Juliancolton

The NHC has been naming subtropical systems for almost 20 years. I'm not sure of the exact rationale, but in theory, STCs can pose many of the same hazards as TCs.

So 15 days ago, same as @Brian5671

For deer, electric fences suffer the same limitation as any other fence in that unless they're minimum 7 feet high, they're as good as no fence at all. I use a little Havahart electrified system as a last defense against breaches in the chicken wire and deer netting. That's about where I draw the line though... before you know it you've built Fort Knox and spent 5 grand to grow $17 worth of tomatoes

Always a bummer. Hopefully she can get a backup planted soon. First fireflies spotted tonight, made me smile to see.

I've long used sanitizer or washed hands after pushing a shopping cart. Some things are just grody even without covid.

What kind of fence? Rabbits can fit through surprisingly tiny gaps and let none of their meal go to waste

Sunday 5/9: 36F Monday: 41 Tuesday: 36 Wednesday: 35 Thursday: 33 Friday: 36

Pollen levels are biblical right now. It's like all the rain just made trees produce twice as much of the stuff.

I sprinkled some extra cherry blossom petals in mine to keep the dry deficit going

I swear that people have to swim to their computers so they can post about the dry conditions. It just won't quit raining.

Being the day before Mother's Day, there are tons of outdoor crafts fairs and other vendor shows planned for the 8th. After we missed out on a year of sales from those types of events, it would be a real kick in the nads to lose the day to a nor'easter.

0.66" here. No wind to speak of yet. I'll be watching for any flakes tonight. NAM seems pretty bullish on that front.

That mid-afternoon warm push meant business today. Highs around the area seemed pretty in-line with that extended HRRR map from last night, go figure.

Me ftl

Certainly a toasty one, especially without much acclimation so far. 77 here as well. At least dews aren't bad, yet.

Well that's not happening, HRRR ftl.

Who wants to make a run at 90F tomorrow?

Quite chilly out there today with the unexpectedly gusty wind. It certainly can't be said that we didn't get a "real" spring this year. Months and months between last real snow and first sustained warmth.

Garden threads invariably devolve into just lawn minutiae, nobody needs that kind of energy in their life. Everything in my hoop house is thriving. Even on these cool and windy days, as long as that late April sun is shining, it's bound to be toasty in there. Electric heater keeps it AOA 70F at night, which is when the young plants do most of their growing. The only tranche still inside under grow lights is tomatoes. Even though natural light would be a little better for their short-term vigor, I like to let them get just a bit more established so they have better odds of fending off any minor pathogen pressure once the hardening off stage starts. I've had a couple season-ending early blight outbreaks from just the most tenuous contamination sources. A worse heartbreak I've never known.

Lows were 30.0F yesterday and 30.2F today. Nothing too terribly remarkable, but we gladly take boring at this critical point of the growing season.

Some pictures in the aftermath of the Amenia, NY tornado

Very well could have been the precursor circulation to the confirmed Kent touchdown. This is pretty bonkers.

Hmm, looks like a bumpy shelf cloud to me but static pictures don't always tell the whole story. Pretty gnarly looking in any case... contrasts nicely with the snow flurries falling this morning.