If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet

And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. Ether 12:27

Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season therof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart; Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul. And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man; for unto this end were they made to be used, with judgment, not to excess, neither by extortion. D&C 59:18-20

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Covid19 - curious death rates in the states

I'm curious why there are such differences in death rates in the various states.  For this analogy, I'm using the stats last updated 7/28/20 at 2:50 pm CDT from Coronavirus Realtime Updates from NewsBreak.  States are listed in order of their number of cases.  1st column is # of cases, 2nd column is death, 3rd column is % of deaths to number of cases.  

Calif                    450,242        8441        1.87%
Florida                423,995         5854        1.38%
New York            416,995        32,630      7.8%
Texas                    390,399        4990        1.28%
New Jersey            179.363        15879        8.8%
Illinois                    171,422        7400            4.3%
Georgia                  167,958        3498        2.08%
Arizona               160,041        3286        2.05%
Massachusetts    115,637        8510        7.35%
North Carolina    112,714        1785        1.58%
Pennsylvania        111,773        7123        6.37%  
Louisiana            107,574        3763        3.47%
Tennessee            93936            967        1.03%
Michigan            86,661            6400        7.4%
Virginia                84568            2078        2.45%
Ohio                    84,076            3308        3.94%
Maryland            83,748              3440        4.1%
South Carolina    80,856            1436        1.78%
Alabama              79,294            1473        1.86%
Indiana                62,372            2903        4.81%
Washington        52,023            1503        2.89%
Minnesota            51,155            1614        3.15%
Michigan            51,097            1480        2.89%
Connecticut        48,776            4413        9.04%
Colorado            43,805            1794        4.09%
Missouri            43,251                1236        2.85%
Nevada                42,844            733            1.71%
Iowa                    42016                826         1.96%
Arkansas            38,623                401        1.04%
Utah                    37,973                274        .72%
Oklahoma            31,285                496        1.58%
Kentucky            27,082                700        2.58%
Kansas                25,007                329        1.31%
Nebraska            24,388               318        1.3%
New Mexico        18,788            607            3.2%
Rhode Island        18,224            1002        5.49%
Idaho                    17,827            146            .8%
Oregon                  16,104            282            1.75%
Puerto Rico            15,143            201           1.33%
DistColumbia        11,780            581            4.9%
South Dakota        8395                123            1.46%
New Hampshire    6415                409            6.37%
West Virginia        5889                103            1.75%
North Dakota        5876                100            1.7%
Maine                    3814                119            3.1%

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

2020 Garden Log

I need to create a simple log of what I do in my garden.  Weather information is taken from Farmer's Almanac For the Pratt Industrial Air KS USA Weather Station, 
  • 7-8-20 Hooked up the drip system and watered.  TEMP: 96/71, winds 17/23
  • 7-7-20 consulted Pratt county extension office about watermelons - have twospotted spider mites. sprayed them plants down with water to remove the mites.  Also sprayed the other plants.  Bought some neem oil, but the youtubes say to use cold concentrate and mine is an extract, so I didn't use it much.  Purchased a pump sprayer but could not get it to work.  
    • Rainfall: #3 .41; #13 .86; #18 .56
  • 7-6-20 lost another tomato to BER, from tote #7, my transplant.  Store-bought meter tested the soil ph to be about 7.1.  Nutrients very low.  Applied Expert Gardener Organics 3-5-6 to the tomatoes in tote #7, tomatoes are doing poorly.  One is my own transplant and the other is the WalMart transplant.  Applied Epsom salt to the soil in the watermelon/cantaloupe tote to increase magnesium, thought the yellowing was from magnesium shortage.
    • temp 86/76, winds 10/16, rain 0.00
  • 7-5-20 temp 91/84, rain 0.00
  • 7-4-20 finished my raised bed for the SW wall, and filled it with all the dirt I have left -- a layer of soil, layer of plant debris, layer of leaves, soaked down, layer of rest of soil.  And I'm adding more plant debris as I go along.  
    • temp 90.9/68.2, rain 0.02, wind 5.98/10.2
  • 7-3-20 Rainfall:  #13.09; #18 .83