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  1. Jed33
    Had a light dusting on rooftops, cars, and grass overnight. Russellville, Only 2 miles away probably had 1/4in on cars and rooftops. The west side of town really had nothing. Amazing even around here at the differences between east and west Hamblen Co. Otherwise flurries were around during the day, but the big story was the temp. It stayed below freezing all day. Topped out at 30 degrees today.
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    We received the first little snow flurry of the year from this system about an hour and a half ago. Was enough to coat the picnic table a little and the wind was sure howling with it. A huge score for a pre-Thanksgiving system for sure
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    Bottomed out at 30 here overnight. I looked at my blueberries in full bloom, and while they didn’t look happy, I don’t think they’ll be hurt too much. At least I hope. I’m glad I didn’t have any tomatoes planted yet.
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    It flurried off and on all day here until around 3:30 when the snow really picked up and lasted till about 5:30. Even got a nice heavy dusting that is now melting off. The temp fell to 32 with the snow and still holding there.
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    Just had a heavy rain shower mixed with big fat wet snowflakes move through! It transitioned to mostly all snow at the tail end. This is definitely the latest that I’ve ever seen snow. Then a freeze warning for my area tonight. Just hard to believe that March and April have produced this much winter weather
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    Now mostly all snow. The temp is down to 36 with some nickel and dime flakes
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    Snow is beginning to mix in with the rain now here at the house. Temp dropped to 37, and that seemed to be the point where the mix began. Amazing that we’re talking snow in April!
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    The past 2 events have WAY over performed for me at least. I know some parts of the county haven’t done as well, but NE Hamblen Co. has done really really well with both of these events.
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    2in now!! Unbelievable. An incredibly heavy band just set up right on top of me and literally as I was coming back from dropping off the kids at school I went from wet roads to 1/2in of snow on the roads in just a few miles getting back to the house.
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    1.25in now. Looks like about where I’ll finish. The snow on the cherry blooms looks really cool!
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    Tapering off now to just flurries, but got around an inch on the picnic table.
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    Another Wednesday another accumulation, albeit this time I’m surprised. I got a message from the school that they were on a 2hr delay, so I looked out, and to my surprise, we have about 1/2in on the picnic table and grass. The temp is 31. MRX mentions in this morning’s AFD that the rates have caused the temps to fall lower than previously expected. That would make sense I guess. Now the trick will be to see how much more could possibly accumulate.
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    Man John I hate to hear that. Do you have any left worth trying to salvage? Aside from putting a couple guard dogs there to protect it, another trick my grandfather and I used to use on our melon patch was urine. Now before anyone laughs me off and thinks I'm crazy, it actually works. The human scent will repel animals. Just have to save enough containers like milk jugs and cool whip containers to scatter around the patch. Of course it requires a strong stomach to do this, but if you do this and keep it out there, you will be surprised at how it helps. You will have to replace it if it rains and or after about a week, but it was always worth it to do for our melon patches. We had several 5-10 acre sized fields that we raised watermelons and cantaloupes on when I was growing up. We always sold them to grocers and wholesale buyers. It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. Taught me a lot about hard work and the benefits of doing it. Something a lot of kids are missing these days. Brings back a lot of memories, but I digress though. Fwiw though that technique will work.
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    Wow Stove congrats!
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    Well, I mentioned I'd update y'all on this vine okra. It's been coming in ever so slowly but finally looks as though it's gonna come on and produce well. Here is an example of what it looks like. This particular pod is laying right on the ground actually in the grass. I have some more pods up off the ground and will try to get a pic of a bigger one tomorrow. The fruit tastes a lot like okra but is a little sweeter, a little crunchier, and definitely goes a lot further, as the pods grow over a foot long and are still tender at 10-12in long. I would definitely grow it again, just need a better trellis and setup than what I have.
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    Looks good Stove! I put up 2 quarts of pickles yesterday also
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    I can vouch for Neem oil, it works well on aphids and whiteflies, but I hate the smell of it. It's kind of sticky too, I guess that's the soap component in it. At any rate, it has saved my tomato plants on more than one occasion
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    Not dealing with a whole lot of pests, but we are having issues with the tomatoes. This irregular rainfall is causing the leaves to curl up bad. I guess I should follow your advice Stove and mulch more, mine entire garden is in 100% sunshine all day, no trees and no shade. It's hard on the plants when it's hot and the rain is unreliable. I water, but it's just not the same as rain. Seems like it just keeps the plants alive, but boy, if I could get a nice rain, everything would really kick off.
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    That is impressive stove! I don't have near that much stuff this year, but I have before. Just don't have the time for a nice big garden. I've got about 15 tomatoes, 3 cayenne peppers, 3 squash, a couple of watermelons, a little corn, a row of okra (Clemson spineless) and a few vine okra. Has anyone ever tried that before? I have no experience with it. Actually got it from a customer last year. I planted it and it's up, but am scared bc with my little 15x30 garden plot, the word vine has me wondering if I'm gonna have enough room haha. The vine okra seed look a lot like watermelon actually. How could I forget. I also have 7 cucumber plants. I also make garlic dill pickles, but I use the sun to do the work for me-my great grandmothers recipe. Don't have to boil them using this method to can them.
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    A lot of us have heard about the infamous "Year without a summer" but there isn't much data on it available. I did find an interesting article on it but I'm not sure how reliable the post is. Here's the link pretty incredible if it really was that cold in this part of the country. Http://vincestaten.blogspot.com/2010/02/year-without-summer-year-holston-river.html?m=1
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    Welcome!

    Jed33 replied to Mr Bob's topic in Tennessee Valley

    Hi Everyone, My name is Jason. I've been around here for awhile, but never posting, just reading. I'm glad you guys switched to storm mode, as it forced me to join, which I should have a long time ago anyway! I've always been interested in weather, since I was a kid, and have seen many amazing storms, esp. growing up in N MS during the 80's and 90's. Anyways, I know some of you from various and sundry places, but I am certainly glad to meet more of you. My favorite weather, I guess, if you could call it that is winter weather. I'm no expert, but really enjoy learning about it. I'm looking forward to learning a lot here on this board! Now, let's track some storms!
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