here we go, nice weather today, about 75, sunny, light breeze... can't wait to get home and play in the garden!!

40's here today.....very windy!!!!! We had snow flurries the past few days.....I really can't wait for spring to really get here.....

We had a freezing rains over night, with
winter snow warnings in the morning, and
a second dumping this afternoon...
My oldest couldn't believe how much snow we
had today!!!! He honestly thought we were done with winter... And he promises never to argu with his mom again about wanting to leave his bike out side when I say winter's not over with...
"Cause he knows NOW his moms' right about alot of stuff !!!" *thought that was so cute*

Weezie

Awwe, Weez, Moms are right about EVERYTHING! It's the convincing the kids........

We've had incredible weather in So. Cal. these past few days...Our "wild hillside" has burst into bloom and all the succulents have finally dried out after the relentless rain...Ah...Spring!

Jillie - got any pictures of your "wild hillside" in bloom? Would love to see it! He was home for 5 days this week during spring break, and got a parking ticket for parking in front of our house overnight. (I don't remember the exact dates that we are not allowed to park there - but I think it's April sometime) He INSISTS that winter is over and that it was ridiculous for them to have ticketed him!!! Of course that was the night that we got the surprise snowstorm for 3 hours, and even though nothing stuck to the roads, they did come around with the sanding trucks...

Coming up shortly, Lynne

Ohhhh, Holl-y-wood...
Yooo---hoooo

Get chur camera......

it is very windy here in northern iowa. the temps will be in the mid 40's and rain is expected.

We are at -2C today, or about 30F I think, cloudy, and it looks like it might snow, but that is normal for us up here in Yukon!

I will just enjoy all your happy spring thoughts until sometime in late May early June when I can get back into my garden!

Aurorastreams

ya know weezie, my kids used to think i knew a lot of stuff, now they (a couple of them anyway) try to tell me that i just know a bunch of junk! really, that was sweet, enjoy them while mom is still tthe best!

today it was about 75, sunny, breezy.

Just a little chilly here today...around 42. Breezy...which is normal for early March here. "In like a lion, out like a lamb". Partly sunny and tonight it started to spritz outside.

78 and sunny! planted out 2 tomato plants, a pot of marigolds, a couple of tulips (that I forgot about and were blooming in the house) and am getting ready to put out a trough of glads. still leery of putting anything in the ground 'till i get the basics on the landscaping done.

Well, it was a beautiful morning!!
Really felt spring like sorta!
But, came back in and turned on the morning news.
There's a storm headed this way, up towards the Canadian border it's expected 1~3", I know it'll be here!!

Weezie

The weather has been beautiful here for the past couple of weeks. Its been in the high 70s, low 80s (one day was in the 90s, bit too hot for me for this time of year). Blue skies, light breeze, just a perfect time of year. I spent yesterday in the yard mowing the lawn, weeding, checking out all the new growth. I think I'm going to put a new bed in the front yard to add some curb appeal. Its too nice to not be outside. Spring has sprung in Ca., daffodils and tulips everywhere!!

I heard 2-4 inches here tomorrow afternoon Weezie!
And another 1-3 tomorrow night.

UNCLE!!!

I give up!!! My pansies are blooming, and the bulbs wanna come out and say hi.

I saw a bad accident on the thruway today -
3 young boys - fortunately none hurt, but at least 1 of the 2 cars was totalled - went through the guard rail to the other side of the road. The other car was smashed up against the rocks on the right side of the road.
I think this was due to Spring Fever - lots of cops, fire engines, and ambulances blasting sirens all day here today.
WHAT WE DO NOT NEED is more BAD WEATHER to make matters worse!

Lynne, here's a tight shot of our "wild" hillside.

If this doesn't work, Hollywood will rescue this tomorrow.....


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I can not believe how warm Calif is!!!!
WOW!!!!

I'm packin' my bags!!!


Weezie

Nice try Jillie... but no cigar

Oh JC... help???

Oh this weather makes me sick.....it was almost 60 degrees on Monday. It's tuesday night now.....almost 1am, and we are supposed to get 4 inches of snow......I wouldn't mind it so much if I weren't outside in a t shirt yesterday. I'll be so glad when all the snow is gone!!!

Loz ~ it was also near 60 here yesterday, and now they've updated our predicted accumulations to 4-8 inches...

wish I had more room to start seeds - that would keep me busy and my mind off what'll be going on outside...

Well, when I first got up this morning,
I thought oh, here we go again, but it's not
getting any worse.... or should I say, it's
just staying steady, so, I don't know.
They up'ed the levels to up to 14" in the Southern tier now, but, I think I'm high enough
*I'm Northern Southern Tier* so, maybe just 10".
We'll see!!!!!!

Weezie

I heard on the weather parts of Iowa got a bunch
of snow!!!

loz and lynne....I'm right there with you. Was in the garden yesterday enjoying myself (found somehens and chicks) and then got up today and there's SNOW everywhere!!!!! I don't mind the snow, but it was 60 degrees here yesterday!!! I barely had to wear a jacket! We're not supposed to get much....maybe 4 inches...but its still disgusting!!!!

3/16 not as nice today, cloudy and only 71 with a chill in the air. but, i got 2 more tulips out, the trough of glads done, a pot glued back together (it matches a set i have) and a second plant bench on the porch set up. not a bad day, all in all.

I've brushed my car off 4 times already today!!



But I KNOW SPRING IS COMING!!

My daffodils are done blooming , my crocuses are blooming, many other plants are blooming away, liquid amber and birch trees are getting leaves....and guess what I just found.....

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a few aphids :p and ladybugs!!!! Go ladybugs!!!!

Well, Jamestown's reported (so far) 11"... :p

And it's still coming down!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllll, Let me tell you, 3rd snowiest day on recorded history for Buffalo!!!
I heard somewhere's had 14", didn't hear where??
Jamestown had the 11" last night!

UNBELIEVABLE!!

Still have to brush my car off one more time this morning...

Weezie

Hi, Fellow Snowbirds

My daffs are up and starting to bloom amidst the hail and snow we recieved yesterday. I had to clean snow from the daff heads so they wouldn't die on me.

I got my rose order from Jackson & Perkins today......LOL....when do I plant NOW???

Luck o' the Irish to ya all,
Barb

Ok! OK! Hollywood has been a little busy!

Here is a whole new album devoted to Spring in Hollywood Dell. I will make no comment on Jille's attempts to post our pics for all of you.

Thanks JoAnn -

what wonderful sites to see on this still snowy day!
I really like the frog tea lite holder in the first few pictures - very cute!

How's everything going for you? Have you had the other tests done yet?

Snow on the ground today. My snow drops are frozen. I can't find my tulips, crocuses, daffodils, or lillies. Birdies are building a nest in my porch, that's cool. It was cold today...36 today. Its supposed to flurry or something tomorrow morning and then a wintery mix on Sunday, which is NOT good since I have to go Lancaster that day.

Hi Hollywood & Jillie!



BTW, I have a daughter in LA, but it's a big place!!

Judith

On Tues we had 3 1/2 inches of snow, spitting rain and snow on Weds. It is looking very nice outside right now, looks promising.

Today is NOT promising here. They are telling us that we are supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow tonight into tomorrow. They said it wouldn't start until 11:00, but we were at Denny's at 9:30 and it had just started to snow. The cats are getting restless....I'M getting restless. Today market was crazy...everyone is scared of the snow. They so much as mention the word in the weather forcast and all of the stores are instantly sold out of eggs, milk, and bread (why would everyone make french toast when it snows????

3/19 it is 73 now, but is supposed to get to 81 today. and i'm stuck inside doing taxes

Weather here has been nice, hazy mornings, clearing to mid 70's by afternoon. Called my cousin who moved from here to Connecticut a year ago, she asked me if we were outside at the time of the call. "Of Course!" I answered. She said, and I quote: "If you love me, please don't tell me about the weather, please don't say anything." so I didn't. But I'm not always so nice; in the past I have called just to tell her I was drinking a Jamba Juice in the drive through of In-N-Out with the windows all down and the radio up.
Judith:
where 'bouts in LA is your daughter? It is as you say, "a big place".

So Californians, isn't this weather great after all that rain??? I feel like I'm just back from exile. I took three days off this week for a "stay-at-home-and Spring-clean vacation" & I'm out as soon as the sun comes up. Man, is it ever good to play in the dirt. Potted tulips are going to open all the way this weekend...potted iris' are showing themselves, hostas are sprouty, potted artichoke is getting BIG, and all is right with the world. Ahhhhh, Spring!
Snowfolks, your time is coming soon...hang in there.

