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I miss pit1.

I’d call it aggressive moreso than invasive. When I think invasive I think of something that can propagate and spread multiple ways. Running bamboo has aggressive rhizomes. As long as you properly plant it with proper containment methods (bamboo barrier, etc) it can be properly contained. Then you have the clumping bamboos that don’t spread much at all. My bamboo is in my chicken run as I’m trying to give them some form of grass that is representative of their paleolithic history. They all originated from the tropical red jungle fowl. So yeah, you can’t just throw it in the ground and let it go out of control. And up here in zone 5 it takes quite a beating. Also, there is plenty of bamboo that is native to the southern US. That rivercane I just received is all US native and naturally grows near bodies of fresh water in the SE. It is actually important to the wildlife and ecosystem down there since it remains evergreen all winter. Unfortunately people have been wiping it out over the past century. But even out of control bamboo can be controlled. If you keep mowing down the soft new shoots each spring eventually the rhizomes run out of energy to keep putting out new growth. It takes a few years, but eventually it gives up.

Probably...unless you’re referring to japanese knotweed. But it has a lot more difficulty thriving up here given our relatively extreme winters. It’ll die back every winter here whereas it remains evergreen down there. You also need to maintain control of it. Cutting off the new shoots where you don’t want them helps control the spread. My bamboo from last year looks a little rough right now.

Any of you guys or gals have some shagbark hickories on your property? I’m looking for some seeds with the full green shell on them to start some trees up here.

Today we boo. 2 arundinaria gigantea 'macon' plants and 2 phyllostachys nudas.

idk who you even are anymore

April soil temps...2018 vs 2019. We were thawed out by 3/28 last year, but it was a slow climb. This year we were frozen through 4/13, but a 20F rise in a week took care of that.

Even my zoysia is coming out of dormancy.

Mine has skyrocketed over the past week. From frozen solid 6" down to the current 52F. I've never had it climb that fast before. The plants are responding too with rapid grass growth and trees breaking bud.

#metoo?

Violently agree

Is your wife okay with it?

Think about the time spent having to clean it afterwards.

How deep is your well? I don't use anything chemical, but I personally wouldn't take the chance. I'm not sure what studies show or what the recommended advice is. My well isn't that deep and I'm on a hillside so I'm a bit susceptible to what people up the hill on my side of the street do too. Given it's redneckville a few houses up I think most of the drainage down my hill has a bigger risk of contamination from rusted out garbage in the yard rather than lawn fertilizers. lol

I’m dumbfounded. I can’t believe he actually did it. It’s such a shame he messed up a huge chunk of the tail end of his career. Best ever.

He's going to do it.

I like my mulch with no dyes personally...considering another chip drop, but 10-20 yards may be a little much for me.

Anyone ever garden with those large grow bags? I’m going to try a few this year for better aeration and root pruning.

Still have patches of snow and standing water. Parts of the lawn subsurface are still frozen. Despite that there’s some green blades coming up along the west side of the house. Soil temp is up to 34° so the full thaw is on today with 70° later.

Yup...as does UNH for the NH peeps.

Look at that Davis in the shrub soaking in all of that transpiration. Fake dews?

They are okay for snow depth, but not so much for official measurements of new snowfall since there's no way to automatically clear the board without moving parts (unless you want to invest in something really expensive). The NWS really tries to refrain from sensors with moving parts (hence the move to ultrasonic anemometers). Infrared sensors can struggle with depth measurements with sunshine, but that wouldn't be a huge issue while snow is falling. Ultrasonics aren't perfect either, especially with high ratio snows, although the technology has gotten better. But yeah, I think the clearing is the issue.

I’m going to start taking snow obs at the Isles of Shoals and call it PSM.