AnEndlessMaze

Kearneysville… storm cloud blew right over us but I could see it raining just to the north.

Unfortunately I got screwed with that too. Only a trace in the rain gauge. Congrats to Martinsburg I think. Rain magnet needs some further calibration.

Isolated storm headed right for me.

Residents of Stephens City tending their cacti gardens look up in bewilderment as the newly-moved rain magnet is powered up IMBY for the Shenandoah Valley next weekend.

0.27” and a rainbow

It is now fully operational.

Frost tonight and 90 by Sunday. The bimodal distribution continues

I haven’t moved the rain magnet from my old house yet, so congrats SOMD

Heading back down to Prince Frederick tomorrow to dig up our orange azalea (another one of my favorites) and bring it up here. It's risky, but it's likely to die down at our old place anyway at this rate, as no one's taking care of the yard... By the time we ever find a buyer I think that yard's gonna be stripped bare of plants.

He had a lot of good arrangements, like having his daughter sit on the county planning and zoning committee while also representing him as a realtor Anyway as for garden stuff IMBY… I divided my Lord and Lady Baltimore hibiscus (my favorite flowers at my old house) and brought them up here. The Lord is doing well, the Lady… not so good. I ordered a Korean Fir to plant here too. I wanted one for years, but SOMD was out of the zone range. Hopefully it grows here.

They can put it back after the home is completed though? Instead our builder used to sell it off to their landscaping contractor, who then turned around and bilked the HOA at double the market price for landscaping the common areas (of which the builder at the time sat on the HOA board). Ah, the good old days of Calvert… lmao

Had the same issue when I lived there with our new construction: the builder stole everyone's topsoil and sold it, leaving you with unusable subsoil and sand that they just threw sod over (which looked nice for the final walkthrough but quickly died). Wasted years trying to get anything to grow. If you have the time/money, I'd recommend getting the entire yard covered with several inches of topsoil and re-seed.

I recently read a book on ancient Rome- did you know the “kids these days” routine can even be found back then?

Sorry man, I moved out of Prince Frederick and took the rain (and snow?) with me to the mountains. It really is happening, I knew it would. My old yard in PF is burning up. Driest month ever there since I had started keeping track.

Yikes I just realized the Japanese Maple the previous owners planted just got severely freeze damaged. All the leaves are curled up and black now. It was too big to cover but hopefully it can come back…