That Guy
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Using environmentally kind soap should be alright.
How's The Weather By You?
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Using environmentally kind soap should be alright.
Knightofalbion
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- Glastonbury, England
Wonderfully sunny!
Ozarkgal
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- Deep in the Ozark woods
SeaBreeze..Is snow unusual for your area at this time of year..are you at an elevation?
That Guy...No need to worry about pruning those roses...now if you could just teach the deer to prune them at the right spots.
TICA...LOL..I too am still finding leaves tucked down in corners of flower beds and along fence rows. They seem to be never ending this year.
Knight of A...good to hear you are experiencing some nice weather for a change after all the flooding.
This weather is beginning to get frustrating..yesterday, in the 80's, today high of 65, tomorrow chance of snow showers mixed with rain, high of 45 with frost warning overnight....highly unusual for this time of year.
That Guy...No need to worry about pruning those roses...now if you could just teach the deer to prune them at the right spots.
TICA...LOL..I too am still finding leaves tucked down in corners of flower beds and along fence rows. They seem to be never ending this year.
Knight of A...good to hear you are experiencing some nice weather for a change after all the flooding.
This weather is beginning to get frustrating..yesterday, in the 80's, today high of 65, tomorrow chance of snow showers mixed with rain, high of 45 with frost warning overnight....highly unusual for this time of year.
Who in the SE & SW are getting snow? This is unbelievable 6" or so in Arkansas? I have seen spittin' snow in early May when I lived on the OH/PA border but it melted almost before it landed.
We're supposed to warm up to mid-70's today and those snow showers are supposed to turn to flood-warning rain by Saturday. It won't surprised me if the snow forgets to stay in Arkansas
We're supposed to warm up to mid-70's today and those snow showers are supposed to turn to flood-warning rain by Saturday. It won't surprised me if the snow forgets to stay in Arkansas
That Guy
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- Monterey Bay
Very nice here on the coast and HOT over the hill which will bring the fog soon. Supposed to continue cooling down through the weekend. No snow or floods as I'm reading about in other parts but major fires have begun their march across our parched landscape. SoCal getting the worst of it right now.
Those awful fires are top stories on our local TV
I shiver everytime I hear somewhere in Riverside County is on fire. I lived there for five years and was 100 times more afraid of fires than earthquakes. My truck was always hooked to the horse trailer, aimed at the side alley gate always with a full tank of gas and $100 cash in the glove box. My dogs were trained to hurry hurry into the truck and I actually had fire loading drills with my horses.
The weather by me is currently very hot. It is early spring, and lately during the day it has been feeling like midsummer. The weather is great - it is a nice change from the long, cold winter which just ended. The weather is perfect for fishing and hiking, two of my favorite hobbies.
rkunsaw
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- Clarksville, Arkansas,USA
Ozarkgal
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- Deep in the Ozark woods
Spraying coffee all over the keyboard..this should have some warning!!! This is going to be my big laugh for the day!
That Guy
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- Monterey Bay
TWH! Fire drills with the horses! Wow, that's serious stuff. Glad you didn't have to test your plan in action. Only time fire got close here was a couple of years ago. Luckily for us, it was burning on the summit and head east and away. Heard on the news that SoCal weather has cooperated and their getting a better handle around Ventura...
That Guy
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- Monterey Bay
Hey! What's with the fog movin' in??? Oh, yeah, that's right . . . big ol' cold Pacific Ocean right out there. Well, the weather guy did say it would be cooling down this weekend. Now, where's my sweater?
Snow isn't really unusual where we are this time of year, we're at about 5500 feet. The thing that freaks people out here, is it's 70 degrees and sunny one week, and the next week we'll get those surprise snows, and have freezing temps again. I joke because as soon as I put the snow broom and shovel in the garage, we'll get another snow, and I'll have to take it out again.
Now, when we go camping, it closer to the mountains and at much higher elevations, much cooler and snowy. We were driving on a mountain pass in June, and there was around 6 feet of snow on either side of the dirt road.
Steve
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- Massey, Ontario, Canada
The black flies are just starting to come out.. Within the next few days we will be totally infested with them..
Daytime temps are around the 28c mark and nights are around the 10c mark.. Sunny with just a slight breeze..
