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Post by mskrieger on May 1, 2018 10:38:24 GMT -5
Same here, william. It's a classic cold to hot spring, the kind we get a lot around here and ruins my ambitions for fava beans and often my peas as well. However, it would be a nice long season for cucurbits...I might just plant right after last frost date (May 15) if the weather stays warm. |
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Post by reed on May 1, 2018 15:28:48 GMT -5
Yep, straight from cold and wet just a few days ago, now 85 with dry wind. Lots of stuff is going in the ground tomorrow although I know from experience the cold could be back any time. One year grapes were completely leaved out with clusters of little fruit when it all got frozen dead, most varieties didn't recover.
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Post by reed on May 2, 2018 8:52:52 GMT -5
66 F this morning at 5 AM, now at 10 AM it's 79. Supposed to be high 80s later today, wouldn't surprise me if it ends up even hotter still.
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Post by philagardener on May 2, 2018 14:48:42 GMT -5
We are peaking for the day at 88F. Just shy of a record, but likely that will be broken somewhere.
"Red flags" are up too. Dry wind, very low humidity. Fire warnings. And it's only May 2nd, and East Coast no less . . . .
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Post by reed on May 2, 2018 17:03:36 GMT -5
A few clouds moved in and stopped us a frog hair short of 90. The dryness is the weirdest thing. Low humidity on a hot day in the Ohio Valley isn't something it's historically known for. Ground surface was almost too dusty to work but still good moisture down in.
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Post by richardw on May 2, 2018 22:50:21 GMT -5
From one extreme to the other.
Another lovely autumn day, blue sky with no wind at all. Next week is looking like the strong winds are back again though.
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Post by mskrieger on May 3, 2018 11:38:15 GMT -5
We've had two strikingly warm days here, in the 80s. Sunny. And no shade! And yes, it's been dry. Although it's not well-known, April and May are the riskiest months for fire in the Northeastern US. I know the park rangers and fire marshals in the Pine Barrens in NJ are on edge every spring. Fire is much rarer here than out west, and people don't take it into account when they build, so the cost of such a disaster (in lives, homes and infrastructure lost) could be astronomical.
Once everything leafs out and the humidity sets in we'll be past the danger zone.
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Post by walt on May 3, 2018 13:11:46 GMT -5
"Tornadoes north of highway I-70, but normal 60 to 80 mile per hour winds south of I-70." That was the weather report I heard on my radio yesterday afternoon.
I'm south of I-70, thank you. Did have a bit of wind, though. And I got an inch of rain over 3 or 4 hours. It was badly needed. We still need rain. But this will get us through for a while.
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Post by mskrieger on May 7, 2018 10:47:07 GMT -5
Everything is pastel gorgeousness around here. Saw a young couple walking down the street do an impromptu photo shoot in front of my white picket fence and blooming crab apple in pink puffy glory.
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Post by steev on May 7, 2018 20:48:15 GMT -5
They were in pink puffy glory?
90F on the farm today.
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Post by mskrieger on May 8, 2018 12:48:59 GMT -5
The crab apple was in pink puffy glory. The couple was rather dark and sleek.
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Post by richardw on May 8, 2018 13:59:16 GMT -5
Very warm for this time of year along with some huge gusts of wind overnight that made the house rattle, didn't go below 18C 64F overnight.
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Post by reed on May 18, 2018 7:28:19 GMT -5
Our streak of very hot dry days ranging from high 80s to high 90s has broken a little with a nice shower last evening. Down to 67 F this morning and feels great. Everything in the garden sighed with relief. Not supposed to get back to the 90s for next few days I don't think and more rain also supposed to be on the way. Our shower last night was not part of a wide spread rain, we just got lucky to be under one of the pop ups. My rain gauge is missing in action but I spect we got an inch, maybe a little more.
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Post by mskrieger on May 21, 2018 10:52:41 GMT -5
A ridiculously wet week and a half left the weeds very, very happy. Finally stopped (mostly) raining yesterday, so I spent a good 2 hours carefully weeding by hand around baby leeks, beets, and carrots until I lost concentration. Couldn't use a hoe, the soil was too wet. If it stays dry this week I might be able to get the rest of the crucial first weeding done by June.
On the bright side, the turnips are loving it. And we love turnips. Have already had a dinner of turnip green (thinnings) and I'm looking forward to the first root harvest in about a week.
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Post by steev on May 21, 2018 21:00:36 GMT -5
Mmm; turnip greens; Scarlet O'hara be damned.
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