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SVR warned storm just went through here, nothing crazy, maybe 40mph-ish. No hail that I could see. 4-5 min storm, but put down .67" in those 5 mins.

Nothing but some distant thunder and lightning here. 0.00 in the books the past few days. Not too far NW from here today near the VT/NY border a slow mover dumped 6"+..if this gauge is accurate..radar are estimates are high also.

Its definitely a "walled in" feeling here that starts just north of DDH and continues up to here where you have 4k to the west and over 3k to the east and 3k to the north (Mt Aelous) with a relatively narrow valley. It certainly makes for some great views and interesting topography in all directions. But yea, I think most people think of VT as rolling hills and red barns and then with mountain views in the distance, which like you said, is certainly very prevalant in many areas.. There's so much topography variety throughout the state, makes any drive interesting. Was just out in the extreme western part of the state in Pawlet VT(20 mins) at my sister-in- laws yesterday and its gently rolling hills and fertile farmland, its like a different world from the valley here.

My daughter did her first challenging hike Friday up to Mt Equinox with me, pretty steep and not much flatness to recharge the legs. This is looking south down the valley towards Bennington in the distance a bit.

Got down to 46F last night. Tonight, we double IPA and fire pit..

50F last night, can't remember the last time I got into the 40s...guess some time in June. Prob get there tonight.

Well, your not going to be a king radiator---200" of snow will have to do as a consolation prize.

I've never actually done it with sand, but that definitely seems to be the preferred method. I would need a dump truck of sand to level my yard.

I can't speak for Western ME, but the real estate market is on fire here, maybe that changes come winter, but wealthy NJ/NYers etc. are gobbling up homes here. Maybe some are trying to unload their second homes, but there seems to be more than enough buyers to purchase them too. My wife's company had two familes from N NJ close this week on houses and already have their kids enrolled in the private elementary school here. Maybe more inventory pops up this winter if travel bans go into effect like you mentioned. In the 5 years I've been here the market has been turtle like slow, lots of stuff sitting forever and you could make real low ball offers, doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

How much are the normals going to change when 91-20 becomes official? 1.5-2F for most 1st order stations? Or more towards 1F? Guess its going to vary a bit.

Can't like that Will post enough...time to gradually step down hopefully.

We can all agree we hope he's right...

Nice light show to the west/Sw

Meanwhile parts of PA are 15-20" since 7/1. 7.93" here.

Its definitely better to be a little earlier than later. Couple factors are temps like you said, and also increasing shade as the sun angle lowers. Last year I had to do an emergency seeding of an area like 20 x 20 that was an old garden bed that we were relocating. It was sometime late in mid/late Sept I want to say I did it which is way late in this area, which i knew but tried it anyway. It all came up ok, but never grew much as soil temps got chilly into OCT. The biggest factor in not being totally successful was that area went from getting 10 hours of sun to 2 hours by OCT, so it had shade and soil temps dropping too fast.. If had started in AUG prob no issues. Im starting an overseed right now in a small section to give it time to establish.

Yea, ones of the reasons I got them..the bark already looks pretty interesting right now at the nursery even young.

Ended up picking up 2 of these for $45 each.. 2" diameter trunks...maybe 12-14 ft tall. https://www.pahls.com/market-news/three-flower-maple-a-rare-beauty/

Actually its a horse chestnut. Which is much different I think?

Got it, thanks.

Ok, thanks. Will check out the tag today when I head over.

@dendrite @tamarack A big nursery nearby here is going out of business and they have a decent size chestnut tree at 85% off. I dont have the tag right now to see what type it is or where it comes from, but I was going to maybe buy it today. I know you guys have experience with these on some level. Its $300 plus dollar tree I can get for 45-50$, but dont wont to if there is a high chance of it getting whatever knocked out the chestnuts. Anything I should be looking for specifically with this tree?

@dendrite @tamarack A big nursery nearby here is going out of business and they have a decent size chestnut tree at 85% off. I dont have the tag right now to see what type it is or where it comes from, but I was going to maybe buy it today. I know you guys have experience with these on some level. Its $300 plus dollar tree I can get for 45-50$, but dont wont to if there is a high chance of it getting whatever knocked out the chestnuts. Anything I should be looking for specifically with this tree? Edit--oops,meant to put this in lawn and garden thread.

Just checked out Philly forum. Member reported 6" in 35 minutes?? I didnt think that was possible outside of some tropical mountainous terrain.

Got up to the lake today, nice sunny warm-ish day for swimming and cool comfortable evening to enjoy some adult beverages.

Whitefield NH, which is a rad pit, was 44F last night. Guess your on some type of hill which isnt going to radiate much. 1500' isnt created equal in NNE. Alex at 1500' will radiate like crazy being in an elevated valley, you at 1500' maybe not, guess we will se moving forward.