amarshall Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Is it possible to forecast when the end of this awful pine pollen is? I need to stain a deck and it's nearly yellow out this morning. Sheets and sheets of pine pollen and its been going on for at least 5 days with no end in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Pine pollen should be peaking now, Its at it's worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, dryslot said: Pine pollen should be peaking now, Its at it's worst. Peaked here a week ago and is pretty much done now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 27 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Peaked here a week ago and is pretty much done now. That's good, Its peaking here, Its usually second week of June so we are on schedule, Went from a dark green truck to a lime green one............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Just now, dryslot said: That's good, Its peaking here, Its usually second week of June so we are on schedule. Early last week I was sitting in the kitchen and yelled to my wife and kid to come look at the yellow snow falling, just a fog of yellow in the air every time the wind blew. Oddly, although my wife has some pretty bad allergies, that is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 13 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Not a fan of the title. post a poll here with 4 choices, let the people contribute. Novel McNovelbook Second Novel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Early last week I was sitting in the kitchen and yelled to my wife and kid to come look at the yellow snow falling, just a fog of yellow in the air every time the wind blew. Oddly, although my wife has some pretty bad allergies, that is not one of them. Blowing right out of the pines like a sheet of yellow, When i was down in the lakes region you could see it like a wall blowing across the lake, It was disgusting and frustrating keeping the boats clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, dendrite said: Another 32F for BML. Should be a 50F range there today. Thoughts and prayers to Alex’s tomatoes. Poor Alex at Bretton Woods. 3 nights in a row of 32F or below. I believe. 31.2F, 31.6F and last night 32F. Get those plants growing again, I think your safe till about August 15th up there in your cold hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, dryslot said: Blowing right out of the pines like a sheet of yellow, When i was down in the lakes region you could see it like a wall blowing across the lake, It was disgusting and frustrating keeping the boats clean. Not a huge pine pollen year here - though there's plenty it's not like 2 years ago when it looked like there might be enough to shovel. Worst pollen I ever saw was from red spruce, at Gardner Pond, some 25 miles SW from Ft. Kent. The stuff formed a bathtub ring on the lee shore that was 2 feet wide and 2-3" thick. Temps were quite warm and all that organic stuff began to stink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, tamarack said: Not a huge pine pollen year here - though there's plenty it's not like 2 years ago when it looked like there might be enough to shovel. Worst pollen I ever saw was from red spruce, at Gardner Pond, some 25 miles SW from Ft. Kent. The stuff formed a bathtub ring on the lee shore that was 2 feet wide and 2-3" thick. Temps were quite warm and all that organic stuff began to stink. Its not good here, A lot of white pines around me, I have seen worse years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 23 minutes ago, tamarack said: Not a huge pine pollen year here - though there's plenty it's not like 2 years ago when it looked like there might be enough to shovel. Worst pollen I ever saw was from red spruce, at Gardner Pond, some 25 miles SW from Ft. Kent. The stuff formed a bathtub ring on the lee shore that was 2 feet wide and 2-3" thick. Temps were quite warm and all that organic stuff began to stink. It just started picking up down here. Waves of it blowing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Well, the damage from the several consecutive days of frost and freezes has gotten pretty obvious. Even perennials suffered, and my super duper hardy grape vines are all nice and crisp. Everything should recover but when you have such a shirt growing season to begin with, it's definitely not going to be a great year for the garden. Oh well... There's always winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, alex said: Well, the damage from the several consecutive days of frost and freezes has gotten pretty obvious. Even perennials suffered, and my super duper hardy grape vines are all nice and crisp. Everything should recover but when you have such a shirt growing season to begin with, it's definitely not going to be a great year for the garden. Oh well... There's always winter. Alex, you should really think about a greenhouse. Take the $ you save on AC and buy one of these. https://www.amazon.com/VINGLI-Greenhouse-Reinforced-Gardening-Galvanised/dp/B07CYS8DPB/ref=sr_1_26?