Weather

[oakley]

Originally Posted by bower

Oakley, good thing you didn't make an early spring visit this year... the weather has been so bad, it is sure not worth it for a peek at an iceberg. Brrrr.
The ferry to Bell Island - 20 minute run - took 8 hours the other week, they couldn't get through the pack ice. People were posting photos of seals on the ice around the boat. Dolphins and whales got trapped some of the dolphins were rescued but the whales couldn't be helped. Polar bears in the news every few days.
OTOH the forecast for tomorrow is TEN DEGREES C!!! That is 50 F and it's gonna feel like the balm of summer to all of us here!!

Just now planning this years trip. Two totes are packed.
Due to work it will be the short ferry this year. Argentia. Closer to home. Nicer weather
and maybe some fishery. June-July.

[AlittleSalt]

It's getting that time of year where the heat and humidity begins. Here it is midnight - you can pull your hair back and it stays there - no Vitalis or Lucky Tiger needed. (I had to look both up to see if they still make them - yes they do.)

Then tomorrow night, the forecasted low temp is in the mid 40s.

[bigpinks]

brought my plants up from the basement yesterday for the first time. Actually am lucky because they will be large and hardened within three days. That is 21 days before the avg last frost here. The 15 day forecast on the Nat'l weather site has nothing below 50 for the next 15 days. I may luck out but I actually started at least two weeks too soon. Live and learn. These are 72 plants of five varieties that I have adopted as my favs from saved seed. If I lose them I will reluctantly turn to purchased plants but I would be devastated. But sunny and 85 today! Hallelujah.

[Cole_Robbie]

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that it might rain:

[Rockporter]

Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that it might rain:

LOl, I thought for sure I would have rain when mine said 60% chance of rain for 6 days in a row. Didn't get but 15 minutes or so of rain the entire time, lol.

[Cole_Robbie]

The NWS computer reminds me of watching stock prices. I follow trends, which you can only get by monitoring the forecast very regularly. For example, a 50% chance of rain when they previously said 60% is different than a 50% chance when the previous forecast was 40%.

So whatever the current forecast is, it helps a lot to know if that number is trending up or trending down.

[My Foot Smells]

maybe picking up 5-7" of rain today, it has been coming down. the bowling alley is open. glad i am in raised beds, forecast this week will be at saturation and liable to drown inground gardens.

[Gardeneer]

Hmm. We got 5 to7' on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. No problem with sandy soil. No puddles, no mud. Also there were no winds to knock down anything.
Today the sun came out shining. Humidity shot up. But then we got some breeze for the rescue. .

[greenthumbomaha]

Five days of cold gloomy weather ahead. Twenty degrees below average. Plants are huge and some of the early varieties have buds from the warm sunny spell we enjoyed earlier this month. It was really a pleasant experience germinating the seeds and taking the plants straight outdoors. You southerners or greenhouse growers have it much nicer.

- Lisa

We got a bit of sun this afternoon. I walked thru a local greenhouse and some of the potted 4 inch tomatoes are well over two feet. I loved the warm humidity there. It was like a Florida vacation.

[MrBig46]

So it does not look like some global warming in our country.
Vladimír

[Rockporter]

You wouldn't think it's a nice florida vacation during our height of summer. There won't be much in the garden then because the heat and humidity really do a number on growing anything. So, we might get a head start on you, but while you are still enjoying a garden in summer we are dreading going outside at all.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Rockporter

You wouldn't think it's a nice florida vacation during our height of summer. There won't be much in the garden then because the heat and humidity really do a number on growing anything. So, we might get a head start on you, but while you are still enjoying a garden in summer we are dreading going outside at all.

Think of those poor road construction workers.
Heck it wasn't that many years ago I was swinging a pick and digging ditches by hand to run underground conduit in July and August in the heat of the sun.
I put my underground sprinkler system in, in it too.
The neighbors were flabbergasted.
How can you do that in 100 degree heat they asked?
Because I have to.
Worth

[SteveP]

I finished getting my garden planted yesterday. They say to expect 5-8" of rain the next 3 days and the ground is saturated from the 5+" we got a few days ago. I plant in raised rows in my raised bed and it drains well so I am hoping for the best. Things should explode once the sun pops out and warms back up. Hopefully!

[My Foot Smells]

Originally Posted by SteveP

I finished getting my garden planted yesterday. They say to expect 5-8" of rain the next 3 days and the ground is saturated from the 5+" we got a few days ago. I plant in raised rows in my raised bed and it drains well so I am hoping for the best. Things should explode once the sun pops out and warms back up. Hopefully!

same here steve, probably the same swath. but then I will need to re-fert after the wash out. I'm in high raised on top of heavy clay, the water sits on top of the clay reminds me of a topography of Minnesota (land of lakes).

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by My Foot Smells

same here steve, probably the same swath. but then I will need to re-fert after the wash out. I'm in high raised on top of heavy clay, the water sits on top of the clay reminds me of a topography of Minnesota (land of lakes).

I remember last year followed pretty much the same pattern as this year. Very warm late winter followed by a cool early spring with some heavy rains and flooding. I didn't get a chance to fertilize anything after planting yesterday, but I put about 2-3" of Bunny Berries on the rows a little over a month ago. One of my grandkids had a school program last night and we don't miss those.