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We operate out of small labs but I am always amazed how much disposable plastic is generated on a weekly basis. Wish it were recyclable. .

55F. Sitting on deck drinking double IPA with sweats on. Warmth was nice while it lasted. .

52F. wth.

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A little cheap starter fert tonight

For my wife, it's not misunderstanding or anti-vax thinking. She's been a flight attendant for 30+ yrs and rarely gets sick. Her reasoning is she has a good immune sys coupled with the likelihood we both got covid in dec 2019, but never confirmed. I'd respect her thinking more if she just said she didn't feel comfortable with the potential unknown side effects, but to say "i have a good immune system" doesn't cut it for me and obviously not for a lot of people who got covid and died. I am a little nervous about her traveling abroad right now, but Greece is pretty strict and you still have to mask up. She said she's juts waiting a bit longer before getting vax'd. I asked her what's going to change by waiting. Didn't get an answer. Don't want to instill an argument

My wife is holding out for now. I really don't agree with her reasoning, but I have to respect it. She's off to Greece for 10days with her two girlfriends who are vaxed.

nice Hearthstone

Good point. Some of the dead areas on the lawn near the driveway have granite just below the surface.

Supposed to do out annual Mem day cycling ride out of Fryeburg, over Hurricane, up to Pinkham Notch, Gorham, then back through Evans Notch. If it's not wet, it'll probably be pretty chilly.

Time flies but I'm determined. Here's the funny thing, I threw down the same seed last Nov around the shed we had delivered and the grass is coming in pretty nice and it's all backfill and dirt. .

Unless the qpf continues to spread N, 0.3" projected through monday here is not going to do much. what's the drought monitor map look like these days?

Weekend sliding downhill .

Maybe, but how come other lawns around my hood look good and they don't irrigate .

0.28" here. Some ctg lightening, but little wind . .

Pretty meh so far .

no doubt. i'd really like to wash some of the pollen away, but i'm betting we get a lt to mod shwr. Probably <0.1"

Here's the 2019 report for that section of the property. Nothing limiting or excessive

This is why I'm frustrated. Look how bad last Fall's seeding looks now. The "good" pic was taken in Nov. The new stuff doesn't just go dormant. It literally dies away and I end up with bare spots again. It's just burning away...

89.4F. Not too sticky. DP 59.7. Hoping we get some something from the convection today ,otherwise Fri is a whiff, then more high and dry.

that's disgusting. I hope not. It's almost june ffs

Maibec has been a PITA to deal with. They wouldn't even send me some replacement boards couple years ago unless I had original proof of purchase, however that was a warranty thing, so I get it. But, even for getting some stain, they make it very difficult and costly. I also need to replace some outdoor door and window pine trim which has started to rot and lose paint. I usually scrape, prime and paint, but it's just easier to tear out and replace at this point. Would like to get some cedar, but nobody carries 5/4 thick trim. I've used it in other areas like under the deck sliders and it's held the paint very well, as expected. Only other option is to get some PVC, which I've used before. Hammond guy said they make a pine pressure treated product (Lifespansolidselect.com), that supposed to be good, but I am leery of using pine again.

Anyone considering maibec prestained house siding, don't. We built our house in 2012 and used the pre-stained cedar siding. Over the years, I've replaced several boards due to checking and splitting. Some of the boards on the south facing side need to be recoated. I've contacted the company a few times over last couple years to get some of the stain. They are very proprietary and costly to obtain and it cannot be color matched locally as it is a 2-part tonal color. I let it go until I noticed this past wknd, I really need to restain a few boards. I contacted the company again and they want $1,000 for 10g of the stain. Nuts! They suggested one of their other colored stains which is a close match. Ridiculous. I'll juts replace the faded boards with some leftover ones, but eventually the whole house will need to be restained. Won't be going with their stain. In retrospect, I wish we used local cedar and some Cabot or Sikkens stain.

Not even. Only 0.19" for May and some of those 0.01" recorded were from the sprinkler

None that I could find. I'm thinking maybe the best thing to do is spread clover seed and forgo the lawn shit. It's just one disappointment after another. Summers have really changed it seems over the last 10yrs where it's just too dry to get any good seed germination and prolonged growth without irrigation. Got a quote for an irrigation well and sprinkler sys, $~$20K!!. Nope, not wasting more money.