Finally a nice day here. Yesterday was the pits. Today almost all of the snow has melted away thanks to the warmer temperatures. My crocuses have opened up and my tulips are on their way. I saw a HUGE flock of red breasts today on my way home from work!

Hey, Guess what we woke up to????????????

We've had alot of it lately here!!?????

Yeah, you guessed it,
SNNNNNNNNNNNOWWWWWWWWWWWW
oH, YEAH, MORE SNOW!!! About 3".

Just when you thought it was going to all go
away, it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaackkkkkkkk!!!!

Oh, well, next weeks' comin'!!!

Weezie

ok, here's a "i hate when i do that" moment. today is gorgeous. sunny, warm,(78) good breeze, just a great spring day. so, what do i do?

go outside, work a bit, and get one of those "too much sun" headaches.

:p

:p thanks for the sympathy weezie :p see if you get any from whem when you are shoveling snow and i'm in shorts, flip flops and a tank top!! :p

:p :p :p :p

It was quite cold this morning, low 20*'s,
but I did catch the long range weather report,
and I saw a couple of 50*'s by the end of the
week supposedly!!!!

Hi.I been lost in the 80s outside doing planting beds/sowing seeds/moveing plants from spot to spot(such a bad habit for me)on Thursday I paused by the fig tree and closed my eyes wishing could feel weezies snow for about 10 minutes.It was 89 out then and was muggy& had just ran from a red wasp.I have butterflys out in yard flying about happily.I woke up about 5 am sunda morning to a heavy downpour of rain/thnder& lightning of 2 inches& noticed this morning some of my seeds from last week have sprouted already.I have mowed grass& I HAVE A TAN yes a TAN! shoot neighbors kids been going to the lake swimming on weekends*I got their tan beat* :p
I'm catching up on mail not been online since Thursday Its 69 today...we had a cold front drop in but will warm back up tomorrow then back to the 80s for S TX& I'm filling m pool back up& have swam in lake already.I had got hot in yard(gee imagine that!ya snowbirds!)

Cold here today. 30's all day long...and windy. Today I actually got house work done. The cats are loving the sun that is pouring through the front windows this afternoon. They are totally solar powered right now. anyways, thats the weather here today.

ok, the last 2 nights we had frost. had to cover my garden with sheets to keep the plants alive. the good news is that i had some that needed washed anyway

weezie, i think you sent that weather down here just to get back at me for Sunday! :p stop it! i'm saying uncle

hope ya'll have a good day!

Jiff,
I think your weather's heading up my way
by the weekend!! It's suppoesed to be a whole
50*'s and then some!!!
I love the nice weather to come, but also dislike
it because it's still got snow in it's system, and
the poor flowers are out and and the cold weather nips then, (snow's not bad, it insulates it, but the freezing temp's squwish the flowers, don't hurt the bulbs for next year, but only this years flowers.)

It's 32*'s this morning!!
Heat wave again!

Weezie
Sunny this weekend though
Weezie

BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
CCCCCCCCOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDD!!!!!

Just came home from standing outside in 20F!!! for AN HOUR!!!

My daughter's grade is off to Washington D.C. for 3 days. We had to be at the bus at school at 6:00a.m., but 5 out of the 6 "luxury" buses got LOST!!! And did not show up until 6:50!!!
Then all the loading of luggage and kids - they didn't leave until 7:10... and NONE of us was dressed for this 20 degrees - BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Well... after I thaw out some, I'm off for my own 3 day retreat to a cousin's in Connecticut. They have a wonderful house on 5 acres with a large pond - it's heavenly up there!

Talk to you all when I get back!

It's actually not too bad here this morning,
semi~spring like, smells like it in the air!!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!
The sun is shining and the birdies are out
chirpin' and scratchin' *in the snow and mud* :p
But they're makin' the best of it!!!!
Spring's around the corner???

Weezie

Its 9:00 and 43 degrees soo far this morning. I'm going to go outside and play in the dirt!! Gots lots of tilling to do before I go out to do regular errands. The snow is almost all melted here, birdies are out driving our kitties nuts. I left the front door open a little so the kitties can sit at the screen door and enjoy themselves. The baby cat doesn't know what to make of it. So anyways, I'm going outside!!! Toodles!

WOW, WHAT A DAY!!
GORGEOUS!!!
I COULDN'T ASK FOR A NICER DAY!
It's 60*'s, Spring has sprung!

And my GREENHOUSE CAME TODAY!!!
YIP~PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

What a day!!

Weezie

heat wave. 90*s. too hot for march!! :p

Today was nice...in the 60's again. I didn't do a thing in the garden. I drove down to Park City Mall in Lancaster so that my friend could go to the Build A Bear factory. Then we went to Best Buy and then to Sam's Club. So...nothing at all done in the garden. But that's ok..still had a good day.

today, in the savannah georgia area, it is a cool 58 degrees with cloudy skies and rain forecast. we sure do need the rain as it has been dry dry dry!

30 degrees right now, warming trend coming back tho, rained for a bit Saturday and Sunday, but I am READY!!! for warm!

I simply REFUSE TO HEAR the
********** S ******** word anymore this year!!!

They are calling for rain to turn to snow late Sunday into Monday morning - WAAAAAAAAAAAH!
AND... my daughter has a make-up school day on Monday taken from her spring vacation -
wouldn't it be funny if they had a snow day on a make-up day?!?!? <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" />

We had a sudden rainstorm last night that wreaked havoc on many unsuspecting drivers, flooded cars, fog banks with 16 car pile-ups, etc.. Crazy spring weather. Today its probably only in the 60s, but that's okay by me. The 90* in March was way too hot, too soon!

Lynne,
We got some sn*w here too, but it actually wasn't too bad, this time around!
It was that kind of snow that was as big as quarter's and white and fluffy but WET drippin' wet actually! It stuck a tiny bit to the grass, not to pavements/sidewalks, but I did hear that snow was coming in this weekend coming up, and it's has a possibility of sticking :p but I would think that most of it is reasonable behind us!!
(where's the finger crossed gremalin???)

I'm antzin' to get into that greenhouse!!!
It'll be here soon enough, still working on my tree committee stuff...

Weezie

Lastnight we got a thunderstorm....lightening and thunder. It was my first thunderstorm here at the new house....kind of scary...but not. Today nothing but rain. Tomorrow we're supposed to get rain. Sunday we're supposed to get rain. I had forgotten how "fun" spring is here. Thanks to the rain and the season, my head feels like it's in a glass jar, my nose is stuffy, and I've got the worst headach in the world!

Well I'm back though have not quiet made it to my post about my whereabouts.
We ahd some storms with a following cool front.Well we got 5 inches of rain Sunday the 1st storm wasn't so bad but the second one durring the night was tons of lightning and about 11:30 got rudely awoken on couch and it was SHAkeing and would swear a bowlingball had got thrown down the road,(by the easter bunny maybe?)but was a bolt of lighting letting me know it had hit ground.monday was not too bad some rain showers and got 1.32 of rain.least my water table has risen huh.moved my gardening shed& have installed a gardenshed sized garden of veggies in its place.was cool this morning...42 but we did hit 72 so not bad.but hey! my brother lives in ?TN and called my mom to tell her he was driveing to work in sleet....Franklin TN.ain't he a sweetie~!

It rained all day here today. I have water in my basement....again. Its pretty much a normal thing when it rains. I'm waiting for my plants to come from Gurney's. I will be planting them on the south side of my house to try to help with the drainage on that side. My lilies are coming up. The leave, not the flowers. Hyacinths continue to come and my daffodils are looking good.

When I picked my grandson (age 4) up from pre-school today, he asked me why it kept raining so much. I told him that God knew I had too many plants and flowers to water by myself, so He was doing it for me.

I didn't bother to tell him that, because of the never-ending rain, I finally had that water feature (pond!) in the front yard that I have been wanting!

that's funny cindy! i woke up to 44 brrrrrr. it isn't supposed to get out of the 60's today and tomorrow. i am cold

Last night on the local weather (11 pm) the guy said it was "Presently 32 degrees. Low tonight 35." Hello???

At midnight I looked out and it was...
...SNOWING!!!

I've had over 3 1/2 inches of rain and still coming down. The last 2 nights it got down to 34. They're calling for lows of 35 tonight and tomorrow night before it starts to warm up.

