Another "layer" has just been added to the saddest news. Just seems there is no limit to the depth of grief one man can perpetrate.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/darcie-clarke-ex-wife-allan-schoenborn-dies-1.5158236
If you know anything at about the seasons you know at the poles the sun doesn't set for 6 months and doesn't rise for the following 6 months, by the same token at the equator all days and nights through out the year are exactly 12 hours. At the poles the heating effect of the sun is minimal due...
Check out Safer's BTK insecticide. I just bought some for my cabbages. Recommend by the biggest nursery in Vernon. I've never had anything but success with Swiss Chard, it thrives here in all kinds of soil and weather. Best bang for the buck in the vegetable department.