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15 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There have been several in CT that have confirmed. A poster from Southington said scattered color but much brown . It’s the same down in your area but a bit better due to rains you received . I was in S ORH county Friday and the color was not good. Same as here 

Not so good around here but it's much better north of here. Very spotty here.

9 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Picture doesn't even do this justice.. was atleast 3/4 of a inch wide and half as long as a dollar bill.. easily the biggest I've ever seen.. he wasn't even fully extended here

Big winter incoming?

2 hours ago, qg_omega said:

You can copy and paste that every year ever be set

You would have been spot on last 3-4 winters but eventually that will change. I'm with the Wolf on this, eventually we'll get another good winter, probably when we don't expect it.

8 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

It looks great around here in some areas.. no complaints this year

You guys are pretty close to each other, Worcester north it's real good, spottier down south.

18 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Was in New Britain today for my

nephews soccer game. What a day. Those yellow jackets were vicious though 

Get stung?

49 minutes ago, dendrite said:

They’re really homegrower friendly…maybe moreso than any other fruit. American persimmons may be close. 

They’re native so they’re pretty much disease free. So there’s no spraying for pests or diseases. You don’t need to prune them. You can plant them really close together. Mine are planted 8ft apart as it helps with pollination. The only thing is they don’t compete well with grass and weeds when they’re young and they are heavy, heavy feeders. They want their fertile compost/soil and regular nitrogen.

I experimented with diluted 46-0-0 urea granules in water this year and applied some daily and they responded well. I think it was like 2.5oz granules per 5gal bucket of water. I use the neutral pH condensed water from my dehumidifier so the urea brings the pH down to a number similar to rainwater. But they’re a cool little tree and I recommend people to grow them even if it’s just for their ornamental value. They’re also very deer resistant after the first time they nibble a leaf. Raccoons, possums, and squirrels will potentially go for the fruit though. 

I might plant a couple in Maine when we move up there next year, also a couple other fruit trees, not sure yet, depends on what the lot looks like after building.

Another pawpaw story, looks like Dendrite's a man ahead of his time.

This American fruit could outcompete apples and peaches on a hotter planet

22 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

He needs to be away from the house. I have to call these pest people. I’m paying $50/month and they’re supposed to spray outside and inside to keep bugs out. They came once in July and haven’t seen them since. More bugs and spiders than ever. I want my money back. I just walked through a spider web in the basement, there was a spider in my coffee filters the other morning, and a spider in the bathroom. 

Do it yourself, get a sprayer and some Demon WP and do it once a month, cheaper and more reliable, stuff works great too.

2 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Ughhhhhhh had to miss the Wolf Pack home opener. There was an accident on the highway and it took two hours to go from Springfield to Enfield. By the time I was able to get off the highway for backroads…projection into Hartford was like 8:30 

You can have a couple beers and watch baseball.

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

We pawpaw

 

I'd like to try it, but it doesn't look appetizing, of course I'll try anything, you never know. I wouldn't touch a steamer until I was about 12 and now, they're one of my favorite foods.

35 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Oddly, I have not seen a tick since early June.  The dog and I go out in the woods frequently.

 

We've seen the opposite here, hardly any until the end of September, pulling them off the cats every day. Dog has a collar, she never gets any.

14 minutes ago, eekuasepinniW said:

32.7 last night. Frost on the roof but nothing else.

Oak trees are turning super early this year and are a very maple-like orange color.  

Same here, saw some nice bright reds in my travels today.

4 hours ago, powderfreak said:

It was legit.  We got 14-15” in two days.  Settled to 12” on the ground.

Beautiful site, you're lucky to be living up there, I'll be further north next year but not as far as where you area.

1 hour ago, Spanks45 said:

27.1⁰ for the low this morning, the coldest so far this season. Only hit 59⁰ so far....

Thanks....It's actually a Regency, it has been a workhorse since we got it a few years ago. We have used roughly 3-4 cords per season combined with 75 - 100 gallons of oil for our 2600 sqft house. 

Pretty similar numbers I have with my Woodstock Progress Hybrid, Woodstock makes great top quality stoves. I'm heating 3000 sf and use a little over 200 gallons of oil a year and I use for hot water.

7 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Yup. It’s great over here west of the river.  I mean maybe it sucks where Kevin lives? If so, then maybe that’s what he means.  But it doesn’t suck West of Hartford that’s for sure. 

Real nice in some areas around me too, maybe he's talking about his neighborhood.

2 hours ago, Spanks45 said:

Already 51⁰ off a high of 58⁰, first fire in the woodstove....

Nice stove, what Brand? Looks like a Drolet

12 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

Kev .. is it that different where you are in tolland? Over here in Plainville? The colors are really popping and looking great. My 11-year-old daughter was saying this morning how pretty the colors were looking. I don't know, it must be a matter of opinion

I travel around every day and I'll hit some areas with nice color and then drive through an area that's drabby looking. Not sure why its scattered like that.

I got busy with a few issues otherwise I'd have my wood stove fired up, down to 43.

First cold morning and my battery dies going out for an appt, stopped at a store, wouldn't start, dead. Thank God for Triple A, new battery cost $230 but it's the best damn batter they had.

16 minutes ago, WinterSnow said:

This is like peak autumn weather, though - Cloudy, foggy, misty, upper 40s! It's a beautiful day to go see the leaves as the sun isn't washing their color out.

I don't have SAD, though, so I cannot relate to the hit to one's mood. Sunny weather does not help my mood, in fact it makes my mood worse. I become more irritable. *sigh* While I'm glad I don't have SAD, I sure do hate always feeling like the odd-one-out in terms of this. Everyone else in my family loves the sun and I believe they have SAD.

Kicks in for me when we turn the clocks back and baseball is over. A good snowstorm goes a long way to helping me get into a good mood.

3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

20” plus on April 6th in ‘82 here….true spring blizzard.  The days prior to that were beautiful spring weather. 

I missed that, was in Florida but remember watching it on the news down there.

30 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Today’s wind across the region seemed to be a surprise.  I’m sure the signals may have become present as it developed, but this was a fairly widespread synoptic wind event (especially by acreage covered in impacts, tree issues, power outages, etc).

My electric flickered a couple times, I was ready to take the genny out.

9 minutes ago, kdxken said:

He may not like the temperatures but it doesn't look like much rain.

Looks cool, nice fall weather.

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

A piece of the pumps canopy was torn off at Irving's Big Stop on Rt 2 in Farmington; looks like no one was underneath at the time.  Road blockages and power outages common all over Franklin County.  Our genny is into its 6th hour

My electric blinked a couple of times.

I hit 37, I think that's my low this fall so far.