Terry I'm with you, we've had SO much rain.....we have had all kinds of flood watches and such. It so dark and gloomy out it doesn't even seem like daytime. But, rain is better than snow I guess. I just want a little blue sky, that's all.... :rolleyes:

APRIL SHOWERS BRINGS MAY FLOWERS
Keep the faith fellow gardeners!!!


Look at it as the earth needs the rain and
needs fresh water so bad!!!!


It's been raining here (**snowed last night***)

But I look at it as an opportunity to read some more, or clean something I've been putting off..
Or sift my compost, love doing that in the cold weather, you don't get as hot with all that sifting I do!!!!

Never miss an opportunity to be thankful you are alive!!!
And it will be warming up soon!!!

I've been ant~zin' to get into the greenhouse and I can't yet!! Too cold at night, and not enough sun during the day to keep them warm
But it'll be here soon! I know it will!!!

Weezie

You'e right Weezie, I wasn't complaining, I'm just amazed. A week ago it was almost 70 and now the temperature's dropped to 33 and it's snowing. I have tomatoes in the ground!!! (protected by Wall-o-Waters) Saturday it's supposed to be 70 degrees again.

I lost my favorite henryii clematis that I grew from seed to a freeze after 3 straight weeks of beautiful spring weather, 65 to 73 degrees. Weather man said spring was here & it wasn't going anywhere. I believed him so I jumped the gun & planted my baby outdoors & it died from the snow storm we got the very next day...so I got spooked, didn't plant another thing until yesterday. Yesterday it was low 70s & today we have hit 79 degrees. It better stay nice, because I put my nelly moser in the ground today & if I lose her I am going picket the weather man's office at the local tv station & tell everyone what a dumbas* he is lol...or maybe I'm the dumbas* for even listening to a weather man at all lol

Are you sure it's dead? I had a Jacmanii that the wind tore all to bits last fall. There was nothing left above ground. But just yesterday I saw a shoot of it peeking up above the ground. I'd give it a little time before giving up.

I would sure love it if it weren't dead...nothing left above ground & we did get a freeze that night that tore up my little hosta sprouts too, but they are popping back up, so maybe the henryii will too...I will keep an eye out for signs of life:) Thanks for the tip

Hope obywan is right...I did the exact same thing. I'm right below you. My clematis had SO much growth...then the freeze. I dug it back up and brought it inside. Still no signs of life, but I still water it and talk to it, and move it from one window to the next. That same weather got me excited, too. I also lost 3 new hygrangeas I had set out, one with flowers already started on it as big as silver dollars. Like a dumda** I set out a lot of stuff today. It frosted heavy last night, but the weather guesser on T.V. says it's gonna be up to almost 80 for the next week. Hope your clematis lives. Let me know!

I'll let you know how she fairs...hopefully she will be fine, if not I am going to kick my own [BLEEP] lol I lost one of my nikko blue hygrangeas in the frost too:( I felt really bad about that one also, but it was a wally world purchase, so I didn't have as much invested in it as I did my henryii grown from seed. I like your term for the weather man "the weather guesser" lol , that is perfect!

11:15 Am and 71 degrees and sunny! I decided this morning that I was going to compost the garden (finally a nice day that is NOT a market day!!). I hauled 2 boxes down the hill to the garden, unloaded it and spread it and that's it! Its just too hot for me. I might have been out there for 15 minutes and I'm already sun burnt!!! I'm just going to have to wait until this evening when it gets cooler to do this....and maybe invest in a whell barrow!!! My compost pile's palets are starting to rot, so I think I will build a new one VERY VERY close to teh garden!!!!!!

it has been soo very nice here sunny and warm. only thing is WE NEED RAIN i had to water my plants and garden already. it is very windy and warm today tornado weather.

It's been beautiful here too. 79 degrees & it is only 11am. The weather guy is calling for thunder storms this evening & winds in excess of 50 miles per hour, so I think I will be plopping 5 gallon buckets over many of my plants tonight before the storm hits. Good thing my husband is an assistant foreman at a bucket factory...I have thousands of buckets in my garage lol

4:44 and 87 degrees. WAY too hot for me!! I like it cooler. Although, humidity is only like 46%, so that's nice.

I'm back home!Lake was nice...windy and cloudy and ovrcast all week.I got to see the sun on the way home& now its rain.rained saturday off& on and is now pouring by the buckets& really really hope it don't mess my hill up cause the tractor is makeing noise.I set out 4 plants of herbs from a trade and they are currently being pored on as a welcome(lemen mint,catmint,valerian& wild bergamont)my rose tree topiarys are in bloom and my alhoa roses are just loaded(well by now maybe a lil less petals)its 68& hazy and 100% humidity& seem to have almost 3 inches of new rain today and is only 12:21..........so we gonna be quite wet& have mini lakes in yard.don't think will have a watering need today.

We were into the 100*s this weekend, skipped right over spring directly into summer heat. Icky. It is supposed to cool down by this weekend but not by too much. We'll probably have a cool June just to really confuse us and our poor little plants.

Fallbrook, California...yesterday 98 degrees....today a sweaty hot 104 degrees.
Camp Pendelton was doing practice firing late, late last night and early this morning....now there is a fire over there again!!!!

It rained all night here last night, Cold (ish)
and windy most of the day, and then around
5:00pm, the sun broke through the clouds,
turned out to be a reasonably nice night,
but they are calling for SNOW :p
We'll see, it did say for the higher elevations,
but we're real close to that!!!!

But after that, it's suppose to start being a little more seasonable in a day or two, in the 50's and low 60's!!

Weezie

Weezie thats probably my rain I can't even produce snow here I ain't forcasting that snow Or use all of thier brains at important moments
the heat will probably speed up your plants growth for a bit maybe.pools are great.or even sitting a chair in the sprinkler.but your water is high so i'd go for a small pool.

Hey Njoynit....my son is in bootcamp at the Lackland Air Force Base right near San Antonio, Texas. My daughter and I are going to his graduation which will be smack in the middle of May!

After graduation he will be transferred to Sheppard Air Force base near Whitita Falls, Texas.

I have really been watching your weather posts but Texas is soooo big... not sure if the weather in your area is what he is getting. Are you located near either of these bases????

I'd pack a pair of sweats a pair of jeans a sweat shirt and tank tops and light clotheing and maybe a dress.The cool m mornings actually feel great but once the sun is up they are history.Us teXans pretty happy with rain as long asnot an overabundance of it at once& look out july..Thats the prediction for a major hurricane to landfall tx coast.My bets with galvaston.what week ya comeing?flying?driveing?hang glideing.They got a 33 acre botanicle garden& theres the alamo.
When ya comeing this way?you'll be 6 hours from me about 300 something miles away.

I woke up this morning to some snow on the windshield of the cars and a good thickness of ice in the rain buckets!
plants look a tiny bit un~happy, but I know will be fine...
Now tomorrow it's "supposedly" going to be 70*'s?
Go figure :rolleyes:

But it's cold out there now, I'm hopin' for some sunshine to start cooking things soon!!!


*****Njoynit,
Wow, that 33 acre botanicle garden sounds like ALOT OF FUN!!!!! I wish I could see it!!!

That pool sounds like alot of fun!!!
We got a little one for the boys but I can't
fit in it..Maybe someday!! You're lucky to have it!

Weezie

I didn't have any ice here, but the temperature dropped to about 30. No frost though, at least not on the ground. I saw a bit on the roof of my cars.
I think that's the last frosty weather in the forecast now for the next 10 days, so I'm taking all my tender plants back outside.

It frosted here a bit last night.....you all should have saw me running around in the rain with my sheets and buckets covering as much up as I could....quite comical.....lol

Supposed to be 70 in a few days though.....woo hoo.....back to some warmer weather.....

It snowed here in Indiana for about 15 minutes yesterday & was in the low 40s all day long. Then this morning I woke up to 68 degrees & full sunshine...looks like it is going to be a hot one today. This weather is so freaky this time of year.

HEAVY frost here last night.
Going outside in a few minutes to check on the damage to my plants. Covered all I could. I'm sure I'll be back in here crying in a few minutes!

