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We lush..

Got to 87.1F today. Davis dew got up 77F--maybe elevated a bit by rain last night and not on a tarmac. No 90s yet this season here yet--Thursday and Friday maybe last chance for the summer? We'll see. That Covid thread is yikes to the 10th power---and without Phin too! Ha

Guesstimating Bromley had 36ish OTG in Nov 2018 mid slope and up when I was out there. Crazy, think that was peak depth for the season.

Oh, so just little more than the 3 plants I have..lol. Your going to have to roundup or leave it and pre-emergent next year like you said.

Cant you just pull by hand if its big enough? I don't have any in lawn, but some in flower beds that I just pull. You can always do the Roundup paint brush method too. I think your right, it they are getting big the normal weed killers wont work, like Crabgrass like you mentioned.

Going to a college in the late 90s/early 2000s with many, many kids from NJ it was practically a uniform during hot days around campus. But yea, totally no big deal calling them that, which is funny thinking about today's climate.

Yes, there is water nearby. Its kind of setup to become a disaster with heavy rains. The road is pretty steep and is right along the western slope of the Greens . I attached a couple images below of the road, where the water intersects, and waterfall. At the top of the road where it ends is actually also a waterfall with a culvert that goes under the road and the water eventually meeting up with Bromley Brooke and the Battenkill. The terrain at the top of the road goes like straight up almost from there a couple thousand feet. So you have steep terrain with a waterfall and stream/brook flowing down the hillside and 5" in a few hours and you see what happened. It's a beautiful spot other then when a 10ft deep section of road is wiped out....

Yep, thats the same road I posted pics of the other night. They have about half of it redone I heard. Heard from long time locals the only other time it was washed out like that was Irene.

4.68" final. This is a small neighborhood on the immediate western slopes of the Greens in Manchester. This WAS the road out..

Never seen it flood so bad in downtown Manchester, water just pouring from every direction into the shopping district into businesses--torrents. There isn't really a main river near downtown, so it takes a ton of water to flood it. Took a quick trip and the guy I talked to said I missed the worst of the flash flooding too by about 10 mins. The backyard river is raging, almost shaking the ground. So much for the .40" modeled. Ha

Nice drink.

Yea, and not just a small thunderstorm just sitting in one spot. Some decent aerial coverage.

4.11". Blowing away my highest total I've had since moving to VT. Got to be some decent flooding in the valley.

Over 3" now, so only about 100 times your totals

1.61" with a steady 2" per hour rate. Was expecting maybe .4-.5" and someone might squeeze out 4" around here

Blasphemy! Honestly, that majority of people feel the same way. My first house in PA was like 80% crabgrass and weeds during mid summer so it was always green even during hot dry spells. My family would always come over and say "Wow, you lawn looks great- so nice and green!" Lol.

VIS just a smidge better than a few days ago.. that ridge is only about 1/4 mile away.

That is some pretty good seed, you will be happy with that. Just make sure you don't let the seeds dry out once you start watering.

51.2F glorious degrees last night. Felt like an arctic front yesterday evening when it was 61/59F with a breeze.

Kevin (prob others too) has had more rain in 18 days than some N VT cocorahs stations have had total precip since 1/1/21 Almost a full 7 months worth..ha. I've only had a piddly 6" in July.

Yea, your right. Looks like I had 7 or 8 days of lows in 40s in June. Been pretty muggy since about the 25th. Those June nights feel like ages ago.

Hope this holds for next weekend. Dews in 40s or even low 50s seem unattainable this summer. Anything below 60F will be nice.

Damn, that is a serious invasion Lava. None in the bed, did they put fabric down?

We sun..for now. DP up to 69F, feels great even with high dews creeping in.

Mitch and Ineedsnow summer anthem...