gravitylover

Yup, gonna get wet. Bummer, I was hoping to ride in the morning.

Over the last 5 years the difference is noticeable, the last 2 is mind boggling and super scary. At least here the bird variety is still really good but I don't expect that to be the case next year. In fact I think the birds of prey variety and numbers is still increasing as well as ducks, I've seen more ducks this year than I can ever remember around here. Your broad spectrum idea is most likely the culprit which explains my 2 year observation. Since the current administration relaxed the enforcement of marginally sufficient regulation 3 years ago an already bad situation fell off a cliff.

I didn't know that, thanks! I've been trying to add pollinator attracting plants to the yard for a while now. It seems to be working but this year there has been a massive decline in the number of bugs, particularly bees and butterflies. So far it's only been a small problem in my garden because of the attractants but I can drive 300+ miles on the highway and barely have any on the windshield and that's kind of scary.

So are we getting wet tonight or will it wait until after noon tomorrow?

Went from a reasonable .4 a little before 7pm to 1.7 by a little after 8pm. The wind was definitely worse than Fay delivered and it brought down some big branches and made another big mess in the garden that negated the hours I spent fixing yesterday's damage.

Only another .4 so far today but it has been wet all day and now it's boomin' and rumblin' and raining pretty hard. #bringbackthedrought

1.1" total. I may have saved most of the corn, I'm not totally confident but I am hopeful. We'll see. The tomatoes are probably gone but may be able to be replanted. Melons and squash are good. With the greens that are done coming out there's plenty of sunny room for root veggies so that's today's plan. I'm guessing you guys don't really care but it feels good to talk about it.

So you're part of the problem. All that insecticide spraying is killing all of the beneficials and pollinators. Stop it!

.85 Well that wind wreaked havoc on the garden. All of the corn is laying on the ground, lettuce too and 3 tomato plants are broken off at the base

It didn't take much to knock over the windward side corn plants

Yeah I've had very little rain so that in itself isn't the problem, it's the wind and excessive rainfall rates that do garden damage that I don't want.

I was hoping this storm would fizzle, I really don't feel like dealing with a TS at the moment but, since it looks like that won't happen it's time to get cleaned up in the yard and get some fresh gas for the generator. 3-5" of rain and a bit of wind could make things messy.

I got .4" FKNA yeah!! Drought buster for sure Sun is coming out again Maybe the second line will hold together and come through later and I can pull a few more tenths. Friday looks interesting.

I was on the road all day but watching the radar has been interesting. That storm cluster west of the river looks to have put down a lot of water. It pretty much sat and dumped for hours. Who got it and was it as much as it looked on a phone screen while driving?

Woohoo. I won't be directly under the cone of emptiness anymore.

For all the storms and all the rain in the area I ended up with well under an inch for the week. It came at just the right intervals to keep the garden nicely watered though because it wasn't sunny enough for long enough to dry it out. That also means the bugs are going to town because it's been constantly damp. Hopefully the dry weekend puts them down and next week is similar. I don't need the heat like everyone else on the board. Weirdos

*fizzle* It looked so good for so long. Again, I can pretty much see where it's raining as it slides by to my west. I'm getting some decent wind. Maybe it'll set the last 50 tomatoes that have been waiting out the heat and now that I've got some female flowers on the melons maybe those will pop too.

Take a look at that storm complex headed south into Columbia and Dutchess County. That looks like the real deal. Duck...

Ha! The same thing happened to me. About a mile to my east was 1+ and I was in that light blue zone. All told I'm ok with it though because a couple of wet days in a row and the ground is soaked.

JC getting a good soaking today. Finally...

I'm getting some really light drizzle. It's really dark and thunder is rumbling just to my west, has been for over an hour.

Damn this rain... I had pretty much dealt with the bugs in the garden but now it's overrun with grubs and cabbage worms It looks bad enough that I might lose most of my potatoes and I'm going to fight like hell not to lose the cauliflower and broccoli but it may be a lost cause too. This morning I sat on the ground pulling slugs for an hour and that's after I treated for them. Grrr...

Yeah me only earning a couple hundred bucks a month for 4 months now is painful, possibly even more so than the last 5 weeks of intense back pain with the first two weeks of that needing a cane to stand up and get started moving. I think the mental anguish that wakes you (me) up in the middle of the night worrying about that is a terrible thing and I don't see it going away anytime soon.

OMG it's so nice out. It's rare that I'm happy I woke up just after sunrise, I woke up started my coffee then realized what time it was so I figured I'd go sit outside and enjoy it so I wouldn't bother the fam. That was definitely the best decision I'm going to make today.

JC having a rough time there. Sorry dude.