I got ice not frost I think alot of the trees I colected for bonsai aren't going to make it. I had to take them when I did tough because all the buds are opening cause the days are so warm and if all the sap goes up into the tree then the roots won't grow back. It's a pretty horifying technique but it's to save trees from the forests that they're tearing down and blowing up so that I'll have a kind of tribute. Just so you under stand how it goes I chop down the tree to about a foot cut the big thick roots off that wont help take in water at all and in a couple months little shoots come out and you train them to hide the trunk.
I think the "frost" was about an inch or two thick. My clover seems to be pushing through this crummy weather, frost all week and every day it looks as though it's come up more ...
Haven't realy taken a look today though.
It's not going to get much higher then 9C today but tomorrow's supposed to go up to 20C.
I think that's about 70 for you united statians.
Sounds like we got about the same weather weezie.

Its cold here.....50 degrees right now. Its been windy too.....too windy for frost to lay lastnight. :rolleyes: I'm tired of the wind. I hope it warms up soon!

our low was 73& muggy and no breeze just calm muggyness.I woke at 3 cause was too muggy to sleep.I went back to bed about 8 till noon& woke up hot as blazes so shut the windows turned on the AC.I was in my pool at 4 am.I seen a rabbit in yard...took watergun& squirted him...he hopped away.i seen him return about 1...he was mowing grass!
83 heat index is 87
SNOW! ya jokeing.ya gotta move SOUTH!
autuam sage is in bloom now& my day lillies have buds& I need to propagate my mums cause they blooming!the seirria pinks.and got a new butterscotchy/gold iris blooming.is pretty.

It's been in the high 70s low 80s all day!!! Hotter than heck, but I'll take it

6pm, we are at 78 (85 with the heat index) 97% humidity, 0.61 in rain today (don't even have 10 inches for the year yet) and cloudy. ugh... the dogs won't even stay outside.

I was able to tell the "weather" what to do today!
(Only backwards sorta)
I came out side with a sweatshirt on, and all of a sudden, it got sunny out.... I did a bit of compost sifting and it was HOT, so I went and got a lighter shirt on and next thing I know it got cool again, so I decided to go make lunch.......
It was still cool at the end of lunch so we put on the warmer shirts, and out we went, and the next thing we knew it was hotter than blue blazes!
So, we got the cool shirts on again!!!
That lasted awhile, and I thought to myself "it was a nice day out side, but sure could use some rain", cause the ground is crackin' and guess what happened next??????
It got all dark and it rained!!!!
Weezie

Weezie,

I can just see you and your kids dancing in the rain! I love the light, spritzy rain that makes the dirt darker, the green greener and puts sparkles on the flowers.

Sounds like you had a happy day, and those are the best kind to have!

Oh boy has it been hot in Fallbrook lately...over 100 degrees. To top it off, we have 2 fires going again...one at Camp Pendleton Marine base and the other just across the 15 frwy.....
Catlover

Daisy and Gardengal....heard there were fires in Lake Elsinore and in Riverside county....are you okay???

Was a little sunny today, but cool....mid 50's.....supposed to have a frost tonight....I got everything covered......I think this is supposed to be it now for the frosts though.

Camp Pendleton fire is back out of control....now evacuating people in De Luz...Temecula fire is sure bellowing!
Lake Elsinore fire is still out of control.
California fires ....here we go again!!!

Its hot. No fires nearby but its hot, yesterday it was well into the 100*s. Went home and tried to save my poor little babies, some of my little guys I started from seed were just fried (tomatos are gone, blk eye susans are gone). Its just too hot. I think I'm going to have to increase the sprinkler time for the next couple of days. Did I mention its hot???

Yep...it is SWEATY hot!!!

Hey Gardengal...I leave for Texas out of Ontario on the 12th and return the 16th of May...I'll wave as I fly over your house!!!!

Instead of Hot and dry ....I have a sneakin feeling it is going to be hot and HUMID in Texas. Ohhhh I am hoping for a cool streak...and Lord if you are listening... no rain or lightening please...my tickets are non refundable. :rolleyes: You have to be careful what you wish for.

Karen,
I flew thru a lightening storm!!!! Then I thought I'd better because of
all the ruckus it was causing and I was going
to turn into the charactor on The Twilight Zone that looks out the window and see's a monster tearing part of the wing off in a storm...

Thought it was best to just not watch!

Weezie

HOT HOT HOT!
spent yesterday at Disney's California Adventure, perfect day, NO LINES... the longest line was 15 minutes and that was for the river raft ride. We put swimsuits on the little ones, under their clothes. anytime we got too hot, off to the sprinkler areas to play. we balanced indoor stuff (shows) and outdoor stuff (rides). Slathered on the sun block, drank LOADS of water and had a great time. But boy was it HOT.

I've been a good girl and watering every morning, my front yard is looking so pretty, one of my friends came over Saturday and was teasing me saying she had to stop and "tour the garden" before she rang the bell. I only have one flower bed. but at least what I have is getting compliments. I'm swellin' with pride since I'm such a newbie. Now, if I could just get that back yard lawn to be green... one step at a time...

Yeah, don't it feel god when people compliment you on your beautiful plants? The Fed Ex guy comes here once a month to bring a package for Lola. Today he couldn't believe how the yard has changed since a month ago. He said, "I can't believe you've done all this and have all this new stuff growing so fast! It's beautiful!" He said "How do you find time to do all this? Do you work anywhere?"
I told him "Yeah, in the YARD!!!"

Got down to 32 last night. I was a maniac on a mission covering things up til 1 a.m.

Hi everyone. Thought you might like to know what the weathers like in England. We've had a lot of rain this week, even some hail stones. The temperatures about 12centigrade. It's about 4.55p.m. and sitting here looking out of my window the sky looks very dark.

I'm feeling pretty jealous reading about some of the fantastic temperatures you're writing about on here!

We had a beautiful day today here in Northeast Indiana, low 80s all day & nothing but clear skies. Tonight we are having one of the worst thunder & lightning storms I have ever witnessed. There is so much lightning it looks like it is 12 noon & it is nearly midnight. The sky is so lit up. I probably shouldn't be on this computer, but the storm is keeping me awake because my dog keeps barking at the thunder lol.

Chrissy, we just had a doozy of a thunderstorm here this afternoon......probably the same line that you had.....It got so dark outside all my electric candles in the windows came on.....the wind was whipping, the rain was torrential......It passed through fairly quick......at least all the plants got a really good water.

Before it passed through it was really hot today......humid and sticky......the storm really cooled it down.....

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL and hot here today in Hillbilly Land!
But, I guess I missed it. Lola and I laid on the couch all day until 1 o'clock when I dragged myself into the shower to go to my doctor's appointment. When all this tumor stuff is over with me I will have to make up for some lost time!

God bless you Cindy,tumor stuff sucks.I'm clueless as usual.I've been through it too.You will be in my daily prayers,chick.
Shari

How's everyone's weather????????

Weezie

It's been extremely hot and beautifully sunny here in KY for days, maybe a stray thunderstorm here and there. But, MAN!!! I've been watching all that rain that's been happening elsewhere! I hope you guys have a boat! I've been begging for a "water feature", but NOT that kind!

Humid, Humid, Humid.......and Hot!!!! 100 percent humidity.....It's partly sunny today....

I don't mind the heat, it's the humidity that gets you.....the air is just so heavy.....

We've had tons and tons of rain here lately.....we were under flood watch the other day but luckily downtown didn't flood. About 30 miles away an emergency dispatcher saw a tornado form and touch down.....very briefy and then it broke up. The thing is, this is the mountains of western MD.....we aren't supposed to get tornados here.....about 6 years ago we had 4 or 5 of them around here....one being an F4 that caused a lot of damage. People have said that we are only supposed to get a tornado once every 100 years here or something--freak things....With the mountains around here if we had one in my town it would bounce around in the valley I guess.....Never heard of one going up a mountain before.

We have isolated thunderstorms on just about every day of the week--or we did, the weather channel changes things so much sometimes I wonder if they know what they are talking about....

cold and rainy for the past 4 or 5 days here in NH Kinda sucks that my plants don't get any sunlight >.< My desert rose so dearly needs it. Its starting to turn yellow again

Hopefully it'll warm up again though ^.^ Times like this i'm glad i have an indoor garden!

Up Till Last Thursday it was nice, since, rain,rain,rain, falling temps, Rain,rain...Now at 11:43 Monday, it's 45 degrees, cloudy, damp...Well at least it hasn't rained for hours now...Maybe...Hope it STOPS Bouncing of the Walls Here!!

Its been cool here, in the low 70s during the day, overcast and gray. Its supposed to stay this way for a while. Its a nice break before summer hits and its hot again. Would be even better if we could get some rain so maybe we won't be quite so dry. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I sure would love some of that rain and the cooler temps. It is dry,dry,dry here. The weatherman says its 93 degrees out,but my thermometer says its 103 I'm having to water every day or my plants go limp. When my water bill comes in,I'm going to mark it return to sender addressee unknown

Karen

Karen

Just a wee question - seeing as you live in an area that like Vegas depends to some degree on tourism.

