wxmeddler Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I found that beneath the grass (which I just mowed), I had mushrooms growing in my lawn.. Mushrooms! What lawn in a "severe drought" has mushrooms.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 5 hours ago, wxmeddler said: I found that beneath the grass (which I just mowed), I had mushrooms growing in my lawn.. Mushrooms! What lawn in a "severe drought" has mushrooms.... Maybe the severe drought was the friends we made along the way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frd Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Tomatoes. eggplants, peppers and squash all doing great so far. I keep pruning the tomatoe suckers and its working out wonderfully. The lawn soil moisture % is very good, but the heat is preventing it from looking better. Last August trended drier as the month went on, I had a 34 % soil moisture near August 1 st and then it steadily declined to about 19 % by Sept 1 st. Maybe this August will be different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Damn...just realized that I hadn't created this thread like I normally do from year to year. Garden is OK this year. L:eafy vegetables and herbs are doing great and my jalapenos are killer. Tomatoes are less than good. I got them started late and planted them a little later than ideal when they were smaller than I would normally plant them. I'm also noticeably not getting quite as much sun as in years past with neighbors' trees growing really tall and wide at this point, so that certainly can't help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 I asked a friend to go harvest while I’m gone and she sent this pic. Obviously, peppers and basil are doing well, but tomatoes are always late for me and just coming on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 Afraid to jinx this, but in addition to fewer cicadas this year, I feel I can confidently say fewer laternflies as well. Especially at work in Greenbelt. Last year they just covered the front of the building on warm days. Only even seen a couple this year there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, WxUSAF said: Afraid to jinx this, but in addition to fewer cicadas this year, I feel I can confidently say fewer laternflies as well. Especially at work in Greenbelt. Last year they just covered the front of the building on warm days. Only even seen a couple this year there. This is the first year down in Calvert that I've seen lantern flies. Fortunately, the vast majority that I've seen have just been the leftover wings littered on my driveway. Apparently the birds find them tasty, which means I think the threat of them is somewhat overblown, luckily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, WxUSAF said: Afraid to jinx this, but in addition to fewer cicadas this year, I feel I can confidently say fewer laternflies as well. Especially at work in Greenbelt. Last year they just covered the front of the building on warm days. Only even seen a couple this year there. They're all in Morgan Run on the trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 8 hours ago, WxUSAF said: Afraid to jinx this, but in addition to fewer cicadas this year, I feel I can confidently say fewer laternflies as well. Especially at work in Greenbelt. Last year they just covered the front of the building on warm days. Only even seen a couple this year there. I read an article recently that implied that they initially establish heavily in an area for a couple of years and then begin to die off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTy Posted Friday at 08:53 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:53 PM It's hell week for moths. 3hrs a day out in this weather changing out sleeves. Another 2-3 more.days of this nightmare and I'm on the other side of the bell curve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted Saturday at 03:05 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:05 PM Cicadas are finally here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted Saturday at 04:12 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:12 PM Last year I was stomping lantern flies everywhere. Seems only had to stomp a few this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted Saturday at 04:15 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 04:15 PM 2 minutes ago, wxmeddler said: Last year I was stomping lantern flies everywhere. Seems only had to stomp a few this year. I saw a ton of nymphs last month but far fewer adult flies. Obvious assumption is that something figured out they were good eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted Saturday at 04:27 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:27 PM 11 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: I saw a ton of nymphs last month but far fewer adult flies. Obvious assumption is that something figured out they were good eating Yeah, this is my experience. I was worried that they were going to be everywhere, but there just haven't been that many adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEndlessMaze Posted yesterday at 03:09 PM Share Posted yesterday at 03:09 PM Can I get away with planting a dwarf Alberta Spruce IMBY this weekend? Or is it too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Despite me taking the best day of this week to mow, more than a week after the last meaningful rainfall, the bottom of my grass was still soaked and stalled the mower aft it choked on grass soup. Drought my ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago On 8/15/2026 at 12:15 PM, WxUSAF said: I saw a ton of nymphs last month but far fewer adult flies. Obvious assumption is that something figured out they were good eating Have done some reading about this, and it seems that they like trees of heaven, which smell like shit and apparently make the lanternflies taste like shit. If an area doesn’t have too many of those trees, then the bugs are more readily predated upon. Sounds plausible to this non-entomologist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago As for lawns, I’ve got a huge bare spot in my backyard where we’ve had a 14’ diameter trampoline since Christmas. Trying to figure out if I want to try to fix it with seeding or go the sod route. The rest of the back lawn is a bit of a mess, so I’ll be aerating, laying down topsoil in spots, and overseeding to try to tidy it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted 31 minutes ago Share Posted 31 minutes ago 35 minutes ago, mattie g said: As for lawns, I’ve got a huge bare spot in my backyard where we’ve had a 14’ diameter trampoline since Christmas. Trying to figure out if I want to try to fix it with seeding or go the sod route. The rest of the back lawn is a bit of a mess, so I’ll be aerating, laying down topsoil in spots, and overseeding to try to tidy it up. Sod is immediate satisfaction, but if the rest of the yard needs work, and you’re already committed to aerating and seeding the existing lawn, I’d go the seed route. Totally bare areas that have been covered tend to respond well to seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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