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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

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.

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

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.

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?

1 hour ago, backedgeapproaching said:

We garden. Lots of bees around most  summer months.  

 

Awesome.  This is the best of both worlds.

74 off a low of 33.  I will have to check... might be my only 40° swing in 5 years at this location.

On 5/8/2023 at 6:22 PM, Damage In Tolland said:

Nothing like a beautiful green , weed free lawn . It’s just all frontal nudity. First mow yesterday.

I get it.  Dandelion and clover aren't for everyone.  But would it kill people to throw a small polinator garden into their landscape design? 

That's a pretty happy median.  People keep their golf course but also help out the local polinators, which have a significant importance in our ecology.  

https://www.usda.gov/peoples-garden/pollinators

5 hours ago, MJO812 said:

I hate dry weather 

Bring on the rain

whatever illness Stein has...it's contagious.  

I'll never understand why dandelions are so despised.   They bloom for a week then they're gone.

9 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Lawn looks pretty good. Suddenly have a dandelion problem, though. What can I do?

Manually yank them out?  About the only non-chemical approach that's at least somewhat effective.

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

No black flies up this way yet.  They are coming though.

Mount Washington and the Presidential Range looking quite caked above 4,000ft from Mt Mansfield.

Portions of the Town of Stowe in the foreground, and the Presidentials on the horizon 60-70 miles away.

Amazing pic.  Love the glowing green field in the bottom left.  Such a juxtaposition. 

I really need to get a legit camera...similar views from 60-70mi on the other side of the rock pile today.

Started at 39° and made it to 75° currently at 74.5°.  Pretty hard to pull 35 degree swing here - sea breeze usually kills it.

Winds out of the west ftw.

He is, without a doubt, trolling the subforum specifically at this point. 

16 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You’d lose your entire nice grass to an invasive ugly weed with hideous white flowers. 

in a few weeks my "lawn" will be a multi-color canvas of green, yellow (dandelion), purple (creeping charlie), and white (clover & violet flowers).  It's beautiful.  Gotta have variety, chief.

19 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Would adding clover in my front yard that bakes all summer help it stay green?

yes.  and it doesn't choke out the grass that's there, either.

On 4/30/2023 at 6:47 PM, mreaves said:

@dendriteplanted a little bit of white clover doing some winter damage repair on my lawn today. If it takes, I hope to do more of my lawn. 

Love it.  Honeybees do, too.  Stein resistent.  Such a great plant for a yard.

Neat

33 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Are they repairing it with what’s in that blue bin?

DIY Patch kit.  Should hold until June.

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

4.65". Not sure if that's accurate but it dumped and still coming down.

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Judging by the Cocorahs readings, it's accurate.

3.04" here

56 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Ha you are already over 2”? Going to get smoked in total. 

Stalled at 2.35", not sure if it's a dryslot or if there's a easterly flow/elevation component now because just inland is getting smoked.  Bet Lava has more than me at this point.

9 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Lol who could that be

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How much ya got so far?  Winds are supposed to rip overnight here.  Ground is fully saturated so I imagine we'll take some down if we gust 50+ mph.  Staying very safe.