Here in Vegas the themometer usually measures several degrees higher than is reported/recorded. We take the assumption it is for the tourist trade -- "tell them its cooler than it actually is so they won't feel so bad." It is NEVER more than 116F even if the thermometer "unofficially" tops 120+.

Do you experience something similar there????

Jon

BAD storms here!!!
Tornado 10 miles away where my daughter works!
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, ToTo!

("Auntie Emm, Uncle Henry!!!")

Ooooo Cindy........just click your heels and repeat after me, there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.....

We've had quite a few bad tornados here the past several years. My daughter must attract them, or something! Two years ago she lived in an apartment in town, and a tornado ripped through her neighborhood and destroyed a shopping mall a block away from her, and EVERY house near hers was damaged, some totally blown apart. The apartment beside hers had the entire roof taken off, but it didn't do a thing to the apartment she was in! She gets pretty freaked out when there is a storm where she works. Her office is HUGE, and there is nothing but glass about 30 feet high on three sides. She didn't even see the one yesterday. They seem to destroy everything around her, but she's always safe! (Hmmm...that's weird. ) Andy just called from town and said the place was swarming with emergency task force units, and T.V. news crews everywhere because of the ones we had during the night that I was totally oblivious to! (Better cut back on the pain medication, huh?)

WOW!!! We had more bad tornados last night about 70 miles from here (in Lexington). Wiped out an entire subdivision. They just showed some video on the t.v., and there were 2 X 4's sticking out of the sides of houses that had been impaled into them! So much rain and storms here in the last few days. Andy has gone to get the dozer to fix the destruction here. We have 18 inch deep trenches down the driveways from the rain.
Did I say a few days ago in a post that I wished it would rain here??? O.K. I'm sorry. I take it back!

Yep,
We're getting it here too,
the rain, no tornado's
*which by the way, I send lot's and lot's of to them for days the days ahead and reconstruction*
The back yard in areas' was up to my ankle's.... :rolleyes:
*the over flow off of the road goes directly between my mom's and my property line, and straight back, veer's to the left in front of my lilac tree and out to the back by the back shed and swingset!!
It's a river, no lie, through on really hard down pours, luckily, I mapped it out early as to the flow and only put wet loving plants thru there and all seems happy as long as I dont walk thru it.

And its supposed to get very chilly tonight, lower 30's :p Well, by the end of the next two weeks the garden will be finish, so, shouldn't be too many more days of lower cold temps.

Weezie

LOWER 30's?????
Where are you? Is Siberia in NY???

WOW Weezie!

It's only 60 here right now and I'm already freezing! Tonite will go down to 49, but they are saying that tomorrow nite will be 43!!!

Waaaaah - I want the warm sunshine - especially when I probably have my daughter's strept throat now! I'm crawling back into bed just as soon as I get back from the dr's.

Cindy, glad to hear that your daughter is okay!!! It's horrible for all those people who had their houses and businesses destroyed....lots of work ahead of them.

It's gray and overcast here today....weather says partly cloudy, but I don't see any sun.....just gray clouds.....You 2 up in NY, wow......sounds chilly up there!!! It's 70 here right now....We've had tons and tons and tons of rain......some more is on the way, should be here in a few minutes according to the radar....

WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL,
Let me tell you, it was
Pretty coooooooooooooooooooold this morning!!!
IT WAS 35*'S THIS MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that was the thermometer attached to my porch,
which you know the house give off heat!!
So, I know it was a tad colder
out in the backyard!
Luckily I got to shove all of my
seedlings back into the green house!!!
So, all should be okay!!!
(First time into my entire lifeeeee time!!!!)

Weezie

******Cindy,
YES, WHERE I LIVE IS VERY CLOSE TO SIBERIA, N.Y.!
:p :p :p
I've always said "I am in the foot hills of the foothills of the Apalachan Mt."
Our hill that we used to live *only 4 miles away* is the 2nd highest peak in WNY....
And there used to be a ski~resort on top of.....
*so, that should show you the type of area I live in* And I know that if it was that temp., down here, *in town, lot's of house's, lot's of paved roads, and lot's of cement sidewalks, I KNOW IT HAD TO BE LOWER THAN THAT UP ON THE "HILL"!!!!!!!
We are known as the snowbelts of WNY, lot's of times before the Blizzard of '77 put us on the map, we here in the south towns, would think nothing of getting 16" to 18" in a 7 or 8 hour period..In '79 when I started working (9/ to 4:30am) It snowed like that allllllllll the time, no plows out, and no traffic out there to even follow a path home and it was incredible, you learn how to drive in weather like that or else you end up in alot of snow banks or worse)

Weezie

Lynne,
I hope you fair a little better with the temp's!!!
You're a higher zone than me, so you should be alright!

How are you feeling today????
Stay under those cover's, and keep warm, it'll be warmer than you want it to be in a short time.
*And work on getting that greenhouse*

Weezie

Brrr Weezie.....you're making me cold just reading your posts......lol I'm kind of in the same situation.....we are a few miles from the base of the highest elevation in the entire state.....there is a ski resort at the top of that mountain too....it's like another world up there......

It's about 56 degrees here right now this morning, but it promises to be a beautiful day I think.....the sun is shining.....I'm happy about that--the plants need some sun!!!!

Lynne, how are you feeling? Strep throat is no fun.....

Weezie and Loz... thanks for your well wishes. Can you believe I have to wait until next Friday to find out the results of my throat culture??? Because it's a holiday weekend, and the test takes 3 days, and my dr. is closed on Thursdays... sheesh! I don't think I got the strep part of what my daughter had, but my ears feel like glue! Anyway, the nice dr. gave me antibiotics so hopefully they'll kick in soon. Only problem with that is, I'm sooooo sensitive to them, they tear up my stomach.

It's sooooooooo windy and cold here today.
Not quite as bad as where Weezie is though!
I didn't check the temperature on my deck until 10 this morning - it was 50. I know it was much colder than that overnight - especially with the wind.

Weezie... how did your plants fare overnight?
Wish I DID have that greenhouse already.
I have so many seedlings that I still have to get outside - they are getting really leggy in the house. :p
(Unfortunately, my son ate up most of the greenhouse money doing very foolish stuff at college and needing to make-up 3 classes this summer - cost us a pretty bundle!!! )


I hope the wind slows down a bit this afternoon so I can do at least a little planting on my sunny deck. I (and the plants) are really craving some vitamin D badly by now...

Hi All, Luckily for us the weather hasn't been all that cold. We have no Furnace. The old oil one gave out and we were slowly being poisoned. All the aches and pain's we were having goes along with the side affect's of it. So I had THOUSAND'S of $$$$$ worth of test's done and it was the Monster in the basement. Phil will warm the house up for me before I come home from work if he think's I will be cold. Oven and a space heater. Just long eneough to take the chill out. Other wise we have had MORE rain here then we need. I think if we get any more we will grow Feather's and turn into Duck's. Laura

You are lucky you found the problem before it DID hurt you bad! Some people here in the fall turned their gas heat on, and didn't realize that the vent in the roof was covered up with plastic. (It was a rent house.) They all died...an entire family. So sad!

Right now tornados are all around the county I live in, and we are under warnings. If I'm not here tomorrow you'll know what happened to me!!

(Loz...I'll try to remember to click the heels of my ruby slippers three times and say, "There's no place like home!")

The weather down here is awful. Hot and Humid. Yesterday the news said our high was 96(my outdoor thermometer read 110 in the shade) I work outside and its killing me. I now carry a sprinkler with me and when I'm landscaping I hook it up and walk through it to cool off(I make sure I wear a DARK SHIRT ) Normally down here when it gets this hot and humid we get late afternoon storms that cool things down and waters the plants. We have not had a measureable amount of rain in over a month. Everything is DRY! My water bill will probably be quadruple
There are wildfires popping up everywhere,there is one 5 miles from my house as we speak(not too big,yet) We have a burning ban in effect and they are talking about water restrictions again.

WE NEED A BREAK!!

Karen

Man, we had some tornados last night! The worst came through about 1 to 2 a.m. I thought the house was going to just blow apart. Poor Lola was in her bedroom hollering for me to get her, but I was so afraid that if something bad happened (like the roof flying off the house!), that she would be blown away and I'd never find her, so I had to leave her in her cage. I felt so sorry for her. She was scared.

