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The 2023 Lawn, Garden, Landscape Party Discussion
tamarack replied to Damage In Tolland's topic in New England
Oaks seek water (well, all trees do that ) but some oaks tolerate wet soils better than others - swamp white oak, perhaps pin oak (its Latin name, Quercus palustris, means swamp oak), some of the others from the white oak group. Oak wood is strong, and they are generally well rooted. I personally would avoid the Populus genus - aspens, poplars, cottonwood - as they have weak wood, irritating seed fluff (June "snow") and shallow roots. Red maple will grow almost anywhere, and its colors have been called "the flame of the autumn woods". More than you need to know . . . -
We've had a few PC days this month but today is the first sunny one.
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Almost. July 2020 had a low of 50, the only month here of all 50+ minima, also had one of our only 2 minima 70+. That met summer made up for it, though, as August dropped into the 30s and June began with a 27° freeze. Dumbest time in our history Maybe, but IMO it seems so because people can now broadcast their dumbosity to the millions.
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For top maxima, yes. We've had 19 days of 90+, May: 2, June: 8, July: 3, Aug: 4, Sep: 2. Highest is 93, on 7/3/02 and 9/9/02. Peak climo is very flat, with the daily mean staying between 65 and 66 from July 10 thru Aug 10. (Subject to change, as my data adjusts daily as I enter the numbers.) I think the greater atmospheric moisture in high summer prevents that period from peak maxima. That July record above included big dews but most other top heat did not. Aug 2002 featured an 8-day run of highs 87-91 (3 days 90+) but the avg minima in that stretch was 58 - hot but relatively dry. We're surrounded by tall trees which pour water vapor into the air; when the airmass is also humid, that's just too much water to cook. Wow. Not even a 90 on 7/22/2011? 88/67 and probably too humid for big heat.
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Chances for hitting 90 are all but gone, as we've not reached that mark in July/August/Sept here since 2002. The 5 days of 90+ from 2017 on include our only 2 in May and 3 in June.
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The 2023 Lawn, Garden, Landscape Party Discussion
tamarack replied to Damage In Tolland's topic in New England
"Finger blight" -
And the beat goes on . . . Least sunny month I've recorded here, June 2009, had 25% available sunshine. Thru yesterday it's been exactly half that much. Sun finally burned off the fog at 9:30.
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Another mostly cloudy day, now 15 of 20 days this month with the other 5 PC. Afternoon showers missing us so far. Took a walk down the club snomo trail on our woodlot, and the ground is wetter/squishier than after the fall rains. Beaucoup ferns that I batted away so I could find the driest footing - now I'm waiting for the ticks to crawl out. I checked what I could w/o a full strip and saw none but even when I do that, usually one or two will show up. Still a nice cool day for a walk, though dews are 50s rather than your 40s.
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When will (did) you install/ turn on the AC this year?
tamarack replied to Cold Miser's topic in New England
60s for lows, ~80 for highs, running the fan will suffice and its quieter and lots cheaper. -
Only the 2nd dry day here, and the one-day dry "streak" ended with 0.05" overnight. However, it's the 2nd consecutive Monday w/o precip - maybe a pattern? After lots of CoC wx in April and May, essentially none (maybe last Monday) this month. Five PC days and 14 cloudy, zero sunny. Today is PC at best. The late week upper 80s have faded to a couple days at 83 but given the month's avg max of 64 thru yesterday, low 80s will be plenty warm. Also have not seen a TD above 60, and that's set to change, too, with likely boomers over the weekend.
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Most of the 160-acre public lot on Merrymeeting Bay in Topsham lies about 5 feet above mean high water, with bogs/swamps in abundance, and the tiger-striped mosquitos there are huge. When we heard something coming toward us, we'd check the engines. If it had four, we were safe - it was an Orion from the former Brunswick Naval Air Base.
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Plenty of mosquitos here, but May is the black fly month around our area. In N. Maine the critters peak in June, usually 1st half. That's for the blood-licking species; there are other species that appear thru Sept (Oct if it's especially mild) that don't bite though they are good at flying into ears/eyes. Exception is north-central Maine, Medway/Mattawamkeag area, where there's species of biting black flies thru most of the summer.
