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Breeze is cranking through the house... feels and sounds fantastic. 57° and showers

Both bands have always been in tune - much more than your standard pop culture act - with their surroundings on any given night. Be it weather, space, history, cultural context- they harness energy through music and anyone who's experienced knows exactly what I mean. 54° RA 1.12" since 3P

Love it. One of my favorite shows was phish at Jones Beach long island 7/12/13 in 55° synoptic rain right off the atlantic.

0.50" since we started at 3P Weenies-in-training insisted on jumping in the RA

I used to have a boss that said "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it not stupid". He evaded your "are you drunk" question. Beer lunches on a spring/summer Friday is a lock with just about every sales team in every industry. Not knocking it, kinda jealous tbh. East/west/whatever, looks like I'm getting a beneficial rainfall here which is all I care about.

I went and checked my wild blueberry patch this morning, and saw exactly as you describe - top flowers fried, underneath generally unscathed. https://ibb.co/KLchJHn

Nice! Unrelated to your post, but it reminded me.... I was reading something last night about Monarchs. The ones that travel to NE have the furthest to travel, and so need a great deal of pollen (fuel) before their return south. Often, people will plant milkweed to attract them for laying/hatching - which is great - but they don't plant late-flowering plants to provide them the fuel for travel. So, I guess, it's important for monarchs to not only have milkweed but also late flowering plants.

all the blossoms on my apple trees are yellow and wilted. is that a death knell for them this year?

27.5° so far

Wow.. did not know that. I'd probably find a "safe" spot for the cowbird egg and see what happens. at lease the phoebe's will be good.

fascinating. Is your theory that the mom will bail if she notices the cowbird? I would call your local Audubon.

Are the peach trees already cooked for this year due to that cold in Feb?

Burning bushes provide great privacy in warm season and offer wonderful color appeal in fall, but they are incredibly invasive. How big are the bushes? To keep the deer off our young apple trees we simply put three stakes and two wires, about two feet apart in height, going around the trees. Barely noticeable from 10 feet away but enough to keep the deer off. They hate touching anything unnatural or unexpected, and so they don't dare to try feeding on them. What's the secret to uploading photos on this place? I'd love to post more pics, but even my screen shots often exceed thr file size.

You might be thinking of a different kind of arbor. Deer haven't touched mine and I've got them walking through my yard at least once a week. The Green Giant was bred to have superior pest-resistant qualities, and thus, it isn't a tree that deer will typically choose to eat. Keep in mind, however, that if there aren't other food sources available, deer will occasionally snack on them.

we tried to tell em I hate myself for knowing that. ::logs out::

only things not in a tunnel are garlic and sugar snap peas. we know better. --- looking like a good chance at some beneficial rains here this weekend.

look, I don't make the snow nor do I make the maps. I'm just here to post other people's content, OK? [sorry about your winter]

Haziest sunset yet here

I was serious about pics of the Holly. Trying to help diagnose. We have 3 of those green giants. Planted 5 years ago and are now about 20-25 feet tall. The last 2 years had the most growth. As a general rule, the first year after planting a tree they sleep. Second year they creep. 3rd year they leap. Be patient and make sure in their first 2 years they have enough water coming out of and going in to winter. You want the roots to grow deep, so don't over water, but if we're in Stein in late April or October, give them a few Gallons a week.

57° outside with a temp of 64° inside. Not AC worthy yet.

Ha, they're great for weed control. It's keeping them out of the garden that's the challenge. We have a little "dummy" garden set outside and away from the real garden that they ravage. Between the "weeds" and the false garden, they no reason to burrow into the actual garden space. Impossible to keep them away, otherwise, as we're adjacent to the town rec fields where they run rampent. Can't shoot em and don't have the time to put chickenwire under the garden fence.