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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Apr 12, 2019 8:54:28 GMT -5
Survived our second "bomb cyclone". The first one caused a 100 car pile up on the highway a few weeks back. This one was just slush which is hard to drive through. Melted today. Great water for my peas that should be sprouting soon.
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Post by philagardener on Apr 15, 2019 5:34:35 GMT -5
Quite a line of storms rolled through last night - heavy downpours, amazing lightning display, and a tornado warning based on Doppler rotation. Lots of energy in that system!
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Post by steev on Apr 15, 2019 20:04:12 GMT -5
Light rain tonight, both in Oakland and OTF, where I need it since the surface is already drying; if it isn't a good wetting, I'll have to up the riega next weekend.
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Post by RpR on Apr 15, 2019 22:54:04 GMT -5
For three days the ground was once again totally covered with snow; on Palm Sunday I walked outside and the snow was frozen hard so you could walk and not leave a print
Came home from church and it was sloppy wet with large patches of ground showing.
Most all snow gone now but weather is like last year in that all but a few days are above or below average by a goodly mark.
Rammed a steel rod in the ground and I should have no problem planting potatoes on May Day but if this weather pattern continues putting corn and tomatoes in the garden could be delayed from average time.
Robins are now up here in large numbers as of two days ago but no ducks yet (we always get a few doing mating yahoos in spring and even had one nest on our yard a few years ago.
Even with me running a lawn mower with-in feet of the nest the hen did not abandon it.
I do not have a lot of time to decide but I may, or may not, start a few seeds inside of onions and tomatoes.
It has been a long time since last did that , over a decade, but I still have , even though I thought I had tossed it,the planter gear.
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Post by reed on Apr 20, 2019 6:06:39 GMT -5
We had some very warm and dry days and I got most of my biggest garden ready to plant. Yesterday morning temps dropped to low 40S F and light rain. This morning high 30S F and still raining with a little snow mixed in. Radar shows a big glob of it over lower half of IN and good part of OH and KY. It appears to have stopped moving off to the north east and is slowly rotating back west, where I am is pretty much smack in the middle of it so no outside work today, that's for sure.
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Post by mskrieger on Apr 22, 2019 12:16:07 GMT -5
We've been having rainy days in the 40sF mixed with sunny days in the 60sF. Hasn't gone much below freezing in almost two weeks. The peas and favas and lettuce are up and growing, and fruit trees are blooming.
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Post by steev on Apr 22, 2019 20:45:09 GMT -5
Looks like the rainy season is over; I was hoping for another couple weeks, but you can wish in one hand...
OTF, it's lovely weather; clear nights with crystalline stars.
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Post by reed on Apr 23, 2019 4:28:11 GMT -5
After a couple cool wet days that ended Saturday morning with about an inch of snow we're back to mid - high 70s and drying back up. 56 F right now at 5:30 AM. Fruit trees finished blooming a week or more ago, like last year it didn't get cold enough to hurt they flowers but it was cold enough very few bees were out so another year with peaches I reckon, damn I only have one jar of jam left.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2019 15:57:17 GMT -5
our last frost was the beginning of April, the corn got big before any dry weather, 80s this week, good rain in about a week that should replenish soil. gaspe starting to show tassels, we'll see how that works...
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Post by jocelyn on Apr 30, 2019 15:01:42 GMT -5
Some snow in sheltered spots in the woods, frost at the bottom of a 20 cm hole, 8 inches.
Warm in the daytime, plus 8 or so, minus 1 or so at night.
Buds on chestnuts at early green tip, blossums on scarlet elder swelling and about ready to burst.
Pussy willow in full bloom.
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Post by RpR on May 7, 2019 12:38:58 GMT -5
It is 53 degrees and sunny today with a slight breeze.
I wanted to get at least some of my potatoes in on May Day but frequent pissy rains kept the ground wet to the point of not wanting to mud around.
With rain coming again tomorrow I am going to go out shortly and roto-till at least part of the North garden and put some potatoes in.
Not sure how warm the ground is yet with night temps down in the thirties at times, so I am debating with my self whether to put some corn in.
I have had nasty corn failures several times in the past four years and adding seeds rotting in the ground does not seem like a good idea but as all my corn is long term to ripe, if this year is even similar to last I cannot wait much longer as all but my sweet corn last year never fully ripened.
I will put in some peas and beans as this is the right time for that as is radishes.
I wanted to get my South garden, fifty miles South of here tilled and potato planted this week also, but a weld on the pipe that feeds the outside faucet broke and while I have fixed and soldered such pipes in the past, the urge to do such things ain't there no mo, so I have to wait up here for the plumber to call when he is coming.
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Post by steev on May 13, 2019 20:12:04 GMT -5
They predict four days with light rain in the next week, both in Oakland and OTF; I hope so, if only to settle the dust and pollen.
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Post by reed on May 14, 2019 5:30:39 GMT -5
Last two, three weeks here have been bordering on HOT but last couple days temps took a dive with no sun and light rain. Seems to be clearing off this morning, supposed to be back to mid 80s by week end. I hope to get the bulk of my beans and corn planted and set out tomato and dahlia plants. Sweet potatoes are next up, hope the new ones I ordered arrive soon.
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Post by reed on May 17, 2019 14:31:10 GMT -5
Just a frog hair under 90 F right now. Had a bit of a storm last evening so plenty of humidity along with it. I still got lots of beans, corn, and other stuff to plant and tomato plants to set out. Was going to do some of it today and may still do some late evening but I know what I'll be dong at daylight tomorrow. There was pretty good rain with the storm last evening but planting areas are ready and sun and wind today have already dried the surface.
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Post by philagardener on May 17, 2019 18:44:29 GMT -5
Cold-warm-cold, rain-rain-rain. What's a tomato to do?!? Mine sure seem confused!
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