BrianW

Lawn looks great. Hydrangeas and peonies about to bloom here already. Everything probably about a week or two early here. And before anyone comments about fertilizer and pesticides my lawn is 100% organic. I use organic fertilizer made from waste distillery grains. Beer...

New Haven's like a month ahead of that. From my dash cam on Friday.

BDR was 47 for the low. When we the last time you had a hard frost there? Been frost free here since like the first week of March in Branford.

BDL going for the 90.. and thats with the "updated" sensor.

Some 80's showing up in SW CT.

Special day on tap. 850 mb temps have trended a degree or so slightly warmer than 24 hrs ago. With WSW flow and mixing towards 850mb away from southern and eastern coasts, and l unseasonably warm temps aloft (+1-2 STD 850mb temps), have continued to lean to NBM 50-75th percentile and HRRR. With temps already starting near seasonable highs this morning, widespread high temps in the upper 70s to mid 80s are expected away from southern and eastern coastal areas (greater maritime influence). This will result in temps approaching records for the date for a few spots. NBM deterministic is still generally running in the lower 25th quartile of guidance for max temps today, which appears to be low based on the anomalously warm airmass.

A large section of the shoreline was reclassified to Zone 7 in 2023. New Haven and West along the shoreline has always been the warmest part of the state but it's expanding east. Our state no longer has Zone 5B, which was in the northwest corner of the state and accounted for the coldest temperatures of -15 to -10°f. Most of Connecticut is now in Zone 6 with a large area along the shoreline in Zone 7. Zone 7 extends all the way south to parts of Virginia.

Haha. I remember posting one year with him when we were both mowing well into December.

Did my 3rd cut of the season yesterday. I mow every 5 days.

Good timing.

+6.0 here at HVN. Haven't been below 32 here since March 10th.

Just realized the Purely Organics is manufactured and is based in Portsmouth NH. Nice to know I'm supporting a local New England company. Wonder who's beer grains they are using?

Beautiful day here on the shoreline. Even GON putting up a 70.

I'm more impressed with the 85 high at EWR and it's still 82 there right now. That's got to be record territory for March.

65 here and feels like a summer morning out there with some dews and full sun. Great day to cut the lawn.

Take a ride down to some brewery's in Milford/Stratford and enjoy some 80s, beer and green lawns.

Yeah. Looks like a great day with some 80s. Latest HRRR guidance is slower with this frontal passage and so is even warmer, with 80 degree readings up into the Hudson Valley and 70s across nearly the entire rest of the area except for coastal SE CT and the far ern forks of Long Island.

Great day for the beach. Upton doesn't have the cold front coming through until 3-4. High confidence in temps making a run into the lower 80s for NE NJ and NYC and upper 70s for surrounding metro areas of LoHud, NW LI and SW CT.

You might need a truckload of topsoil if you want grass. My neighbor had an inground pool put in and when they regraded the yard it was all crappy red soil that nothing would grow in. He had to get a few trucks of good topsoil in.

For southern CT/Upton. DXR +6.1 HVN +5 BDR +4 GON + 2.3 https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=okx

This is what I use on my organic lawn. Ive had really really good results with the Purely Organics fertilizer from home depot. It's made from waste distillery grains. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Purely-Organic-Products-25-lb-Dry-Lawn-Food-Fertilizer-LFJRDK1/204279747 For weeds I have had good look with Tenacity which is all natural and derived from the bottle brush plant. Tenacity herbicide can be used for pre- and post-emergence control of more than 46 broadleaf weed and grass species. Its active ingredient, mesotrione, is based on a naturally occurring compound produced by the bottlebrush plant (Callistemon citrinus) that inhibits photosynthesis in susceptible plant species. It is absorbed by plants through the roots, shoots and leaves and distributed throughout the plant by both xylem and phloem translocation. Active Ingredient(s): Mesotrione

Really greened up here the last week. First cut probably coming up this weekend.

Lawns really starting to green up here. Dropping my fertilizert this week.

Lots of stuff sprouting in the beds here and the lawn is really greening up.