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You've been gone so maybe you missed it, but summer has already been declared here. I think a gypsy moth caterpillar in Tolland came out of it's pupa and saw its shadow.

Hopefully the wedge verifies a little more south and convection can rob some of the mid level moisture from making it up here. I’d like to verify on the low end of these 1-2” model runs. We were just finally drying out.

New here?

58° but not a cloud in the sky. Borderline COC here. Maybe after another couple hours of heating.

Weren't you "glad" to have 40s and drizzle yesterday?

It's seemed like a decent stretch of April wx here after the first week. 3.10" so far MTD and a good chunk of that came with warmth and dews.

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I can't even fathom a July like this. http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2012-03-20|2019-04-23&dlyRange=2012-03-20|2019-04-23&mlyRange=|&StationID=50089&Prov=NL&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2019&selRowPerPage=25&Line=7&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=st+johns&timeframe=2&Day=1&Year=2015&Month=7#

1k in Tolland is a nice place to be to escape the extreme summer heat across most of CT. All of those 95F days at BDL while, sipping on Coronas at 1kft, in the NE hills it's only 89F.

More power to you Nick. I couldn't deal with that this time of year. I mean a freak icing event would be cool, but it's like you guys are 30-45 days behind here. 40s and drizzle in June would make me grab the uzi.

You would think someone with a wind fetish would love the numerous wind storms along the shore. I get a little jealous sometimes of the wind events and tropical threats James can get. Up here it's exciting if I get a 45mph gust in CAA. Then in summer, it's a stagnant < 10mph with dews. Airflow is a good thing. I wouldn't mind being right on the lake though.

Currently 57°F

You work at Mitch's house?

I’d be afraid to even go outside and get the mail with them hanging around.

I’d call it aggressive moreso than invasive. When I think invasive I think of something that can propagate and spread multiple ways. Running bamboo has aggressive rhizomes. As long as you properly plant it with proper containment methods (bamboo barrier, etc) it can be properly contained. Then you have the clumping bamboos that don’t spread much at all. My bamboo is in my chicken run as I’m trying to give them some form of grass that is representative of their paleolithic history. They all originated from the tropical red jungle fowl. So yeah, you can’t just throw it in the ground and let it go out of control. And up here in zone 5 it takes quite a beating. Also, there is plenty of bamboo that is native to the southern US. That rivercane I just received is all US native and naturally grows near bodies of fresh water in the SE. It is actually important to the wildlife and ecosystem down there since it remains evergreen all winter. Unfortunately people have been wiping it out over the past century. But even out of control bamboo can be controlled. If you keep mowing down the soft new shoots each spring eventually the rhizomes run out of energy to keep putting out new growth. It takes a few years, but eventually it gives up.

Made it to 61° and wish I lived someplace drier.

OVC 54° at DAW. Sounds epic.

Probably...unless you’re referring to japanese knotweed. But it has a lot more difficulty thriving up here given our relatively extreme winters. It’ll die back every winter here whereas it remains evergreen down there. You also need to maintain control of it. Cutting off the new shoots where you don’t want them helps control the spread. My bamboo from last year looks a little rough right now.

Maybe enough UV left by then to produce a freckle or two?

That would be awesome if you could. I’d assume most of them would be germinating by now down there though?

Any of you guys or gals have some shagbark hickories on your property? I’m looking for some seeds with the full green shell on them to start some trees up here.

Nice. If you find any still in their green shell could you save some for me and take a pic? I’d pay for the shipping if you, or anyone else, could send me a bunch of them. I got 3 seedlings last year, but two look like they may not make it. They’re slow growing and have a massive tap root so it’s tough to plant them unless you do it directly from seed or in one of those D60 pots.

Any of you SNE weenies have any shagbark hickories around? I’m looking for some viable seeds to try planting.

Top 10 day today. 68°