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  1. Carvers Gap
    Yeah...I was the one who complained about how dry spring was getting to be just a few weeks ago.
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    So far, this looks like it will be a good year for squash(have cool Italian and Lebanese heirlooms that I think will produce...Rigosa Friulana and Lebanese, respectfully), okra, melons, strawberries, and beans. As mentioned above, I think my tomatoes will be average in productions. Last year, I had 96 lbs of sweet potatoes pulled from a 25' row. I will gladly take half of that. Those things were massive. The sweet potatoes should do well again this year. I am trying a variety of fingerling potatoes again this year of a bit of an absence. My main crop of potatoes are Cranberry(All Red) and German Butterball.
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    I am definitely considering fruit trees...however, deer are a HUGE problem in my neighborhood. My garden has a 6' fence which deter them, because these deer are relatively and thankfully short. I have a standard Rio Grande fence for the yard which is barely an inconvenience for them - the aforementioned garden fence is Fort Knox w a lower level of chicken wire embedded in the ground to stop groundhogs. I suppose I could cage each tree until they are big enough - would make mowing a pain though. I want to plant plums and apples. I found some dwarf varieties that will work in terms of space. I will likely plant some in the fall if time permits. I had intended to this spring. Keep us updated. Hey, it is raining so much and w the high humidity....I can barely keep my yard mowed! LOL.
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    Thank you for the post and stop by often! I normally trim the yellow leaves off...sometimes I wonder if I spread it by working in the tomatoes by doing this. I usually try to make sure the plants are dry before working in them, and that my scissors are cleaned after each use. I also put diseased plant material well away from the garden. I do rotate my tomatoes. About half of my plants are hybrids that are resistant to blight. However, we have had a period of near tropical warmth and humidity....that is a killer in my garden. Now, I only have one or two plants where the yellowing has begun. I like @Stovepipe 's compost tea idea. I may have to resort to Daconil as a fungicide. I have tried to be generally organic in my garden practices over the past few years, but that can be tough at this latitude w the nightshade family. I did resort to using Sevin this year to hold off some bugs that were in my cucumbers and also in my watermelons. I think one practice that I will discontinue is using wood chips as garden path material near the tomatoes. I have read that chips sometimes can weaken tomato plants. I should get a decent crop, but late season tomatoes may be doomed in my garden - LOL. Another solution might be to plant tomatoes that are early producers? That way they can beat the blight. What I am really looking for is something to slow down the situation - compost tea and Daconil are probably the most realistic fixes. Stove, how do you make your compost tea?
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    I will add that the quickly warming weather has put the kibosh on my fava beans. They needed just normal temps for May....they are similar to peas in that they need it cool. I still may get a few. Ah well, such is life.
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    @StovepipeJust tagging on to your comment in the pattern thread...my garden has gone nuts! That said, I am worried that this humidity is going to allow tomato blight to take hold. Do you have anything that you apply to your tomatoes to keep them from getting the blight that begins as yellow leaves on the bottom of the plant and then works its way up - anti fungal spray or fertilizer?
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    You know when SSWs happen during the winter...often those winters will flip to spring(often ending early and never looking back). Winter weather and temps lasted into mid-April here and then....bam - summer! We went very warm after that. My garden looks like a jungle. I am afraid w the humidity that disease won't be far behind. Might need to post a question in the garden thread come to think of it.....Now, the Euro Weeklies do show a "moderating trend" during July. We will see if that continues to hold during tonight's run. They would imply normal to slightly BN temps for the eastern half of the forum area. Now, as Jeff points out, normal temps in July are still hot though.
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    Looks like sections of I-40 were closed in western NC were closed yesterday and over night due to a mudslide. This morning it has reopened. Those folks in western NC have been getting hammered over the past few weeks. Alberto is heavy rain on top of some already recently heavy amounts. The Nolichucky and French Broad(that flow through the mtns into NE TN) have been full for weeks. Just saw a report on WJHL that folks are defying warnings and tubing the Nolichucky. They have pulled several from the water so far - they being the Erwin swift water rescue team.
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    How is Alberto treating our middle and west TN forum members?
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    Thanks, roll tide. Good info!
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    As discussed earlier, this might be a weather maker next week if the latest NHC cones is remotely close. Looks like they are leaning towards the Euro solution as the GFS brings it up the spine of the Apps at 12z. The 18z GFS now mirrors NHC thinking almost exactly.
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    Maybe a bit more interesting things going on w the weather this week in the forum area. Thanks to @PowellVolz for the heads up.... This is from MRX. By Sunday evening, the airmass becomes increasingly influenced by Alberto which should be nearing the gulf coast, and thus advecting more of a tropical like airmass across the southeast. Moving into Monday, current model progs suggest Alberto sliding inland to the west thanks to the western Atl ridge, before shifting east toward midweek as said ridge weakens and another northern stream trough picks up the cyclone. All said, as usual with these tropical systems, uncertainty is high at this range. Therefore given the fact that profiles will be increasingly moist amidst ample heating each day, think relatively high pops are reasonable. The fcst will highlight mostly chance pops on Monday, ramping up to widespread likely levels by Wednesday. At that point uncertainty becomes so high with the ECMWF pushing Alberto through the OH valley, while the GFS slides the storm just east of the spine of the Appalachians. Thus, the remainder of the periods will feature only mid level chances pops, although this is likely to change. Temperatures through the period will remain above normal levels.