Haven't been outside, but can see from the windows that we have shingles ALL over our yard! Andy hasn't slowed down all day, coming and going with the heavy equipment. Must be a lot of damage pretty close to us, because he didn't load the backhoe on the truck, just drove off on it after he got back from taking the dozer somewhere. We were blessed!

Whew! what a day, yesterday. We had 25 family members over and then the tornadoes came through. One hit just blocks south of us and very close to the house of some of the family. No damage for our family.

One trailer park devastated.

We had one of the families spend the night, the mom had her 4 kids with her, but not her hubby. The bad weather just kept coming and coming.

The rains after the tornado where very heavy, almost 4 inches.

I had wondered about you two, and Chrissy too!
I heard both area's got tornado's.....

I am sooooooooo glad you both let us know!!

And am sooooooooooooooo glad you both are okay
*Lola* toooo!!!

Gardens, and things like that can be re~done,
but not bodies and body~parts!
If you know what I mean.

Sending to watch over all of those who were touched by the tornado's!!!!
May GOD send his blessings to them.

Weezie

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh Chrissy, are youuuuuuuuuuu okay??

hoping everyone is ok - - seems like this whole new century has been full of bad news on the weather front.

So sad! It flooded so bad after all the storms we've had, especially the one that spawned the worst of the tornados, that hundred of cows and horses drowned in the neighboring counties. They were showing them on the news last night, fighting and treading water trying so hard to keep their heads above the water. Men were out in boats rescueing what they could. The baby cows and horses were trying to stay by their mommys, and the mommys were trying to help them. But, most of them drowned. 50 in one field at a horse farm.

They're giving more tornado warnings on t.v. right now, headed this way. Never seen anything like it here before.

That is so sad about the animals drowning. That was shown on the news here in IN.

We had just one death from the storms, an elderly man in a trailer. Maybe trailers should be outlawed in tornado states.

The weather has been absolutely beautiful since the storms passed.

well when that tornado hit indy south side was 1 mile from my bro in law.he said it looked sooo bad out.they went into neighbors basement and the dogs kenneled up.we here in TX didn't get no tornado that day but our power was knocked out and I had candles everywhere and almost ran a cord to the garage to the generator so could finish watching movie on sci fi but when the wind about knocked me over I changed my mind.Remeber now.i live in the boonys in the woods and it was very very very very dark when the lights went out.if i was to touch my finger to my nose i would NOT have seen it.When lost power was putting on shoes to take wheel barrel to burning pile& sooo glad i did not make it to the door cause I would NOT have made it back to any known object.Hubby wanted me to get flash light and told him your sitting down& know what direction you are faceing...you get it.had to have flash light to even locate the candles to light to even HAVE light.we stood on porch amazed at how dark it is without the security light we gripe about blinding us if the shades are open at night.LOL.
it has been real hot& humid for almost 2 weeks as haven't had much rain.got almost 4 inches yesterday& a few days b4 that was 2 1/2 inches and had wind with that.Oh and was a tornado in Whartn TX its down west of houston off 59 somewheres looked it up on atlis.my plants sure took off when we hit the 90s get brief rain just about daily just had our 50 rain drops earlier about 3 when was mowing lawn...didn't even stop mowing& it felt good.plus hubby scared the crap out of me in pool...I was under water with the pool vacume and he pulled my toes.I choked on some water and threw some back at him.I though he was still weed eating.He's tractoring now on some spots on road that were hard as concrete the other day now that we got enough rain to soften stuff up.
and HEY!!! Its hurricane season now.I'm waiting on the 1st storm to form.I'm excited.those winds will clean some dead wood out of my trees.LOL

We had 3 thunderstorms today, 2 were really bad ones.!
The two shook the ground so hard, I couldn't believe it.
I thought after the first one went thru, we could call it a day, but then later the second one came thru!
We need the rain though!
Just wish it didn't fall so hard so fast, it' just rolls off the roads.

And we went for a nature hike with the boyscouts and we got a few sprinkles on us later....
Nothing too bad!

I thought the same thing for tomorrow here too!!!

Weezie

I brought in laundry 7 felt my 30 drop rain cloud pass through.I think they forgot to fill them clouds.
moveing mint today.
and hanging in pool

I potted up my 13 Jalapeno plants, they're so small still :rolleyes:

And some more volunteer tomatoes!!

And mixed some more compost and seed starting mix for me. And Pot mix for my mother, her and I sat
in the back yard and potted up plants.

It was raining *or misting* all day, but we were under out tree in the backyard, and never felt it.

My second set of corn is up already!!!

My radishes are kickin' butt!!
*I can see why they are so highly recommended for childrens' gratification seeds. Almost instant!!!

Got one more sweet pea, now that makes 3!!!

And I watched those darn woodchucks',
they're gonna get it?!!

Weezie

we have been getting hit by heavy rain almost every day and hail about once a week, the corn and soybeans we just finished replanting that were drown out a couple of weeks ago are now under water.. my garden is... well... well my flowers have never looked better.

got about 2 inches of rain.
Free watering in yard! I just it when rain reaches all the plants!
It was Hot today.i sat in truck seat and almost screamed when leg touched vinal....need cloth seats in TX.

3 inches and still falling.Woke me up at 4 am it was raining so hard.my pool was too full yesterday.I bet its really too full today.All my plants are reciveing plenty of water.I knew I should have got me some rain barrels.anyone here use them?my seeds last week of hycanith are up,bet they are happy.

We've gotten some hard rain the last couple of days, mostly morning but coming down hard. Some of my plants really needed it but some others seem to be having a hard time. My zinnias are drooping over, for some reason.

It was one of those days where it rained alllllll day, but it was a nice warm day and warm rain, not cold and damp. (I dislike those days with a passion)
Very nice day for transplanting and planting!!!
And that's what I did allllllllll day!

And pullin' weeds, next best thing to do on days
like this!

Also, I potted up my Gloriosa Lilies and morning glories and some of them darn seeds I started!

I have to find a way to heat that green house up, so I can get an earlier start next year?????
None of the one's I've started have flowers on them yet! *for flowers*
Of course I did those last.

We walked home from school in the down pour,
and we were walkin' in the mud puddles, and we got tons of looks, either, oooooooooooh, how cute or look at those dumbies....Poor kids don't stand a chance with a mother like that!
OOh what fun! We were wet and muddy by the time we got home, but I love days like that.
We are supposed to have this for the weekend too!
Hope so!

Weezie

we got 6 inches of a nice fathers day downpour.roads washed in spots,plants are grinning with joy from all the rain.I just water leveled the pool back yesterday and now its right back where it was...now THAT sucksI bet i spent an hour splashing that water out to bottom fill line and its back over the top fill line......npow give me a day of triple digits to evaporate it this time..LOL(jokeing! )

my green zina is awesome

Njoynit, I've saw those green zinnias before...aren't they called envy????

It was a day of perfect weather here today for fathers day......Low 70's....no humidity, perfect blue sky, and lots of sunshine.....Couldn't have asked for a prettier day.....

yep green envy
ain't ya "green"with"envey"


got about an inch today....right AFTER I vacumed pool so could swim a spell


http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit

go to 2004 albulm too see green envey.ya know what would go good with them?orange cosmos or yellow ones.

I hear thunder& hubby thinks I went to bed ....this was around 10& its almost 3& I can only sleep till about 9 and want 2b sure he is here tomorrow for his fathers day gift.....an touch light with eagles on it.UPS will drive& hopefully not get stuck back here tomorrow.
nite ya'll
will be hot tomorrow....and more rain

it is STILL raining in TX.I'd say my watering need under flood watch is "0"
I pulled weeds yesterday.were real easy to pull.weeded all around pond area& down 300 ft fence line.I've had enough rain to see growth daily on plants.
I don't think we will have a fire ban this 4th july.
UPS is reschedualed for the 28th to deliver fathers day package.they couldn't get up my hill& guess MEN don't think about carrying a 6lb package a few steps on up my hill to me.I'm glad its not PLANTS guess I need to find a board& some paint and post"UPS use left side"he left the right side a mess,will have to dry before can fix that crap.guess he didn't notice all the tire tracks going up the left side huh.I need an orange cone for rain days.LOL

Yep, has been raining for days! I need to go out & weed but haven't. Maybe tomorrow after church? I don't mind doing it when it's misting...just lazy today

The weeds come up real easy right now.I mowed between sun& rain today!yippie...will grow and need again in 3 days.14 inches this month so far& rain for all week till NEXT monday.i could sell water to calif.LOL

We've had nearly 7 inches this month & I feel like I'm gonna float away! I don't know what we'd do with 14! We have nearly 2 acres, so we haven't had time to mow between anything. It just keeps raining! And, yep, supposed to rain here until July 5...man! And, what sucks even more about it is not only am I not accomplishing anything outside and trying to go back to work, but the weekend of the Fourth, we (my husband is in a band named NoneTheLess) have 3 shows to do in 3 days & 2 of them are outside So, looks like a lot of computer time coming up, LOL

We got 3 inchs while ago& now look...more GREEn heading my way

Well, no rain, yet, today...but we're supposed to get it this evening. I was cutting down a tree today (small tree) and got stabbed by this huge thorn, OUCH! Wanted to get a little done before the rain moved in. I'm originally from Orange, Texas. My son was born in Port Arthur.