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In March 2021 we had a 75-foot-tall fir destroyed by a strike just 55 yards from the house, with a 4-foot splinter blown halfway to our place and smaller pieces (plus one 30-footer) scattered around. Ruined the genny-to-panel connection, which we only found out a month later when the lights went out, the generator started as usual but no juice to the house. The strike also cooked the DirecTV cable. Our poor Lab mix was still quivering 45 minutes later despite my near-constant affection and now gets scared by the first distant rumble. It was cloudy and cool today but I thought we might escape without rain I thought wrong. Quick shower while I was in the grocery store. Only .03 but still enough to annoy. The high temp was a summery 57.5°. 58/48 yesterday after 59/53 on Saturday, 7th sub-60 this month, tied with 2015 for most in June. We're 2.3 BN thru yesterday. June '15 at -4.0 is our coolest of 25 and followed our mildest May - only year with June cooler (by 0.3°) than May.
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1.21" reported to cocorahs, month up to 5.36", 12.87" from April 30 on. Yesterday's rainy 59/53 was ugly, but not as bad as the windy 50/44 last year on Fathers' Day.
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Temps so far this month: 80s 2 70s 3 (Highest: 73) 60s 4 50s 6 40s 1 Today will be 50s, maybe low 60s. Precip: Zero 1 0.01-0.09: 6 0.10-0.19: 2 0.20-0.29: 0 0.30-0.39: 1 0.40-0.49 2 0.50-0.59 2 0.60-0.69 1 0.70-0.79 1 Month thru 7 this morning: 4.15"
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Stein. June rain 4.15" thru 7 this morning, year total 24.12", and the all-day rain has begun. Had no rain last Monday, the one and only so far this month. Had to replant about 2/3 of the garden.
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Finally floated my little one-seat Old Town on North Pond Monday, brought home 2 pike, total weight 6-7 lb, 4 fish stew dinners.
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The 2023 Lawn, Garden, Landscape Party Discussion
tamarack replied to Damage In Tolland's topic in New England
Had to replant most of what I put into the ground on May 29 - foolishly thought the next few days would be warm enough to give the seeds a big push. May 30-June 2 avg high was 82 peaking at 89, about as expected. Unfortunately, the avg highs of the 13 days since was 61 and all but one had rain. Replanted cukes, spag. squash, carrots (that was a surprise) and the 1st row of green beans failed; out of 40 seeds planted, one came up. 2nd row was planted Monday - we prefer beans fresh and uncooked, so a row per week into early July is the strategy. Beets, arugula, pac choi were okay and the tomatoes/peppers within the black plastic area are holding their own but not much more than that. Hoping against a 2009 redux. -
My 2 strongest TS in 25 years here came in June (2005 and last year). However, the tree-stripper hailstorm 5-10 miles to my SE came on August 30, 2007. Just had a garden-variety TS go thru, 1:25-2, maybe 1/4" RA. Closest strike was 2.5 miles, nothing else within 5.
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Added to the sadness is that, in early January, Cool Spruce wondered whether that stalled retro-bomb might wreck winter - he was spot on. Unfortunately, not long after that came the stroke that took him off the board and eventually (I assume) took his life. We were kindred spirits about trees and forests.
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09-10 was the most frustrating winter for me since coming to Maine, with only that first Maine "winter", 73-74, even close. It was a disaster for Maine except for the mountains. Three KU's pass without a flake here and the 4th dumps the most awful 10" slopfest imaginable - 4:1 mashed potato that wouldn't even stick on branches, just splattered to the ground. Then that KU's 2nd Act was 1"+ RA at 33-35° (on NE winds) while NYC has their 20.9-inch "snowicane". BWI recording 7" more snow than CAR might be a 500-year phenomenon. The final act, following the mildest FEB-APR period here, was the 22° low on May 11, causing easily the worst frost damage I've ever seen. No apples that year. Officially dubbed the "pork roll, egg and cheese" chase. Taylor ham! (And that's the classic NJ breakfast.)
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I've seen oak defoliation from Farmington to Phillips and also Rome/Belgrade. Also saw some on our NJ/PA trip last month, mostly NNJ - no frost damage there. just spongey moth.
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My NJ records are lost. Central Park had 9.30" but the major Agnes flooding was farther west. Wilkes-Barre might've recorded that 9.30" in 2 days - Susquehanna went wild. Edit: Checked CLIMOD and it looks like that area had "only" about 4" or so from Agnes. There had to have been more someplace upriver to cause the destruction at W-B.
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Every other day would be nice. It's 14 of 15 so far this month. No downpours, though - month's total of 3.19" has yet to equal May first's 3.25".