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Sounds like you need a few umbrella sockets installed around the pool edge! They can make all the difference in stretches of high heat like this...just being able to escape the sun for a bit without having to get out of the pool.

yeah...kind of ridiculous. Great for a night swim but not very refreshing during the day.

hit 97 yesterday and 96 the day before.... pool temp is 88!

@nw baltimore wx That's awesome...I agree, it has been a great growing season so far. I pulled a few hornworms off some tomato plants the other day. Those suckers waste no time gorging themselves...I have seen them plow through a green tomato and leave what looks like someone took a perfect bite out of it. You would definitely see their waste pile beneath that tomato if this was the case. Otherwise, a live trap set with some watermelon in it should catch the critter. You can then relocate it or...return your neighbor's cat!

Beautiful sight in the garden this morning. Loads of honey bees creating a steady buzz....frantically moving from flower to flower, legs and abdomens covered in pollen. I haven't seen this kind of activity from honey bees in years. So cool to watch them in action...

06z euro trying to push many areas past the century mark on sunday.

A nice .44" soaking yesterday. Just in time for the deck belt on my mower to break. I can hear the grass growing now....

First drops of rain here in 9 days. .37" in the gauge this morning.

Slow day...Check out that outflow boundary in Nebraska though. Wild looking...time sensitive of course.

I thought ticks were noticeably worse this years as well. My wife was just (30 days ago) diagnosed with Lyme disease. Fortunately, it was caught in the first 30 days or so as she had classic symptoms of early lyme. Symptoms were so close to COVID we really thought she had contracted the virus somehow but the test came back neg as symptoms worsened. Once the rash started we knew we were dealing something else. Hope your boy is on the mend here soon.

Was in the garden yesterday evening preparing to water things and just happened to notice the rain gauge. Completely oblivious that we received .54" Tuesday night. Had to go inside and look up the radar loop to convince myself that my kids weren't messing with me! No need to water.....it actually happened. lol

It really seems to be random sometimes. We have 4 nice, lush basil plants that added to a great caprese salad Saturday... Today 2 of the 4 have been ravaged by June bugs. All of the plants are within 2 feet of each other. The other two are untouched. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Great storm. Not much wind but a ton of T&L...torrential rain and pretty long duration too. 1.27" from that one. 1.65" for the day so far.

Any chance of rotation with these storms today? I'll defer to those more knowledgeable... Looks like a little rotation passing through Inwood right now...

0.0 for the past 4 days.....parched. What a string of bad luck....

BUSTED! A week from now these would have hatched and proceeded to destroy a vibrant zucchini plant....

.31" for the month of June so far. The yard is parched.....Hopefully a nice soaking tonight. I was pruning some excess leaves out of our squash a zucchini plants yesterday to encourage some better airflow and found squash bugs. I have been trying to figure out what the heck has been munching on the leaves. First time I have seen them in our gardens...

Pretty much everything except root veggies and greens. Ive used it mostly for tomatoes and vine veggies. It's easy to train the vines over or around the mound. On a side note...I pulled the wood chips off the top of the bed this late winter and added about 3" of our compost to the top and placed the wood chips back. The only thing I have actually planted this spring is the row of tomatoes you see across the top. Everything else is volunteer. 2 zucchini, 1 yellow squash, 2 cucumbers and 3 of something that I am not quite sure yet what they are. They look like cantaloupe.

Dont worry...I had never heard of it either as of about 2 years ago. I was researching permaculture and found this method (huglekultur) is just a piece the permaculture pie. Thought I would give it a try where we had an existing garden that was too far away to water regularly. Honestly, I have yet to water this bed for 2 years. I do water seedlings until their root structure can reach the dampness about 6" down. Here was the process a few years ago.

Hugelkultur bed is thriving....Actually, everything is doing pretty well. Plants are loving these brilliant sunny days. Peas

Yeah, the C MD split has been frustrating today....we'll see what happens with the stuff west of Winchester. A quick downpour here (maybe 30 seconds) dropped the temp 10 degrees.

Looking West from Jefferson Maryland. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Slugs are out in full force with the damp and humid weather. Read an article last year that manual removal of slugs on a regular basis is the best prevention. After many attempts using every realistic method out there this ended up proving most effective. I was outside with a headlamp every night picking slugs of our plants. Unfortunately, it was too little too late last year....the damage was already done to the cabbage and broccoli. Instead of waiting for the attack during spring this year I started throwing green cabbage leaves from the grocery store into the gardens. I was able to remove almost 2 dozen slugs from the gardens this evening that were snacking on the cabbage leaves. It took me about a week last year to really reduce the population...I am hoping this method will at least give me a solid head start this year and hopefully make the difference. Would love to have a healthy cabbage and broccoli harvest this year. Plants are looking healthy so far...All that can change in one night though if I'm not vigilant.

Smart.. And I should know better. I was able to to save everything. A few burnt leaves here and there but nothing that will kill the plant. One... Maybe 2 more nights to contend with. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

I shouldnt have planted....but I did. Ive got my work cut out for me tonight after the rain ends. Should be fun at 9pm trying to get everything covered. I am hoping the wind keeps us from a hard freeze. Freaking ridiculous man...