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Post by woody on Oct 8, 2022 13:58:10 GMT
Weather is crazy here...yesterday was 76 during the day and 40 last night..they're calling for a frost by next week. If Farmers Almanac is usually 80% correct, I sure hope their forecast for one of the most severe cold and snowy winters than we've had in years, is wrong.
Last week it rained for a full 7 days, talk about depressing! Summertime we were in a drought, so now we got a lot of rain. I have crocus's up in three areas that I never planted them in for the past 5 years or so. They bloom first thing like they should in springtime and then pop up at the most weird times. One year I had them in February! Crazy!
Last year I had Lilacs blooming in May like always and then again in October...never had that one happen before!
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Post by daw on Oct 8, 2022 23:12:28 GMT
Rained here maybe three inches. Nights 53-56° days 65-75.
That rain made the garden grow. Doesn't matter itf I water
it every day it prefers rain. I have tomato plants loaded with
green tomatoes.
Forecast is warmer than usual winter.
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Post by paisley2 on Oct 9, 2022 1:20:11 GMT
I need plans to build and ark!
Come winter surely there will be no snow do to all the moisture has been removed from the sky!
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 9, 2022 18:27:58 GMT
Why did the fuzzy caterpillar cross the road ??
For a few days we had a number of fuzzy, black with a brown band caterpillars seemingly crossing the driveway... Don't know where they came from, were going to, or would turn into someday..
This is something about old sayings that if they are particularly fuzzy, or the brown band is extra wide or other such sayings it is a prediction of a bad winter...
Other info ?? ??
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Oct 9, 2022 19:57:46 GMT
Why did the fuzzy caterpillar cross the road ?? For a few days we had a number of fuzzy, black with a brown band caterpillars seemingly crossing the driveway... Don't know where they came from, were going to, or would turn into someday.. This is something about old sayings that if they are particularly fuzzy, or the brown band is extra wide or other such sayings it is a prediction of a bad winter... Other info ?? ?? Can’t tell you why woolly bears cross the road, but supposedly a wider brown/rust band = milder winter and a wider black band = harsh winter. Don’t think it’s ever been proven one way or the other. |
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Oct 10, 2022 0:43:27 GMT
Why would a caterpillar cross the road? Why, for the same reason a chicken would, to prove to an armadillo it can be done.
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Post by daw on Oct 10, 2022 1:28:32 GMT
Still raining here...ducks are enjoying it.
The garden...the drought resistant corn has grown
three feet. Don't think much of that variety.
It has very little corn.
Our 53-65° is supposed to warm up to 65-80°.
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Post by fixitguy on Oct 13, 2022 21:52:31 GMT
Reports of snow flurries about 1 hour north of us, and areas in the U.P. are getting some good accumulation.
I'm not liking this.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Oct 13, 2022 23:44:19 GMT
With the exception of lack of rain, we're having a fairly common October. Highs in the low 70's, lows in the upper 40's. Haven't seen many geese heading south yet. Our usual first frost is the end of October, early November, and that looks to be the forecast now.
Yesterday the guessed 80% of rain in the morning. Didn't get enough to even mess up the dust on the windshields.
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Post by woolybear on Oct 14, 2022 12:35:32 GMT
Found an all brown wooly bear yesterday with just a slight hint of black on either end. If I can remember, for giggles, I'll chart on the calendar what, if any, the snow totals are thru the season. We've had some low temps, but I've had no frost at the house yet. Next week looks to be when frost will hit, mid to low 30's and then Wed. night 31
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Oct 14, 2022 23:33:31 GMT
It looks like our first hard frost will hit Tuesday when they're guessing a low of 26. We'll clear the garden out this weekend, bringing the bigger green tomatoes in to ripen on the pool table, and start cutting up winter squash for canning.
When we bought our storm shelter we thought we'd be able to use it as a root cellar, but found the mice can squeeze through the flanged door and make a mess of whatever we had there. Really disappointing. I could put gaskets on the doors, but anything flexible the mice would just chew through.
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Post by farmrbrown on Oct 15, 2022 0:22:10 GMT
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Post by Tim Horton on Oct 19, 2022 17:15:54 GMT
2022-10-19... Environment Canada is predicting rain, flurries tonight and tomorrow.. Friends of mine north of Anchorage saying they had a light snow 3-4 days ago.. Many times we are 24-72 hours behind them weather wise...
The only chore I have left is to mount the snow blower to the tractor...
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