Dry here. It was clear all morning, but clouds have moved in from the NE now. I assume that’s the BD. With the rain more north than progged there should be quite the wetbulbing acceleration later right through SNE.
Supposedly blue ash has shown the most resistance to EAB, but unfortunately that’s not native to New England. I have a bunch of ash growing here that hasn’t succumbed yet.
And oh yeah, we pawpaw...
And the american chestnut tree out in the back woods of my yard is leafing out. If you click and zoom you can see how much skinnier the leaves are compared to the beech tree on the left in the 2nd picture. It’s getting to be that size where the blight should start becoming a problem. The tree is developing some slight furrows near the bottom.
Gonna try the hortimulch from dirt doctors, in CON, on top of my garden beds this year. It’s a blend of aged spruce, fir, and hemlock mulch mixed with compost. After seeing how it looks I may spread it around the shrubs too. Good stuff.
Haven't seen many deer flies here either although we had a ton of them growing up in S NH. The mosquitoes are coming out now and the black flies were only a 7/10 tonight compared to 10/10 the past week.