Daytime temps are around the 28c mark and nights are around the 10c mark.. Sunny with just a slight breeze..
rkunsaw
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- Clarksville, Arkansas,USA
You can keep your black flies. We have enough problems with ticks and skeeters.
I think our cold, rainy spell is over. It's supposed to be in the 70s all week.
Big tick (deer ticks and Lone Star ticks) and chigger problems here. Have always been lucky to not have mosquito issues but with all the rain this year, that might change.
Rain stayed away until around 7:00 PM - I was still trying to get the remodeling of the open end stall finished. It was a really cold rain, horses were soaked, noses pressed against the glass (not really) but they were tapping the barn door (yes really), wanting in.
News this AM said, a town about 15 miles due east of me had 4" - 6" of hail (yes really on that too They had to get the city trucks out to remove it. Glad that passed over us.
More rain today - possibly 1 - 1.25 inches in our area. We are about as water logged as I can ever remember. We weren't this soggy in the 2010 Nashville flood. The big bowl, where the horses disappear, completely filled with water that year but we still weren't this soggy.
I jus know this is going to open up some "sink holes waiting to happen" since the Big Cave System runs right thru our property. That's the same cave system that goes under the road right at the cliff and did collapse the road a few years back - lol lol
The neighbor's dog killed a Copperhead by their pond. That's a first but probably not the last because we now have so much backwater from that pond. The backwater is in the low lying area of our pasture and almost looks like a mini pond. I don't get near as upset over Copperheads and Rattlesnakes as I do Cotton Mouths (Water Moccasins). Cottonmouths are so evil, they just about bite themselves if they can't find anything else to bite.
I may shut that pasture off from the horses; if they get bit on the face, they will have an anaphylactic reaction and could die because horses aren't capable of breathing thru their mouth.
Bushogging is becoming a necessity, need to mow again but that old saying "can't dance and it's too wet to plow" certainly holds a lot of water this weeknthego:
High temps 58, rain all day, down to 39 tonight. I'm a patient person, but this much rain even has my eyeballs rolling. This is getting to be really tough on the crop-growing and hay-cutting season.
First cut is typically Memorial Day in this area, so a lot of drying out has to happen for that to be on schedule.
Rain stayed away until around 7:00 PM - I was still trying to get the remodeling of the open end stall finished. It was a really cold rain, horses were soaked, noses pressed against the glass (not really) but they were tapping the barn door (yes really), wanting in.
News this AM said, a town about 15 miles due east of me had 4" - 6" of hail (yes really on that too
They had to get the city trucks out to remove it. Glad that passed over us.More rain today - possibly 1 - 1.25 inches in our area. We are about as water logged as I can ever remember. We weren't this soggy in the 2010 Nashville flood. The big bowl, where the horses disappear, completely filled with water that year but we still weren't this soggy.
I jus know this is going to open up some "sink holes waiting to happen" since the Big Cave System runs right thru our property. That's the same cave system that goes under the road right at the cliff and did collapse the road a few years back - lol lol
The neighbor's dog killed a Copperhead by their pond. That's a first but probably not the last because we now have so much backwater from that pond. The backwater is in the low lying area of our pasture and almost looks like a mini pond. I don't get near as upset over Copperheads and Rattlesnakes as I do Cotton Mouths (Water Moccasins). Cottonmouths are so evil, they just about bite themselves if they can't find anything else to bite.
I may shut that pasture off from the horses; if they get bit on the face, they will have an anaphylactic reaction and could die because horses aren't capable of breathing thru their mouth.
Bushogging is becoming a necessity, need to mow again but that old saying "can't dance and it's too wet to plow" certainly holds a lot of water this week
nthego:High temps 58, rain all day, down to 39 tonight. I'm a patient person, but this much rain even has my eyeballs rolling. This is getting to be really tough on the crop-growing and hay-cutting season.
First cut is typically Memorial Day in this area, so a lot of drying out has to happen for that to be on schedule.
TICA
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- East Coast
It is lovely today and I the plan is to rake up all the branches and trees that fell during the winter. I'm crossing my fingers the sun sticks around for a while.
That Guy
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- Monterey Bay
Copperheads, Rattlers and Cotton Mouths . . . oh my! Hope you do shutdown the pasture cum mini pond. And sinkholes? Nothin' like enjoying the day only to have the rug literally pulled out from under ya.
