Posted on 06/04/2023 2:03:33 AM PDT by EBH
Have not had any rain in several weeks already. Sort of glad I did not go wild with the garden this year. Lettuces have not bolted yet, which I am surprised. Radishes bolted, so just going to let those go to seed. Tomatoes will be getting water feeders this week. Tough going already for the season.
Looking at the map it will affect some of the corn yield. And looks like it will hit the ‘wine’ areas hard.
I actually expect the wine areas to be even winier.
Here’s a good question to ask the lefty “winers” (pun intended): would they like some cheese to go with their wine?!
Rained once for 10 minutes since I planted grass three weeks ago. I blame myself…..sorry bout that.
I planted Truffula Pink Gomphrena in my garden this year because it is drought tolerant.
Yup, grass already stopped growing. Normally mow 2x per week at this time of year. It is still spring!
Seattle has been in drought status for the last year.
Curiously, the primary reason is a huge salt water lake of unusually cold water that has been pushed up against our Pacific coast line for much of the last year.
Late Winter and Spring temperatures have been significantly below normal, which has completely disrupted our normal rainy season.
June, July, and August are the three driest months of our year, so there is no relief in sight until the start of Autumn weather.
Crank up your AC and open all your doors and windows.....
I just completed putting together a water buffalo to water my garden - a 125-gallon tank coupled to a 2” HF gas-powered semi-trash water pump. I fill up at my farm creek and haul it up to the garden on a two-wheeled trailer towed by a ‘48 Farmall Cub. My gut told me this was going to be a dry summer and I think it will continue until we get some hurricane action to break the weather pattern.
You could make amends for that by washing your car.
Flash drought...
Is that a new term like atmospheric river!??
And the wine areas will be “wining” even harder (pun intended).
Here in NE PA, Only watering the garden and flowerpots. Rest is bone dry. Got about 100 drops of rain yesterday, the most in weeks.
The same weather talkers who can’t break 50/50 coun flip odds on rain or no rain?!?
And ranking sunlight now too?
“Flash drought” sounds much scarier than “dry spell.” I wonder if the Weather Channel will start to give them names.
I just put in a new AC/furnace
Over twice the price of what one cost in 2020
Yea....Everything on Accuweather is fear based BS...
” Flash drought... “
Yes, ...All of a sudden, out of nowhere, just like that—BAM! —it didn’t rain for 3 weeks.
Stupid writing reveals stupid thinking.
If by “heat” they mean the 51f daytime high we had here yesterday or the mid 40s we’re at right now then their predictions are spot on. Those temps are not my idea of “heat”. We’ve had a few warm days but generally what I would consider a cool spring, a bit dryer than normal but not unusual. Last week we had a frost at 28 degrees.
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