I'm where it says Texarkana (corner of Texas, Arkanas & Louisiana.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/local/75501?lswe=75501&lwsa=WeatherLocalRecreation

Nice link! Neat to see on that map just where someone is. Cool!

I got
I got
Well we started July out just right!over 6 inches of rain....my pool crested and left a wallowed hole where was pouring out of pool& my rain gauge was overflowing,but am happy today.!SUN SUN SUN.i got in pool today for like 2 hours reuniteing my tan lines&swam around about an hour after cleaning it before working o them tan lines,sure has been hot.feels like july!

TxAr about 4 hours from me.I know am 3 hours 20 minutes from Tyler.Use to live Whitehouse so USE 2B closer to ya! we generally see more rain down this way,but June was unusually wet.We don't get droughts down here.I get coastal showers to solve that lil issue...closest beach for me is 61 miles...port aurthor

The rain cloud's have been sleepin here for the last several day's and we need some. SOON. :rolleyes:

we picked up about 2 1/2 inches all total this weekend but it is really cold today 66 degrees is all we are gonna get.. i'm worried about my tomatoes they need heat i don't have very many and they are small.. my snap peas on the other hand are exploding so are my green beans.

Iowa,
Find a liquid fertilizer with a high middle number..
That will help your plant to blossom and produce fruit and will help the roots get stronger to feed more fruit!!!

Even with the low temp's, this will help..

I use Shultz Plus 10~60~10 as a liquid I pour over my plants and Spray~n~Grow as a foliar spray.

But, any should do fine!

Weezie

It is so hot here. I can barely stand to go outside. Maybe if I went outside barely...no, that would scare the birds. Really, it's brutal.

:p :p More Rain. :p :p Will it never stop??

I still got
& was Hot as He$$ 97.gotta love tem tripple heat indexs& ice cubes met fatser outside the mouth

Humid, muggy, sticky......and HOT....that's what I've got here.....feels like you're stepping out into a sauna....but, it's much better than snow, sleet, freezing rain, and shivering my butt off.....lol

ya know its hot when get in pool and it DON't cool ya off.I soaked 3 shirts in sweat today& my 4th got soaked in pool.i was tossed in.But I tried to push hubby in pool....It back fired.I was still wearing shoes.
mowed neighbors tall grass today...collectted grass for my compost(gotta soak some of that rain from last month up)
I will be in the pool the entire day tomorrow.i also returned my 31 milk jugs of water to deep freeze...if pool is still at 92 we will be adding ICE

Wow, that's hot water!!!

We've had rain, and some more rain!!!

And a little bit of sun here and there.

Weezie

we got more rain today.6 inches,the skys just opened up and was some wind,broke my white hycanith bean vine....and it had FINALLY startedto bloom(so guess no seeds) a few zinna got the lean now.watered in my new garden bed just fine....that I had been keeping watered all day& spreading my rabbit manure & spreading my pine mulch.a hot day& then rain then steamy. now have gotton 12 1/2 inches for month.

More rain....must have an inch sitting in the Garden. Good thing we picked bean's on Saturday. Now we have to go fix them.. :p Like Phil said they would EXPLODE after the first picking. They did. Good thing my Daughter is comming this week. She will take over my picking. I will DO NOTHING Laura

Here's what's happening in my neck of the woods...




These are my NEIGHBOR'S trees, and they all fell into my yard. Destroyed the fence and a lot of my plants, but missed all the vehicles and house! The tree in the last photo is covering one of my prettiest gardens, and the pet cemetery.

Cindy

Ooo, Cindy....that's awful....glad they missed the house and vehicles, but it's still not good......Are these the neighbors that set of all the fireworks??????? Must of been a heck of a storm you had......

It's the 3 H's here.....Hot, Humid, and Hazy.....

No, these were the "Good Neighbors"!
Best next-door neighbors anyone could ask for!

We've been having a lot of "freak" storms here the past few weeks. Guess it's my own bad fault, since I seem to be a FREAK MAGNET!

Glad you have some nice neighbors on one side at least......how are you going to clean the trees up????? I hate bad storms when I'm alone, that freaks me out!!!! But, when my hubby is home I love them.....lol

Yesterday Andy and a guy that works for him cut them up, loaded them in the dumptruck with the backhoe, and hauled them out to my farm and dumped them in a big pond we drained and are filling back in a little at a time. (Guess that would be an ex-pond!) It was several truck loads. Would have been good firewood, but no one wanted to mess with it.

The "bad neighbors" had some tree damage a few years ago and we didn't clean it up for them!!!

A pond sounds really nice.....

How did your plants do that were under the tree? And was your fence damaged? Glad he came and hauled them away fast!

I love my ponds! But, they are all at the farm, which is about 10 miles from where I live now. When my daughter turned 21, I gave her 5 acres to build on at the farm. Andy built a huge pond that bordered her 200' long driveway before it curved up to her house, that sat on a hill overlooking the pond. One winter morning she went out to start her car to let it warm up, then went back inside. When she went back out to get in the car, it slid down her driveway (she hadn't gotten into it yet) and landed in the pond, completely submerged. Andy took the backhoe out the next day and drained my big, beautiful pond that he had worked so hard building the year before! It freaked him out thinking about what could have happened if Rachel had been in the car.

My plants were destroyed for this year, but they were all perrenials, and will be back next year!

I was wondering about your plants too Cindy!!!!
I am glad to hear they will be back next year.

I have heard some storms and such have been going thru that area!!!

Knock on wood, we haven't had any bad one's
this year!!

We've had some good thunderstorms here lately, and rockin' and rollin' thunder and lightenin'!

Almost too good to be true weather actually!
Nice summer days, not too hot, oh once in a while but not constant... rain alot at night, and nice breezes!!!

Weezie

How's everyone's weather?

I heard a tornado in Illinois,
flooding in New Jersy and something somewhere's else, it was on the weather in the morning.

It's raining here... a big front going thru,
we are just getting it misty, misty, misty here right now, but it was coming down in buckets last night!!!!

Weezie

I'm just a roasting away here in S TX.was 97 yesterday with a heat index of 113& i'd swear it was not as hot as the day B4 but was 96 then....had to be the humidity was about 46% yesterday& the sweat was a rolling-rolling-rolling yeah!& my grass grwew slower this week!must have coked all that rain from last month away now huh.
my 40 ft fence is now redwood stained....along with my cannas,calla,burgmansia& 2 hibiscus& a mg vine.MEN.They can't see crap,but he also got his saw,level,sideing knife,hammer.they got hit also.i was in the pool less yesterday but was in twice....for about 30 minutes...not my usual every hour 15 minutes.moved some plants from beside house to sitting area.I'm resting today.I'm sick& tummy don't feel good& blister hurtts...its ok as long as don't use finger& sipping green tea.

I think our weather was nice today. Spent all day ( almost ) in a freezing Hospital. We finally got home tonight at 8ish. Daughter said it was a bit on the humid side and around 86 out. Thing's are growin good tho with the warmer temp's finally. <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" /> Laura

It's been unusually cool here today.....low 70's and absolutely NO humidity, which has to be a freak of nature....lol It's always so sticky here.....actually, technically it's the cold brisk air coming down from canada.....Speaking of canada did you all see that place on the weather channel that got 2 feet of hail???? OMG, I couldn't believe that...freaky, freaky weather.....they were out shoveling it in shorts.....

Supposed to rain this weekend, but I really want another hot day so we can get back to the state park and go swimming in the pool....Nothing better than swimming on a really hot day!

