May 26, 2021
Liz Writes
Life
Honor our
military veterans
Services
will be held at four Scott Valley cemeteries on Monday, May 31, 2021 by the
American Legion Perry Harris Post #260. For years, Legion members have
conducted honor guard services at Callahan, Etna and Fort Jones cemeteries.
This year, an additional cemetery has been added. It is the Burcell Cemetery on
Star Access just outside of Etna.
Legion
Commander Bruce Hurlbut said there is a change in the starting time at the
Callahan Cemetery, which will now be at 9 a.m. The next cemetery on the
schedule will be the Burcell Cemetery at 10 a.m. Services at the Etna Cemetery
will remain the same as in past years at 11 a.m. Fort Jones will follow at
noon.
A big “thank
you” goes out to cemetery districts, volunteers, friends and family who are
busy cleaning-up our local cemeteries. I have asked my grandchildren to help me
put colorful “fake” flowers on the graves of family members this weekend. We
will have a picnic in the park afterwards.
Memorial Day
is certainly a good time to remember our military veterans and all of our
family and friends, who have passed. Let’s support our American Legion and
other military veteran organizations that provide these services on Memorial
Day, Veterans’ Day and for individual funerals.
Thank you
Sheriff LaRue
Siskiyou
County Sheriff, Jeremy LaRue, posted the following on the Siskiyou Co.
Sheriff’s Office facebook page. Wow, this is such good news. So many people, in
our community, want to stop the infiltration and expansion of organized crime
in our county. I heard there were a significant number of volunteers that
showed-up with heavy equipment. This is huge! What a great support for our
sheriff. More volunteers are needed. If you are able to help, contact the
sheriff’s office at 530-842-8300.
From the sheriff’s office facebook page: “During a two-day
operation, 143 greenhouses containing 50,861 cannabis plants connected to
illegal Commercial Cannabis Activity were demolished.
“If you are interested in assisting in our future operations, contact the
Sheriff’s Office. We are looking for additional heavy equipment, such as dozers
and excavators, and trained operators to volunteer to assist in ongoing efforts
to address the illegal Commercial Cannabis Activity plaguing our county.
“As a reminder, Commercial Cannabis Activity is prohibited in Siskiyou County.
State law allows individuals the ability to cultivate up to six cannabis
plants. Exceeding six cannabis plants is considered Commercial Cannabis
Activity. If a property has established a commercial cannabis operation,
anything directly contributing to it, including greenhouses, is prohibited.
“According to state law, “Commercial Cannabis Activity” (more than six plants)
includes the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing,
storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery, or
sale of cannabis and cannabis products.
“People are encouraged to comply with local and state laws.”
Fire danger is high
With this
continuing drought, the threat of wildfires is extreme. Yep, most of us are
worried.
Kimberly
DeVall, public affairs officer for Klamath National Forest sent out a press
release last week stating the Klamath National Forest and surrounding areas are
entering the 2021 fire season under the effects of a severe drought and that
fuels, which would normally still be under snow in May are already dry enough
to burn.
DeVall said
that the storms from a weekend ago brought numerous lightning strikes to the
area and ignited several wildfires. Some precipitation was received with the
lightning, but extreme drought conditions has left both live and dead fuels
unseasonably dry and ready to burn. There were seven total fires that were
reported with the largest “Grouse Fire” growing to eight acres. Luckily,
firefighters attacked the fires and held them to small acreages.
Garden
For three
nights I covered the six tomato and 14 zinnia plants to protect from a freeze.
It really didn’t get down to 32, but I did see a few burned leaves on the
volunteer potatoes and amaranthus. Luckily, the light frost really didn’t hurt
anything. There are probably 100 volunteer amaranthus that are less than
two-inches tall and I hope to get them thinned down to about 10 in that
flowerbed. The prolific purple morning glories are growing there too, so most
of them should be pulled this week as well.
Sure hoping
this was the last threat of a freeze, so this week I need to re-dig the furrows
and watering circles to get the soaker-hoses laid-out and timers set.
On Friday, I
thought I noticed that a cantaloupe was up. By Sunday, I realized it was a just
hollyhock, cuz there were a lot more coming up (outside the row) that looked
the same. A whole bunch of volunteer cosmos are also up in the same spot and
will need to be pulled and some transplanted to the flowerbed by the house.
When hand-irrigating
Sunday evening, I did spy seven cucumbers that are poking out of the ground.
Yay! I planted the cucs and zucchini on May 14th, but the zucs are not up –
neither are the giant pumpkins that the grandkids helped me plant on May 11th.
Something has eaten about half of two butter crunch lettuces that did finally
grow from the April planting. About six others haven’t been munched yet and I
will likely harvest them this week before it gets really hot. They are about
eight-inches tall.
Finally, I
got one rhubarb plant harvested. It was nearly five-feet tall. I probably took
more than I should have, but the stems were so big they were falling down. The
horse manure really did its job! Gave away about 40 pounds to friends and made
several batches of rhubarb strawberry Jell-O jam. Yum!
May peace
and calm be with you this week. Smile – just cuz it makes you feel better!
Liz Bowen
began writing ranch and farm news, published in newspapers, in 1976. She is a
native of Siskiyou County and lives near Callahan. Columns from the past can be
found at: lizwriteslife.blogspot.com. Call her at 530-467-3515.
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