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16 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

If you end up getting chickens, keep morning glory's away from them as the seeds, when the drop in the fall, are toxic to them.

37 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Do you have the link to Box Hurricane guidelines you posted? Looked on BOX webpage but couldn't find it?

I believe they posted that from on Twitter earlier.

19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Has anyone noticed all the trees with leaves just turning brown? Almost every species has a ton of browning leaves and dropping 

Yes.  I think (and Tamarack will correct me) that's due to the secondary leaf growth that happened after the May freeze that killed off some of the primary leaves.  I have a young Maple that dropped those secondary leaves two weeks ago, and have noticed it on several other oaks and maples around here.  I don't think it has anything to do with Stein or recent temps.

Up to 85F here already.  Reinstalled the beginning of the week and have had AC running on and off since Tuesday.  Off and out they go tomorrow.

10 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

It won't be long before I'm building something like this for myself.

 

I'm up to 80 sq ft in beds, and another 100 or so in a corner garden mainly for flowers and fruit trees.

You and me both. 

I relocated 5 hogs this summer.  They were relentless.

3 hours ago, tamarack said:

That all-the-time-wet month not only lacked sun, but also inhibited weeding (I've read that doing so when plants are wet spreads disease) such that low plants like carrots and beets hardly stood a chance.  This will be the first year in 20+ with too few carrots to be worth overwintering under mulch.  No fresh carrots next April. 
Only the cherry tomato "trees" have done well.

Cucumbers this late above 40 N is unheard of

Will probably pick our first cuke today, at 44.67 N.

Edit:  Actually found 2!  (And another 15-20 cherrytoms)

5 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Cucumbers this late above 40 N is unheard of

Not when a groundhog eats all your early plantings so you plant more in July.  Picking 3-5 cucumbers every day now, and to my surprise we'll have enough for pickling.

The dews did manage to claim an unlikely victim this year - about 25 heads of garlic had to go straight to the compost.  After drying we stored them in an area of the basement that was not getting enough airflow from the dehumidifier.  Sucks, but we salvaged about 20 heads.  Enough to last until early Spring, but not the full time until next years harvest.  

The more lawn we turn into plant-able soil each year, the less impact these (what I consider to be) preventable mishaps have.  We sheet-mulched an additional 100 square feet of lawn in August, which will be ready to plant into in the Spring.  Plan is to do another 100 next summer for 2025 planting.  Less useless lawn and more food, flowers, and other native plants - not for everyone but that's the name of the game for us.  One of these days I'll post pictures of the 5 year transformation, but they really don't do it justice.

5 minutes ago, WeatherHappens said:

Someone should start a Banter thread.

50 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Going to Dimillos tonight. Will bring the truck

Ha - should be gone already.  Truck will be good for intimidating tourists out of the crosswalks, though.

Was that Chris or Andrew?  I grew up with Chris.

On 8/26/2023 at 3:34 PM, DavisStraight said:

I knew the owner when I was younger too, used to have beers with him after work.

3 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I must have the hardest water in America.

 

 

We had super hard water at my house in Sturbridge from all the calcium runoff from the mass pike.  Dishwashers, washing machines, plumbing fixtures etc would all rust out within 3-5 years.

22 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Closer to 0.2" here.  And given the Franklin-driven waves and astronomical max tides, you may be right about Commercial St. 

Even without the tides, Commercial St will flood when we get rates like that.  All the water flowing down the hill, plus the storm drains get overwhelmed and water will push up and through the manhole covers.  Add in the tides and you've got a real mess.

7 minutes ago, tamarack said:

GYX folks have been tearing their hair out for days trying to figure how Franklin will affect today's rain, but I think dropping our area to the 1/4-1/2" bracket was the right call.  All the bright colors are fading to green and blue as they approach our locale.

Picked up over an inch in an hour between 1020-1120.  Surprised no FFW was issued.  Surely Commercial St in PWM in under water.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Imagine waking up needing to pee and the sheets are wrapped around you and stuck from sweat. Like a mummy. You try and try to get them off, but time runs out and you just have to pee in the sheets. 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Pees to Maines ? 

