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34 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:
honestly one of the best shows I ever saw was 1994 Pink Floyd misery mist show, it was spectacular. Interestingly it was May 19th iirc
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.
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0.50" since we started at 3P
Weenies-in-training insisted on jumping in the RA
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3 hours ago, powderfreak said:
I can't. I give up.
Can only show a horse where the water is but can't make him drink it.
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.
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7 minutes ago, dendrite said:
Top loses heat out to space. Bottom has heat radiating up and down from the ground. They’re also sheltered from the foliage above that’s getting fried.
When you get a light frost have you ever noticed it’s frost free under the tree canopy yet frosted around and outward from it?
I went and checked my wild blueberry patch this morning, and saw exactly as you describe - top flowers fried, underneath generally unscathed.
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15 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:
We are also making a Pollinator garden to go along with our thuja green giants.
purchased this:
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.
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all the blossoms on my apple trees are yellow and wilted. is that a death knell for them this year?
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14 minutes ago, dendrite said:
Well the cowbirds are a “parasitic” bird. The mother lays eggs in the nests of other birds and doesn’t raise them on her own until they leave the nest. The cowbird eggs tend to hatch first and grow larger more rapidly and the babies can actually toss the youngins from the other bird out of the nest. So the cowbird has a distinct advantage over the other phoebes.
The cowbirds are native so this is a natural thing that has been happening for some time. But I’d rather lose 1 cowbird than risk losing 4 phoebes.
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.
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21 minutes ago, dryslot said:
Bring them in........
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21 hours ago, dendrite said:
So I have an eastern phoebe brooding under the roof of my chicken run. I went up to check the eggs a bit ago and noticed a speckled egg mixed in that belongs to a brown headed cowbird.
What’s the protocol on that? Should I remove the egg so that the phoebes have a better chance at survival or let nature be?
fascinating. Is your theory that the mom will bail if she notices the cowbird? I would call your local Audubon.
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1 hour ago, dendrite said:
Hoping for 30+ here and only a couple hours of it. Better yet, keep the wind up and stay above freezing. The apples and pears are pretty tough so I'm not too worried about them unless we start getting into the 20s. The orchards in the MRV may be a different story...especially CON/Loudon. I'm worried there will be no PYO peaches at Carter Hill Orchard this year.
I haven't had a lot of experience with this much cold this late with my pawpaw trees, but I think they'll be fine too. It is what it is. Most of the potted plants will be coming in...even the figs and avocados. I did have the avos outside for that May 2020 snow/cold event and they survived despite a little leaf burning.
Are the peach trees already cooked for this year due to that cold in Feb?
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1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:
Where are all the fires?
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1 hour ago, DavisStraight said:
I planted some a few years ago, they do grow like weeds, not sure if it was 4-6 feet but it was quick. I planted 6 burning bushes too, they really grow fast. Two years ago I cut them down to 3 feet high, they're already 7 feet high this year.
Burning bushes provide great privacy in warm season and offer wonderful color appeal in fall, but they are incredibly invasive.
1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:Sure enough, both bushes are putting out new growth as of this week. Have to find a way to get the deer to stop eating them
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.
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56 minutes ago, dryslot said:
The deer love those and emeralds too.
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.
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20 minutes ago, powderfreak said:
Today’s my first day on the internet… but what does WTTE mean?
we tried to tell em
I hate myself for knowing that.
::logs out::
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1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:
Ktan 29. Hope all those who rushed to plant veggies cover up.
only things not in a tunnel are garlic and sugar snap peas. we know better.
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looking like a good chance at some beneficial rains here this weekend.
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34 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:
I still did not received more than 12 as that map shows.
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]
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24 minutes ago, dendrite said:
Anyone else noticing a lot of smoke in the air this evening?
Haziest sunset yet here
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On 5/13/2023 at 9:45 PM, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:
Bought a couple of thuja green giant arborvitaes today. Anyone have experience with these?
We have slowly trying to create pockets of trees and bushes that will give our yard a bit of privacy.
Description says they can grow to be 60 feet tall and grow 4-6 feet per year. That would Be awesome, but seems hard to believe.
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.
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57° outside with a temp of 64° inside. Not AC worthy yet.
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Just now, powderfreak said:
Get a groundhog. Watched one of them absolutely vacuum dandelions off the lawn today.
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.
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7 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:
Couple of my evergreen holly bushes took a beating from the deer again this year. Last year they put out new growth and recovered nicely.
So far, no new growth on either plant. Don’t know what to do, because I’m not sure if they are “dead” or not.
Pics?
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