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    Thanks to @nrgjeff for his summer comments in the observation thread. I agree. Definitely hoping that we are leaving the dry pattern. And you make an interesting point that the dry pattern (that we are hopefully leaving) was a continuation of the winter pattern which had noted dry spells. And the "Carvers Gap vacation/tropical coefficient" is definitely alive and well...the 0z Euro and CMC are now on board with the GFS for eastern GOM action in the 8-9 day range. Now, normally I would not buy anything from a model this far out. However, the GFS had this at like d16. I absolutely would never buy anything from a model at that range - unless it is a stratospheric warming event that will cause spring to be bitterly cold OR unless it impacts my family vacation. While it is not a certainty that a TS or hurricane will happen, the likelihood is higher when my crew is making travel plans.
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    Rain has picked-up in coverage and intensity during the past hour. Very thankful for that. It is never a good sign when one is hoping for rain during spring. That said, we may be in the middle of a pattern shift to a wetter scenario. Tough to tell if it is the same pattern which will now yield different precip results as summer sets-in OR if it is a new one w return flow from the GOM. A normal summer(maybe slightly above for temps and precip) pattern appears to be on tap which is fine with me in regards to temps and precip. @nrgjeff, what do you think? Edit...sorry, I should have placed that last question in the pattern discussion thread!
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    It managed to not rain IMBY yesterday. Getting some sprinkles now. Well, at least it was cloudy. MRX has heavy rain for my point and click forecast on Thursday.
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    I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to the rain upcoming mid and late week. I am really tired of watering the garden, and it is only May!!! However, I must say that the plants are looking really good, so I need to count my blessings. But I also have some areas that I have patched w new grass seed(back in March), and that is a pain as well to water. So, I am REALLY looking forward to at least a temporary change towards a wet pattern. Sorry for the "Dear Facebook" post....LOL.
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    Unfortunately, I may have some travels to the SW FL coast shortly after that time frame...so that ups any chances for tropical activity significantly. They have a big red tide problem down there from the last wet spell where they dumped nitrogen rich waters into Charlotte Harbor from Lake O. Some say there is no connection. I say red tide has existed for hundreds of years...but no way that discharge did not impact that bloom. Basically it is a normal phenomenon on steroids. That said, folks down there might actually welcome some unsettled weather which would dilute the bloom and churn the waters. The solution to pollution is dilution, right? Anyway, as soon as I booked the rental...the GFS cooked up some feedback. LOL. I say this because we booked a five day trip into SGI a couple of years ago(in the Panhandle). We arrived light at night w winds buffeting the car as we crossed - 40 mph gusts. It rained for three days straight. We couldn't even use the rental pool due to lightning. Last summer we went to Maine to experience some cool weather during June - hit 90s w severe storms for two days. We are going to Yellowstone later this summer...those folks better prepare.
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    That is a really cool map. Southern Texas is surprising where it has been 698 days since the last twister? Northern Cali is as well where they are only at 40. Also surprised eastern Montana has gone so long without one. They can have some huge thunderstorm complexes during summer. One would think they would spin one up slightly more often.
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    Weeklies...Looking much warmer. Temps are AN to seasonal...very little BN. The BIG news(we will see if it holds) is the BN precip that it depicts. For as much rain as we have had, soil moisture in my garden is very low for this time of the year. Looks like I need to invest in drip irrigation.
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    Yes, the LR is boring right now. BORING!!! LOL.
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    Right now I have lettuce, radishes, broccoli, cabbage, strawberries, rhubarb, potatoes, and fava beans planted. Fava beans are now easily my favorite early, early season crop. Those suckers can survive anything. And they look cool too! Still have a ton to put in the ground. Just ordered some peppers last night. I know it sounds crazy, but getting plants by mail is pretty easy. The plants normally hold-up well during shipping. Ordered sweet potatoes last night from a local Tennessee company. My focus this season will be on Italian heirlooms and Middle Eastern heirlooms, specifically from Iraq and Syria. Italian beans and squashes have a very rich taste. Middle Eastern heirlooms are in serious trouble...so I am growing 3-4 varieties here this year. I like history...so maybe that helps. I also grow several Hispanic varieties of peppers. They have just the right amount of pop when making Mexican dishes. I am trying fingerling potatoes again this year along w a staple russet, German Butterball. I grew peanuts last year and they did well. However, not enough yield in my medium-sized garden to justify the space. Now, if I had a large garden...I would plant peanuts every year. Awesome plant and easy to grow - if you can keep squirrels and chipmunks from digging up the seedlings. They know that a seed is at the base of it. Makes me want to go full Caddyshack on those buggers.
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    Rotational slump? If so, that is going to be an absolute bear to fix. Probably is just the road bed giving way. If it was an ongoing problem, those tree trunks would look like zig zags as they lean, straighten, lean, and straighten again due to the ground sliding. Either way, tough job ahead to stabilize that long term.
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    Potholes are always a pain in the spring time. Looks like they let that one go or too long.
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    That would be pretty much awesome.
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    First, let me say that I don't see any snow in the forecast for the first time since Fall. However, here is another quick update on the Weeklies that arrived last night(spring/early summer version....meaning less detailed). (edit...sorry for the typos!!!) 1. BN temps persist. 2. Seasonal to slightly above normal precip. Very dry weather over the Plains(and spreading into the western areas of the Midwest this run). Was a bit too close for comfort during this run. 3. I suspect(though not seeing anything to support my idea) that the blocking up top might lead to a flip to AN temps during summer. Somewhere in the back of my mind I have "filed away" that blocking during winter which leads to cold....that the same pattern leads to AN temps during summer. Maybe the ENSO flirting with a weak Nino could blunt that? Have a great weekend, everyone.
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