Well, I'm not that far from you Loz, being in WV. Our temps were still in the 80's, but low humidity yesterday. It was so much nicer!! And today, it's supposed to be even better, and maybe slightly cooler. I think they predict high 70's, low 80's for our high here today. And then rain over the weekend.. but today, should be boootifuuuul.

Meg

It rained allll night and all morning and it's just a real fine mist now,
but I see it clearing up in the distance..
*Got 4 kids here today, so I am not doing much gardening, I'm doing alot of this...


Weezie

I'm doing alot of this

We had what i call "heat lightning" saturday night...was really awesome.is when ya get that contunies lighting that just keeps flashing like a strobe light and streaks go across sky...I think got maybe 67 raindrops...didn't even wet my clothes on line.I was the idiot sitting in middle of yard in open watching light show moveing chair about till found a good veiw .I love a good light show.

was hot today.pool was great.

Oh, I feel so bad for you after reading how HOT it is there! Can you imagine Texas in the 1800's when women wore those long, heavy dresses with long sleeves and tons of petticoats? (I watch too many Gunsmoke re-runs! )

It is a beautiful, cool, foggy morning here in the Bluegrass. And, the last two nights were the perfect kind for sitting outside on the deck with a glass (or bottle) of wine, watching the sunset.

Cindy

Yeah, was very hot here this weekend. I had a garage sale & got sunburned. After getting ready for the sale on Thursday then doing it on Friday & Saturday...I just relaxed on Sunday - well, kinda, LOL. I did get out & do some weeding and a little raking but stayed inside most of the day. Sunday was a little cooler, for the most part.

actually for us "midstaters" the heat index was 110 degrees the other day,(at least in Omaha) it was really only 90 something. THese are the days I am glad I have central air, but would rather have an ocean
Supposed to be the same tomorrow with about 10-15 mph winds. Wind is sometimes nice...however it ate up my beautiful white hibsicus..and of course no one will buy it now
This past Saturday was the first in a long time that hasn't rained...I was almost disappointed.

Njoynit,
That must have been quite cooooooool!
I would have loved to have seen that,
don't believe I've ever seen anything like that before??
But sounds neat!

Here in N.Y. it rained in the morning, and then in the afternoon, it rained again..........
And for a change this evening, it rained again!
Hmmmmmmmm, something on the dry side would be nice.
I guess this Wednesday is the only day this week in the forecast for it NOT to rain!
Thank goodness my veggie beds are raised!!!
I'd be growing rice if we got much more of it and they were on the ground!!!

Weezie

It has been a bit on the warm side here with no rain for ???? how long. Got up before Phil left for work so I could water the Garden. So that is done. And the plant's are happy It is suposed to be in the upper 80's today possibly 90... :p Im not a hot weather person but Phil love's the heat. :p Laura

I don't think we have had rain since the 7th,BUT we have had 12 inches this month.I DO wish for rain.pool needs topped off...and if I was to pop the hose in,well then would rain and crest again.I didn't water my plants this morning cause was road trippin to Galveston for hubbys dr appt.(uped his meds,goes back in aug yeah)was 85 when hit Galveston about 11 and was muggy muggy.ferry ride was kewl but no dolphins today but the pelecans were entertaining and watched a baby duck bobin for fish.

HOT HOT HOT

It is gonna be a scortcher.i can actually see my mercery riseing

Yes, very hot! And I've been out in it nearly all day, since 9am, with a few breaks here & there. I'm starting a bed to put the purple bearded irises in (that bestoffour sent to me ) but everything is slower & harder with just one hand. My husband has helped some but there are other things to be tended to, that he has been helping with. We started the bed yesterday evening and ran out of daylight. I'm sunburned from today, waiting for him to get back from unloading his musical equipment, then we're back at it til dark. Normally, I'd post more details about why the bed is taking so long & so much work, but it sucks typing one-handed & have typed alot already.

Maybe it'll rain tomorrow (yeah, right!)

We have a Tropical Storm directly off our coast,so its going to be a WET ,miserable day.
At least it won't get as hot as its been lately.

If I'm not able to work today,I'll be back here!

Karen

Karen........I'm in NC and it's heading this way, from the weather reports on the radio..........batton down the hatches! We just went out and bought a generator this weekend, as this is our first season here in NC.........corse, I didn't want to spend the money right now, but would rather have the generator than go without water for a week! Hope this is a mild storm! Good luck.......keep us posted!

Its not supposed to be a bad storm,just alot of rain and wind.
2 years ago we suffered a citywide blackout that lasted 12 hours. We had a generator that kept us in lights. It was funny though cause my husband hooked up lights outside and the whole neighborhood ended up at my house. The next day some people complained that it wasn't fair that we had lights and they didn't. They seemed to think it had something to do with me working for the company that runs this place. We had the foresight to purchase a generator and it made them mad!

Let us know how it goes,when it gets there!

Karen

Its a Cat 2 right now just braely brushing the shore of hatteras.I have another post on here of webcams to see it...well kinda..is mainly gray.
I'm folling it in Storm2k
http://www.STORM2K.org
in hurricane hollow


Its still hot here today.need to hng some towels& bring other 2 loads off line.think will float in pool awhile.Its 89 out,but not for long..sun over them tree tops now...time to ROAST

Gonna be another hot one today. Forecast says 101 degrees...heat index 111 degrees! I've gotta dig up some plants for a friend, better get out there & do that soon. Son's mowing the yard. He'll have to take lots of breaks...

It was 101 yesterday heat index high was 120& at 7 pm it was 99 with heat index of 114.started that day with a low of 82.I actually didn't feel hot.was 32% humidity but was in pool too.THOUGHT was gonna get some rain.Was even under a severe thunderstorm watch.got some lightning and some wind.watchi=ed it in hammock then repaied comp glitch.DON't trust windows microsoft updates.causes programs to dissappear

Been there, done that!
Learned my lesson, too!
As well as stuff disappearing, you end up with a bunch of NEW crap that you don't even need! Then try to remove it! Ha! It says it's sharing files with something else, blah, blah, blah...!

It's unseasonably cool here today.....only 65 degrees....feels great compared to the 97 degrees it was a few days ago.....Canadian air to thank for this! I have all the windows open to cool the house down.....

The weather here today was wonderful. Sunny, breezy, cool. I hope we don't have rain for a while because we are raising the back of our house tomorrow. Or rather, we're starting to raise the roof. It won't be finished for a couple of days. Pray for us.

Yep...you sure don't need any rain!

(I raise the roof around here rain or shine! )

Supposed to set a record low here tonight.
That's good sleepin' weather!

Cindy

The forman on our roof raising job told us they could do it in 2 days. They were going to work Saturday and Sunday and be through. Well, it is Tuesday night at 9:55 and they are still here. There haven't been any problems. They are just S L O W....It's driving me crazy. I'm ready for them to be through and out of here.

Hope your roof gets on PDQ, Sheri!!
With all the rain we've had here, we'd be drenched.
But, I can't complain, the rains been that nice
kind of rain, NOT BONE CHILLIN"!!!
Can do alot of work in it, and never work
up a sweat it's so nice out!

Thunderstorms have gone thru twice today,
but it wasn't too bad!

Weezie

It is 57 here this morning 88% humidity.i feel like am in wrong state.Hubby fishing but think fishing is off with cooler temps.I bought him some minnows so he'd be outta my hair.I sure hope this don't mean winter will be early I'm hopeing my gords form intime(just NOW setting with growing since march 15th)& I sowed some zinnia hopeing for extra of that color.are salomon.has been breezy on lake& I have leaves falling fr compost already I love them for compost.....but I have 2 acres& live in woods,,I'd kill for a leaf vacume& our leaf blower took a crap last year.I'll be very fit this fall& winter.

Yep, I've been enjoying the cooler weather this summer, haven't had much of a "summer". I wonder what that's gonna mean for our winter?

I hope not longer.....We don't get these temps till Oct.But hasn't been real hot this summer,least not like last year& GLAD not like 4 years ago.but has been wetter.
Its 85 right now been a nice breeze all day and adding leaves to ground for me to rake up(didn't I just rake under that tree yesterday? )Fish went back to hitting.I have 2 bass swimming in kitchen sink.I'm going back in 23 minutes.

Wow, I woke up a few hours ago to a heck of a thunderstorm....you know the kind that make your window rattles.....thought I was dreaming it until I woke up....lol I was super tired but couldn't get back to sleep....

Looks like it's going to be a pretty miserable day today, but that's okay I have some crafts I want to work on anyway....