One possible cause of night sweats in men is low testosterone, which you might be trying to solve for with constant air conditioning.

No need for you two to fear - a simple blood test can tell you whether or not you have low T.

72/63 PC

5 hours ago, kdxken said:

Oakham brewery in Brookfield is having a fest today. Is the place any good? Thanks in advance

Oakholm?

Great place.  Childhood acquaintance owns/operates.

Hope you enjoy(ed).  Cheers.

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Could be some upglide over the wedge, but a lot of this is low level crud that doesn’t get “seen” until getting closer to the beam too. Some of the echoes on ENX a couple hours ago were disappearing as they moved east toward us.

Fascinating.  Thanks for the explanation.

Looks like the radar keeps filling in over eastern NH, but is dry west of the Whites. 

Is this because there's an easterly fetch happening?

15 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

I bought all my fruit trees at the end of the summer for a discount, they're all doing well but for some reason I didn't get peaches this year, first year I don't. Usually, I get more than we could eat.

Did you get that freeze in May?  

5 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

why are all the good days when we have to work? wknd looks like dogmeat, at least for saturday

sounds like you're getting a bug and should take a personal day.

In all seriousness the weekend doesn't look like a washout.  GFS has all the precip on Friday, and both it and the Euro clear out the precip for Saturday.  Euro keeps some lingering on Sunday.

46 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Brandy/Long Lake only ~70-72F. Put my feet in at the sandbar yesterday and said nope not going in. Last Aug it was near 80F.

Not surprised.  Sebago the last several years is also sitting at 80+ this time of year.  Had to have been right around 72 when I was there yesterday. 

27 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Christ.   I couldn't imagine that.   People were complaining last week about 73 in S NJ where we were for a week

You get used to it.  A few of the beaches around here will hit upper 60s some summers.  Even then, I'll swim into early October.

7 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I rather have my balls shrink instead of having swamp ass.

See when you live in Maine all you need to do is take a swim in the ocean and boom you've accomplished both.

All Uninstalled.  RIP dews 6/29 - 8/19 2023.

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

You know some run on timers with potentiometers right? Not all are idiots

I didn't call anyone an idiot.

10 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

1.76 in methuen so far....idiot neighbors across the street have used their irrigation system 4 days a week every week since mid may....

always laugh when i see people letting their irrigation run while it's raining out.  America!

4 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Anyone have a Radar rainfall estimate Link /image 

Gyx & Box

1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

I think some people have been conditioned to take things more offensive than it may have been intended , not saying that was what happened , But the post I believe was meant to be a reply that light hearted and it was  stereotypical  . It wasn’t racist or intended to be hurtful and so I think Tuna was annoyed with KevinS weather side posting style and so when pressed about what was going on he used the term racist comment instead of stereotypical, there is a big difference to me as far as inflammatory nature of using  that term but I digress  
 

 I really never see people mean anything hurtful here , to me that sort of stuff is always something I wouldn’t  condone and always upsets  me ..no matter the race , religion, sexual identity etc . But for me I give most folks the benefit of the doubt and don’t mind jokes that are stereotypical , thou i certainly wouldn’t make a habit of saying them as there will be blowback , I realize different folks have different lines in the sand.

Thanks.  With regard to the bolded.....

Someone asked why Chinese food was being posted, so I explained the backstory.

I don't care what or how he posts about the weather.  When he makes definitive statements, and those doesn't pan out, it's entertaining to highlight it with actual data. 

I cannot speak to Kevin's intentions when he posted what he did, and I would also like to assume it wasn't coming from a place of hate or even intending to be inflammatory.  

Maybe he was only projecting stereotypes to get a laugh.  OK, but stereotypes are the literal foundation of racism - what's where it manifests from.  Allowing stereotypes to go unchecked - and even worse, allowing it to be passed off as "humorous" - is the problem.