roof. It wasn’t but a few years ago that none of those houses were there. such is “progress” I suppose.
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I should have recognized that! I lived in Albaquacky for about 4 years and used to run up to the top of Sandia every morning before work (except if was snowy) right from my house! Then after work, a friend and I used to go mountain biking there… I loved it except for the scorpions and snakes 
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My dad and I used to go up embudito between classes for picnics a few times a week. Albuquerque is half tent city these days. It’s gotten so bad the governor dispatched the National Guard to assist APD. I moved over the mountain around 03 and never looked back. Even with the population explosion in the area it’s still a pretty nice place to live. It’s certianly better than Kansas and the weather is way nicer than Colorado in the winter as long as you can stand the wind.
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whew, It’s been a while since I checked in. I got the second round of veggies started and officially have more plant’s than I know what to do with. Just the way I like it. I started acclimating everything to the outdoors the last few days. It’s quite the undertaking to take the 60ish plants out and back in every morning. Thankfully, I think I’m about ready to start leaving them out. A few of the tomatoes are a little droopy after sitting out most of the day, but the rest of them seem to be adapting well.
The weed babies are all starting to take off. A few of them got pretty stretchy while I was trying to get the light figured out. It was pretty cool to see all the different plants’ light preferences in real time. That was an experiment I hadn’t tried before. It’s about time to start training. Now I have to decide just what I’m doing this time. I’m thinking some sort of manifold, but I guess we’ll see once I figure out what is going where.
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Looking good man that definitely would be a task to take all them in and out daily i put 4 squash plants out last week no acclimating just went from low inside led ligjt to full blast sun 1 died the other 3 are bouncing back tho haha i need to plant my strawberries and tomatoes in the ground also
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Unfortunately I’ve learned skipping acclimation just isn’t an option here. That desert sun is brutal. I still have a few weeks before I can put most of it in the ground, but I working on getting the garden area prepped out. I got water plumbed in today. Next step is getting a layout and irrigation in place.
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Damn healthy plants growmie. Nicely done. 
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Damn time flies. I didn’t realize it had been almost a month since my last update. Everything seems to finally be settling in after a slow start. I’m going to have to start earlier next year so I can let them get a little more mature before sticking them out in the elements. I finally got everything in the ground, mostly happy, and setting fruit. Looks like I’ve even broken the curse of males. Of the 3 reg seeds planted I got 2 girls and 1 that looks like it, but no pistils yet.
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