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1528823364&sr=1-26&keywords=greenhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: Alex, you should really think about a greenhouse. Take the $ you save on AC and buy one of these. https://www.amazon.com/VINGLI-Greenhouse-Reinforced-Gardening-Galvanised/dp/B07CYS8DPB/ref=sr_1_26?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1528823364&sr=1-26&keywords=greenhouse Already have one! But it's not quite the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 A now-retired co-worker who lives a few miles west of CAR had (probably still has) a medium-size greenhouse. He'd overwinter tropical stull like lemon trees and bananas inside, then move their big pots out during the warm wx - had some nice lemon crops, but after 3 years with no fruit the banana was abandoned to the frost one autumn. He grew better melons up there than I could when I lived south of Augusta, but he also really worked at it. He'd spend entire weekends transplanting seedlings into peat pots, both for his own garden and to sell at farmers' markets. One summer when his 2 girls were in 1st/3rd grade, back around 1990, they were selling cukes 3-for-a-quarter from their front yard, and made over $200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Blustery evening here. One damp day tomorrow, some heat Sunday/Monday pollen talk...it’s been bad here but letting up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 9 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Poor Alex at Bretton Woods. 3 nights in a row of 32F or below. I believe. 31.2F, 31.6F and last night 32F. Get those plants growing again, I think your safe till about August 15th up there in your cold hole! Hehe. Third year in a row that I plant tomatoes - and fail. Who knows maybe we won't get a frost till October and they'll be fine! Highly unlikely. My kale and Swiss chard are doing great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 23 hours ago, CTValleySnowMan said: I'm not an English teacher but the grammar sounds off a bit unless that is the intent with the repetitive title. Perhaps a "Dawn to Dusk or "From Dawn until Dusk" may be options if those names are not already taken. It always created with the intent necessary to capture the essence of the novel topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCAPEWEATHERAF Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Maybe a title of From Dawn til Dusk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Jimmy: My Little Weenie...And His Novel Idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hey, all novelists struggle to get their title right. Did you know Tolstoy originally wanted to call his book "War, What Is It Good For?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 What in the sam hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Dews tickling 60F today are noticeable compared to the low 40s we've been having as of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 30 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Dews tickling 60F today are noticeable compared to the low 40s we've been having as of late. Dews are mid-60s here at work (based on KFIT's last report)... might add a degree or two. Def noticible in my building. Better than yesterday when we had a major plumbing issue and the entire building reeked of sewage. Neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Welcome rains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Dews are mid-60s here at work (based on KFIT's last report)... might add a degree or two. Def noticible in my building. Better than yesterday when we had a major plumbing issue and the entire building reeked of sewage. Neat It's only 60F at TAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 19 hours ago, alex said: Hehe. Third year in a row that I plant tomatoes - and fail. Who knows maybe we won't get a frost till October and they'll be fine! Highly unlikely. My kale and Swiss chard are doing great though. Some places just aren't suitable for warm-weather crops. The owner of a large logging outfit in NW Maine, with an office is just to the American side of the border across from St.-Pamphile, PQ, lost his tomatoes 4th of July week 4 straight years before throwing in the towel. It was a flat at 1,000' with gentle hills both east and west to allow the cold to gather right at the garden. When we lived on the flats in Ft. Kent, we saw flakes in both June and August, and a frost on 7/31/78 - singed my pumpkins and killed the beans next door. Taters, carrots, all the crucifers should be okay, but for tomatoes, peppers, squash, cukes, some sort of season-extending shelter is probably required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said: It's only 60F at TAN. Managed to get up to 64F but temps were only a few degrees warmer than that so it did not feel so bad out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 The 5 minutes of rain today was a little disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Managed to get up to 64F but temps were only a few degrees warmer than that so it did not feel so bad out. 67F max dew at KFIT. Temps were low so not real bad. A breeze, too. Just a bit muggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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