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Fake flurries falling on a fake cold day in late April. Yup.

Flurries are more like light snow now.

OMG the birds wrecked my berry crop last year and those damned furry critters ruined half the tomatoes. I think I need to replace one of the blueberry bushes, it doesn't seem to be coming back, just laid in 36 seedling pots in the house but I think I'm going to get another tray. Tomatoes this year will be in an upside down hanging thing, no bugs and the furry critters seem to ignore those. I need to make some wooden boxes for potatoes, I want to do a couple of different types this year. Not sure what to do about corn because that's another one the chipmunks seemed to like.

I deal with outside and do all gardening and overall facilities upkeep and maintenance, my wife feeds us. I like to eat so...

Heheh my problem is with much smaller critters but our 2 dogs may have solved that, they caught a couple of moles over the last few months so maybe this year I don't have half eaten heads of lettuce problems.

I think this may end up being the year our property ends up looking more parklike than ever before but I'm going to try to reduce the amount of grass to mow. It seems like 5 days a week we're doing hours of yardwork. We have some good sized projects ahead. If it comes together right we'll have a food producing setup like nobody else in the 'hood.

Yup third below 30 here too, not what I expected out of April this year that's for sure.

1 hour ago, Rjay said:

A lot better than I was.   Still really fatigued though.  

Tired is better than the alternative   Glad you're recovering and feeling better!

Light white rain here

The whole Taconics region of Dutchess and Columbia Counties is pretty cool. The depressed nature is somewhat offputting but the towns are cozy and useful. The mountains and forests are awesome though and for all the years I've been exploring them I'm not even halfway through the spots I want to check out.

37* and dreary. Ick. 

35° and pretty heavy... rain

10 minutes ago, Animal said:

Light snow falling 

What's your temperature?

Yeah I sure didn't expect to see snow in my p&c at this point after how warm it has been. What year was it that April into May we had 5 weeks of perfect weather without a drop of rain? I want that one back. Instead I get to walk around the property in the mud picking up all the branches that came down yesterday and there's lots of them. I'm glad I didn't put the garden together last month when I wanted to. 

Jockey Hill is kickass, that network had nearly faded away and then over the last few years got totally rebuilt and expanded. Now it's a destination spot that can be connected to a few others so it's blowing up (in a good way). When I want quiet I go to Patterson, only the lower section of the county land gets used so there's another 15 miles of trail that are empty so I park up top and ride the road a little so I don't have to park near other people.

Yeah it's great, there's easily 20 miles of trails in the 3 main sections and they're super fun. Not terribly difficult but that's ok because they make ya laugh. Hopefully the chill keeps the crowds down otherwise I expect that place to be a zoo. I'm heading to a more out of the way spot. Want a tour? 

3 hours ago, Hitman said:

I caught two graupel showers.  First in the Bronx, then up in Yorktown where i got pelted with strong winds.  Felt great.

Bring your bike next time you're going through Y'town, the trails there are a bunch of fun. You know the footbridge over the Taconic? That connects two of the three zones and there are 3 more to the southeast from FDR Park towards downtown and then two more on the south side of town.

I had light snow all the way up to heavy graupel that fell for long enough to coat the ground in pellets even though it was 44*. That was pretty cool. 

Yeah I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for those last flakes of the season tonight or early tomorrow morning. 

I was just playing around with that site but don't see a place to see historical info. It would be nice to compare now with the same time last year.

Yesterdays p&c had us dry for the next 4-5 days other than some showers today, now it's wet more than dry  This sux, I want to be outside doing things not stuck inside with the wife and kidz all the time.

Many long low rumbles here with a short bout of torrential rain. 

10 minutes ago, rclab said:

Nor is the delight of being trapped with two felines that think your the entertainment committee. As always......

Try 21 year old twin daughters that are stuck with their old parents. 

This dreary weather isn't helping being stuck at home. 

Well, settling into our new normal doing some bike riding and starting to clean the house. Slowly. I could live with weather like yesterday and today for a month straight, see what y'all can do about that would ya. 

In all the chaos leading up to being stuck at home I forgot to check the oil, doesn't it figure that the last cold shot with snow is the night that we run out  Not sure if we can get a delivery today but they said they'd try otherwise I have to go out and get 5 gallons of diesel. I really don't want to go anywhere right now.

9 hours ago, rclab said:

Well done. Not sure how I would feed a sparrow. She seems to have done well and adapted to her domestic habitat. Frankly I’ve never known anyone to have the success you have had with an indigenous species. She probably doesn’t miss the company of her fellows as both of you have become that for her. Sadly yesterday what looks like a long billed shore bird hit the back parlor floor window of my row house. The poor fellow was dead on impact. It was the first time in 45 years living there that I experienced that. He must have been lost or pursued because he hit the widow at high speed, as always .......

 

I have birds fly into the windows pretty often. We have a big picture window that kills a half dozen a year and injures many more. The sunroom windows get beat up by birds flying into them, I think they see the plants inside and go to land on them but find a sheet of glass in the way.

2 hours ago, Hitman said:

I think we’ll be ok with food.  Are the nurseries going to be open to sell plants?

No Whole Foods will get some, not like usual but, between that and the seeds I have I can get started. There are a few farms I can ride by that might have seed potato and garlic so that's part of the plan. Hardware stores are considered essential and will be open so will they do their usual, will HD and Lowes? 

I know a few people in the food delivery chain and they are talking about shortages in some categories, mostly peripherals so far but that's fluid. Grow your own