We're having a little front blowing through with the possibilites of a thunder storm for the next couple days. Not gonna do much for our lack of rain. As my dad always said, just enough to give the plants a drink.
We're having a little front blowing through with the possibilites of a thunder storm for the next couple days. Not gonna do much for our lack of rain. As my dad always said, just enough to give the plants a drink.
Ozarkgal
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The rain cleared up today, but still cloudy and overcast. I have a few more plants to get into the ground after a trip to town this weekend...gotta stay out of town..High supposed to be in the 70's.
TWH..we have not seen any water mocs in the creek yet..(knock on wood). This cooler weather must be keeping them in a slow wake up mode this spring. Snakes are the only thing I'm really terrified of here in this neck of the woods. Even the threat of tornados doesn't strike fear in my heart like poisonous snakes.
Yes, you're right about the aggressiveness of water mocs, a copperhead is relatively docile and will try to get away instead of biting, but a cottonmouth (water moc) will come after you with a vengeance. It's the Gangsta's I worry myself to death over during snake season. They go after anything that moves, and they are probably too small to survive a bite. It's a mission to keep all the flora and fauna down to remove all possible cover.
..High supposed to be in the 70's.TWH..we have not seen any water mocs in the creek yet..(knock on wood). This cooler weather must be keeping them in a slow wake up mode this spring. Snakes are the only thing I'm really terrified of here in this neck of the woods. Even the threat of tornados doesn't strike fear in my heart like poisonous snakes.
Yes, you're right about the aggressiveness of water mocs, a copperhead is relatively docile and will try to get away instead of biting, but a cottonmouth (water moc) will come after you with a vengeance. It's the Gangsta's I worry myself to death over during snake season. They go after anything that moves, and they are probably too small to survive a bite. It's a mission to keep all the flora and fauna down to remove all possible cover.
TICA
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- East Coast
If I lived where there were snakes like that, I'd be packing up and moving!!! So much for walking barefoot in the grass...
Nope, no walking barefoot. There's worse to worry about - lol Black Widows, Brown recluse, fire ants, ants in general, big "things" that I never laid eyes on when I lived on the OH/PA border--------------
I always wear socks and tennis shoes. It's a whole 'nuther critter world south of the Mason-Dixon. I was used to Massasagua Swamp Rattlers and Timber Rattlers, where I grew up in NE Ohio but living amongst three types of viper snakes and two types of venomous spiders has taught me to be even more watchful.
We also have Snapping turtles big enough to whack my leg off - lol lol I don't know who kills who, the snakes or the turtles, or if they just live and let live.
That Guy
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That's my philosophy all the way. UNLESS, they invade my space. Then, they are dead as dead.
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Come to think of it, I'm glad I don't live near water here. I love the sound of a creek running, etc, but the thought of water moccasins is too skeery.... I've seen black widows in the garden; recluse in the buildings, etc, but they don't sneak up on you like a snake.
Nice and sunny today; the Northern Orioles are passing through so hubby put the feeder out, and we're enjoying them while we can, as they will be moving North soon.
I've seen black widows in the garden; recluse in the buildings, etc, but they don't sneak up on you like a snake.Nice and sunny today; the Northern Orioles are passing through so hubby put the feeder out, and we're enjoying them while we can, as they will be moving North soon.
That Guy
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I love the Orioles. Have had Mom, Dad and Junior visit my feeders in the past. Hummers are visiting the feeder and I need to get out there and clean them . . . (the feeders, not the birds). Although, I have enjoyed hummers flying back and forth through the mist from the sprinklers and having themselves a refreshing shower.
Fog is in but we didn't get any rain as predicted. We can get rain any time of year besides the usual winter storms. One May, about 10 years ago, it poured incessantly all month. Another time, about 20 years ago or more, lightning rushed in off the bay and killed someone trying to get off the beach. Nothing that dramatic, today. Just the usual coastal pattern.
Fog is in but we didn't get any rain as predicted. We can get rain any time of year besides the usual winter storms. One May, about 10 years ago, it poured incessantly all month. Another time, about 20 years ago or more, lightning rushed in off the bay and killed someone trying to get off the beach. Nothing that dramatic, today. Just the usual coastal pattern.