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We like it . The previous owners cleared the lot about 15 years ago. The house is pretty old and was surrounded by dense forest for like 50-60 years. Glad they paid for the clearing work.

Yea, I get it(saying now is peak) Like MRV said, I peaked out today and was like, damn that looks pretty good. The clouds and mist just kind of set the yellows off.

While I enjoy the early foliage with reds/oranges mixed with greens the most, something also enjoyable about the yellows fading at the end of foliage season.

My daughter has a 10AM soccer game in Burlington Sat..oye.

Backyard looking much better too heading into OCT. I have been removing lawn for garden beds and natural areas, but still will always keep some sections purely grass.

Just noticed Google street view came by Sept 2025. Little different to this year.

I only have a small sample size of 12 years living here, but last year was by FAR the worst locally. Not even a close second in my opinion. I'm not an expert by any means, but pretty easy to explain last year I think- .75" in AUG and about 2.75" in Sept--that will probably do a number on foliage.

Missed the core of that cell by about a mile or two..decent outflow gusts, thats about it. As its departing SE..

I was down in you area this weekend for a lacrosse tournament and pretty much all full sun lawns were pretty brown, I'm sure its getting worse every day. Still mostly green here, but its definitely starting to see the the initial stages of drought stress. I don't water my lawn or have irrigation, but watering my new plants much more often than last month.

More storms rolled through, cleared out nicely this evening for grill, steak and some beverages outside.

Its funny, I was reading something a little while back that Dandelions really aren't a great food source for our native bees. No Mow May can provide some benefits with natural food sources with native stuff, but we also have a lot invasive weeds that can spread a ton of unwanted weeds seeds as well (that are not any benefit for pollinators and can be aggressive in spreading). I'm not saying a perfect manicured lawn is a better option, but there are definitely are a lot native perennials and shrubs that you can plant that provide a better food source for most of our native pollinators.

Yea, I mean its a not a guarantee you will get it. You have not it seems, you might not have the fungus in your soil, or maybe you have Bluegrass or another grass type less susceptible, or random luck. But im not the only one in new england getting it. Golf courses are also know to get it because they are well maintained and fertilizerd. They apply fungicide in fall to help with it. Anyway we can take this to the lawn thread when Kevin decides to get it going.

Thats not how it works, it can make it worse if its a little longer, but I cut mine down to 2 inches in the fall and still get it bad most years. Its a fungus lying dormant in the soil until the conditions are ripe for it to appear(long lasting snowcover). It doesnt matter if its short or long, the fungus is still there in the soil. Fertilized lawns are more likely to get it as well. Certainly grass types are more susceptible as well.

Just rake it to get airflow, it will be fine. Don't need any chemicals, etc. I get it every single year pretty bad and its always ends up fine without any treatment. The snow mold areas might take a little longer to green up. Edit: let it dry some before raking.

24-25" average. Little bit more in the shaded areas, little bit less in full sun. I think my biggest event this year was like 6-7" inches. It's pretty dense, just little events stacking on top of each other.