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Took a walk out to the stream in the back woods looking for more chestnuts with seeds, but no luck. However, I did find a lot of elm trees up and down the stream. They were in fairly poor condition with tall, lanky boughs and somewhat soggy bark, but some of them had a decent canopy. I assume our seeds tend to fall in May? I may collect some then. Looks more like a slippery elm versus american elm, correct?

avocados work pretty well too

It has left some literally speechless.

Thanks. I did more reading last night. I haven’t noticed a lot of downy mildew here but we certainly get the powdery mildew annually. By August the cuke leaves turn yellow...even with a trellis. Are there any hop varieties that you craft brew guys tend to prefer? Maybe one for aroma and one for bitterness?

You think Sunday’s that bad? Monday should be beautiful. Maybe we can pull off some afternoon 50s with the rain.

It has snowed on Mount Washington in July and they’re closer to the sun than us.

Warm but low dews = nbd

I did notice the GFS was painting some blue on the back side of that nrn stream system...then it went bonkers after phasing with Dori. Roadtrip to Labrador for Nick. Wreckhouse wind warning?

The yore of all yores toward d9-10 after models pass Dori to our east. Obvi lots of caveats with that.

51.8° This is our torch day right?

Any of you weenies grow your own hops? Any recommendations for cold hardy and disease resistant varieties for up here? I plan on planting them on the west side of my chicken run (south side is grapes) as there will be plenty of nitrogen, organic material, and beneficial fungi leeching into the root systems from there. I see a lot of people growing cascade and centennial. Would a small potted plant or a healthy rhizome transplant easier?

idk...it's MPM though. It's important to know which side of the street averages more QPF.

Troy, NY?

Promote increases in the bat population and other beneficial insects that eat mosquitoes? There's just not enough cases for me to warrant the spraying. You can protect yourself somewhat from them with proper clothing and/or body sprays as well. If you want to personally spray your own yard, go for it. I think the skeeter boom around here is more due to the overall trend for dewy summers and much above normal rainfall. Yeah, I know some of you need rain right now, but region wide it's been a freshet from the skies for the last 20 years. We need a few years like the 60s or 80s with some cracking scorched earth.

A little dewy, but not bad with the cooler temps. Should continue drying out too.

We definitely seem to have more consistent summer convection up here versus the coastal counties. It’s not like the picnic tables but at least it’s rare for me to go over a week without a decent drink. Luckily we hold water well too.

1.14” in the tipper

They reported snow during that winter so it very well may have been just rain. Saw a few 12-20" totals perusing around the forms and a 21.6" in S. Londonderry.

1.02" and pouring

I expect to see you jackpotted by the time I wake up at 530a.

C/N NH is laughing at all of those GFS runs.

I’m not a fan of the aerial spraying of anvil 10-10. A few people got EEE...it sucks. But people die in car accidents everyday. People get cancer. People get other ailments...some self inflicted like diet. This stuff is killing more than mosquitoes. It’s probably killing beneficial insects including bees too. Yeah, it has a short half life, but who knows what the long term effects of spraying it everywhere through the air is.

Models have it raining in TAN almost up until sunrise...gotta let it play out.