Has been a pretty normal June here along the shoreline. GON is -.1 and HVN is -.5 for June.
YTD departures.
GON
+10.1
+4.8
+3.5
+4.4
+.9
-.1
HVN
+10.9
+5.1
+4.1
+5.1
+.6
-.5
Here in Southern CT we were hit by EAB hard around 8-10 years ago. There is essentially no more ash trees around here. Even young 2-3 inch tees don't make it.
I have been treating my 125+ year old green ash tree for the last 10 years against EAB. I lost another one of similar size and counted the rings and compared size to estimate the age of this one.
The first 4 years I used an imdicalprod soil drench but have since switched over to treeage Injections from an arborist every 2 years. The active ingredient is Emamectin Benzoate which is way better than using imdicalprod. Cost $300 every 2 years compared to the $3k I spent removing the other ash I'll keep treating for awhile.
There is still some thinning and dead branches but she's still holding on this year. This picture was also taken awhile back when it just leafed out.
Anyone else with Solar have their best month of production in May? I had the highest production month In the 8 years I have had my panels. My little 5.4 kw system produced 1.05 MwH.
It's been a pretty epic stretch of weather though on the shoreline. Both GON and HVN are +3 for May. It's also been sunny here every pretty much day when I look at my solar production.
Been working on my sister house on Pt Judith. I forget how terrible it is here in the spring. Just lows 60s all week. High of only 64 here today. About to head north for some dinner and 80's.
I trust his forecast more than any computer model...
The local land trust is basically a bunch of 80+ year old Yale Professors of archeology, forestry, history, etc. They have radiocarbon dated some of the locations he talks about to 12,500 years.