dendrite

13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The dews are back in town 

Pack getting dewcimated. 

10 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

How you figure? I got outside , tanned in full PM sun, got entire spring lawn and beds cleanup done while you were  house bound taking pictures of rotting pack under pear trees . That’s a total loss 

Guarantee I was outside in more sun than you yesterday.

I’m a lobster right now. 

But damn…the dews overnight are doing a number on the pack. Love it. 

Currently 43° but it’s been between 41-50° since midnight. 

Pack is down to 5”, but it is crying for its mama right now.

53/41

Looks like they made BDL great again

30 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

CON was 64

Didn’t realize it was that putrid down there compared to here. I got a +1 on Ditty even with snowpack. 

Heavy, heavy beer if you want to be in the middle of that.

GWDLT

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

58.8° max…still waiting for 60°

Just hit an MPM 60°…59.6°

18 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Sucks.  That was always my fear with voles, especially when we woodchipped everything.   We haven't lost anything to girdling yet, thankfully. 

 

Yeah legit brown rats.  They're small, but there's a lot more of them than the Fall.  I really don't want to use rodentcide.  I'm making a half dozen bait stations and going to see what I can do with my home mix.  I only had one last year so hoping this is more effective.

Yeah you really don’t want to poison since you risk killing predatory birds or other mammals. 
 

Grow some catnip and get the neighborhood cats hanging around.

58.8° max…still waiting for 60°

Pack is getting eaten up on the south side of the pear trees though.

4 hours ago, tunafish said:

Oh alright, I guess I'll give it a rest, too.

 

Now that the snow has mostly melted I can see the brown rats I tried to eradicate with traps last year had a prosperous winter.   Tunnels under the snow and grass throughout the raised beds, fruit trees, and cedars.  Under the shed too.

No obvious food source - chicken feed is in a galvanized bin.  Compost pile has been limited to coffee and coop waste for the past 7 months.  Bastards ate a bunch of my carrots last Fall.  Hoping they haven't hit my garlic yet.  I'd cry.

No sign of them within 15 yards of my coop or run.  Keeping them from free ranging until the migratory waterfowl have mostly passes, anyway, but I don't need them interacting with rats.

Tried trapping and baiting (equal parts sugar, Cornmeal, baking soda) last Fall and it made a dent, but it doesn't matter now - they've taken over.

I think my only option is bait stations as far away from the run as possible. 

Unless anyone else here has had success using a different method.

 

Oh man you have legit rats?

I’ve got tons of tunnels in the snow and ground from the voles. Hopefully they haven’t girdled any of my fruit trees this season. They got a galarina apple last year.

53.1° and blazing

GWDLT

25 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why anyone would want weeds for a lawn just boggles the mind 

Nothing looks worse to me than an unnatural, OCD, monoculture green lawn. Screams cookie cutter suburbs and keeping up with the Jones’s. But we don’t have to go down that path again this year.

I have mostly grass, but I let whatever wants to grow, grow with it. Different folks different strokes. I know you’re an OCD guy and a weed feels like a blemish or speck of dirt on your truck. 

It’s mostly rural here though. There’s probably only a couple of pristine green lawns on the street. We don’t worry about that shid.

But I’m not going to hijack your lawn thread this year with anti monoculture lawn posts. I’ll just stick to my trees and plants. 

3 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Rare opportunity for us to agree.

Didn’t think you were all grass all the time. 

They’re comin’

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/cougar-cubs-spotted-michigan-first-time-100-years

47 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I think Stein had a lot to do with it. Our lawns were furnaced from late Aug on . I had hydro seeded in spring and then overseed in Aug so had to water . Our first rain was Tgiving Rainer 

Clover would’ve saved you. ☘️ 

24 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Saw a bunch of ice shacks on part of the CT in SVT and NH yesterday and today.  

Tin roofs rusted?

I’m guessing constant snow cover kept it from getting top killed or going dormant…whatever it does.

Dude the yard is entirely open lol

http://www.newenglandwx.com/northfield-nh/2-backyard-cam-4hr-timelapse.htm

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

I don't know how people can sit on ice. I would be EXTREMELY nervous that I would fall in. If I wanted my butt to be cold I'll just sit inside a walk-in freezer. 

Can you even break the surface tension of water?

Still no dice.

Pack down to 7”

Low 23.2°

16 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

First year sleep, second year creep, third year leap.

It’s a hickory so it’s more like creep years 2-10.

19 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Nailed it. This exposed 20 billion dollar boon doggle only strengthens your points. It's hard to believe things when grifters are manipulating 

 Love you long time even if we disagree on a lot of shit. I feel like my hickory may make a leap this year.