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Got in a drone flight this morning before the storm takes the leaves. The warm water of Newfound Lake always form the fog cloud on cold mornings.

I have a doctors appt in Plymouth on Thursday AM. Depending on how it works out I might take a quick ride up to Franconia Notch. I also watch Alex's cam to see what is happening around 1500 feet in the Whites.

Great day. High of 64F. Peak foliage in my opinion was this AM. Southwest wind is bringing down leaves. This weeks storm should bring down all the leaves except the oaks. Stick season begins in a few days.

56.4/56 Light rain about .20" Temperature has fallen 6F over the past few hours. There was a gusty SW wind this morning but with the falling temperatures it's still SW but very light. Was that the front?

Loving today's warmup. Up to 55.5F at 145pm. CAD rules

Starting October here socked in the low clouds at my house. 51F. Got almost .20" of welcomed rain last night. Further north brought plenty of rain in September while areas a bit further south missed out. Today warm air lurks to the south. Will it make it in here later? First true fall cold air to move in soon to end the growing season for all. Perhaps the first flakes for some too??

Hum, thr granite theory. I just don't know. I posted a picture on this thread back on Aug 22nd of the clear cut area we did that is now lawn. All granite a couple inches under the top and the grass/weed mix that I keep mowed is fine. So Im stumped

Why don't you do it now? Every day you wait is one less day grass has to establish. Young grass is more susceptible to frost and you start all over again each spring. Just my 2 cents. Oh, when we moved the house 6 years ago I did try some seeding in Sept. Didn't work just the winter wheat that I threw on steep slopes came up. Then hydroseeded the next May and with lots of watering that took

Hi Lava, I only skim this thread from time to time. Just my opinion but if you are going to overseed you should do it ASAP. Everything slows way down, wasn't it last fall they hydroseeded too late? If I were going to plant grass I would have done it a week or two ago. Longer night and less sun angle starts cooling the soil. Yesterday was the first day I mowed down to 3.5". Normally I mow at 4" all summer. Nights in the 40's will be common soon Good luck

I don't know he had psychological issues. Thanks for setting me straight.

I'm a friend of Josh and that was a really stupid comment. A lot of people are worried

Nope, the Ash Borer is not up here yet. We have several beautiful Ash trees on our property. Lots of them around. I know it's coming. The forest will not look the same for a long time. Really sad

My lawns and gardens have enjoyed the 1.5" of rain the past week or so. Look good. Really no fair to compare to Lava because I hired a lawn care company that has a fertilizing program. Once a month they come, each month with different applications. I also have a tree service that applies deep root fertizler once a season for my Red Maple, Horse chestnut and Ash which is in this picture

Jeez Lava you have put so much energy into your lawn. I am no lawn expert. A couple of ideas. Make sure you keep mowing so the crabgrass doesn't reseed. About this time of year it grows those tall shoots with the triangles that have the seed. Make sure more seeds don't fall down to make next season even worse. Then maybe just let it be. Green is green. We bought 15 acres of forest up our road about 12 years ago. Clear cut a portion for views. I never seeded or did anything. Just mow it once a month or so. It now has a pretty nice lawn. Not perfect grass but mowed it looks fine to me. Maybe your lawn would look the same? Looks like it faces south to get mid day sun? Here's a pic of the lawn up the road.

We own a 15 acre parcel looking over Newfound Lake. I don't do anything to the grass, just mow once a month. With frequent rains this summer it looks darn good. Anyone want to picnic or camp on it? Free to any AMWX members! Private night under the stars for sure!

My fields have so many wild flowers right now. They seem to have exploded the past week. It gets really hard to cut when it gets really high and I love the look of nice cut low fields but I know how important the flowers are to the bees/insects/butterflies. Bottom line I'll wait to mow and leave patches for the wildlife.

Alex, everything is so late, still waiting for my first 80F. I guess the Lupine Festival is a bit like the Cherry Blossoms in DC. Each year is different, this is certainly a late one!

Last year we started some Lupine by seed. Started the plants indoors and mid-summer they were big enough to put along the stone wall right across the road from our house. They came back up this year. Gave them some Miracle Grow earlier this spring and they have taken off. Not quite at peak but getting close.

This cool, wet season is really making my lawn green......okay I'll be honest. I hired a company this year to fertilize. They came earlier this spring and applied the fertilizer with weed killer. My lawn looks fantastic but I know it's not good for the environment. I asked if they can use an organic product and they said yes. So going forward this season this is what they will use. Apple trees are peaking with blossoms this year. It's a great year for the blossoms. Some years I don't have many blossoms and some years I do. So lots of apples for the deer. Last summer was very dry as I missed almost every thunderstorm. Wonder if they were stressed and that helped this season? Don't trees/flowers produce more fruit after a stressful time. Will have to Google that... Pictures of the front lawn and a few of the apple trees.

Just finished the first mowing of the fields and the 2nd mow of the lawn. Apple trees are just starting to leaf out. If anyone likes mowing hit me up. Actually putting on headsets with some music and riding my 52" zero turn is enjoyable.

Leaf out is around 25-50% as of today Sat 18th. Usually, things are pretty much full green in my area by the 20th so running quite a bit behind. Looking at this picture the trees on my hill seem further along than around Newfound Lake. Maybe the cold water is keeping the temperatures a bit cooler down below? I don't know

A mistake I sometimes see with people putting down grass seed is that they just sprinkle it on top or lightly rake it in. A thin coating of top soil over the grass seed and keeping it moist without letting it dry out goes a long way. Soil temperature really helps too.

My pussy willow tree looks kind of similar to this right now. Past the fuzzy soft stage and not leafed out yet.

Is this the same bamboo that I see down in Maryland? What a disaster down there. When I grew up there was none. Then people started planting it. It spreads like crazy with roots that make it almost impossible to stop. It seems everywhere now. About 10 years ago the neighbors next to my folk's house decided to plant a small amount to camouflage their trash can container. It has spread rapidly covering up about 1/4 of the backyard going now into my folk's property. They have hired professionals to try to irritate them, even brought in a small backhoe but they can't get all the roots and it's out of control. It is now banned in the state. Be careful with this stuff.

Wow on the grass green up. It was totally brown just 2 days ago and now the yard is green. I have never seen it change so fast. These endless hours of high dews and temps are doing their work. Next up is the forest. Still waiting on forsythia or those Norway maples then everything goes all at once.