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Post by gahooduk on Jul 26, 2011 19:30:55 GMT
As a beekeeper i notice the seasons and here in SE England, things are very different from normal years. The queen bee have stopped laying three weeks early and they a re moving honey down into the brood area early
My bees are in an old orchard and the early apples called "Discovery" are falling off the trees and are ready again three weeks early
and 50% of blackberries are ripe in sheltered fields , normally my bees are still bringing blackberry pollen and nectar this tie of year
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Post by byz on Jul 28, 2011 11:01:22 GMT
Well the spiders are building their autumnal webs Blackberries are very early and elderberries look like they will be early this year (I'll be making more pontac this year). ;D
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Post by woodstove on Jul 28, 2011 12:30:07 GMT
Well back on topic ;D THE SUN IS SHINING OUTSIDE!!!! Hopefully my tomatoes will ripen ;D Here in Austin we get one crop of tomatoes in the spring, just about nothing during June, July, and August, and then a second crop in the fall, when the excess heat begins to wane, and to which I look foward with baited breath. --Harold
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Post by byz on Jul 29, 2011 11:08:00 GMT
Well back on topic ;D THE SUN IS SHINING OUTSIDE!!!! Hopefully my tomatoes will ripen ;D Here in Austin we get one crop of tomatoes in the spring, just about nothing during June, July, and August, and then a second crop in the fall, when the excess heat begins to wane, and to which I look foward with baited breath. --Harold It must be really hot there this year, I've been to Dallas twice in the late spring/early Summer and it is hot enough then. This morning we had mist first thing, in July Some of the elderberries are ripe. This is probably due to a very hot spring followed by a cool summer (so the plants act as if it is Autumn).
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Post by stranger on Aug 2, 2011 1:04:36 GMT
My opera singer friend in Poland tells me this is the coolest summer either she or her grandfather can remember. I suspect this coming winter will be, as my grandfather would describe it, a "real hellbender."
Stranger
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Post by dontgetoutmuch on Aug 5, 2011 22:33:18 GMT
The temperature was down to the low 40s(f) at my house this morning. I'm betting that there is some termination dust (snow on the high peaks) visible for my commute home considering that there was some chunky rain hitting the windshield. If that is the case, then fall is two to four weeks early here.
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Post by dontgetoutmuch on Aug 9, 2011 17:13:45 GMT
It's official. There was termination dust (snow) on the higher peaks up my valley Sunday morning. This is unusually early in the year for this. Call it two or three weeks earlier than normal. On the bright side, it looks like we will be warming back up to normal for the weekend. It is too bad Alaska and Texas can't get together, we need a little heat here, and Texas could use some cooler weather.
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Post by woodstove on Aug 9, 2011 17:51:54 GMT
It's official. There was termination dust (snow) on the higher peaks up my valley Sunday morning. This is unusually early in the year for this. Call it two or three weeks earlier than normal. On the bright side, it looks like we will be warming back up to normal for the weekend. It is too bad Alaska and Texas can't get together, we need a little heat here, and Texas could use some cooler weather. Amen!
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Post by slh1234 on Aug 9, 2011 18:50:53 GMT
<totally anecdotal, and depending on word of mouth> We just returned from camping in the North Cascades in NW Washington. Specifically, we camped in the Silver Fir campground in the Mt. Baker wilderness area. We chose that area for camping because it was close to the glacier viewing. In August, there is still snow on the ground in much of the Mt. Baker wilderness area, and several areas were still not open to the public. They have had a great deal of snow there this year. The rangers at the Glacier Ranger Station told me that there was enough snow that the normal glacier pattern was still not visible on most of the visible areas of glacier, and that made it difficult to see where they are. When I went there, I found this to be true. We did get some good views of glaciers on Mt. Shuksan and Mt. Baker, but there was a LOT of snow still there. On many of the trails (such as Heliotrope ridge), you would have to hike across significant avalanches that still covered the trail according to the trail reports at the ranger station. We weren't really equipped for this on this camping trip, but will be for the next one. When we got to places such as "Heather meadow" the ground was still mostly covered with snow, and as we walked higher, the snow was still heavy enough to keep some of the restrooms closed - about halfway up the door. Artist point was accessible only by snowshoe or ski. Picture Lake in Heather Meadow still had snow floating in it as it was still thawing out. A group of young people were sledding down one slope near where the road was closed to auto-traffic (because it was still snowed in above it). As we walked up, the snow beside the road on the ploughed sections was head high, and higher in some places. On some of the larger clear slopes, a few adventurous and energetic souls were snowboarding. This took some effort as they would have to walk their boards back up the slope after each trip down. The Nooksack river beside our campsite was full, and colored with glacial silt (and ICE COLD in case you decided to cool your feet in it). At night, we needed a mingk blanket on top of our sleeping bags to keep warm - it dropped into the lower 40s even down at the elevation where we were camping. When I asked the campground host and the ranger at the station about how usual or unusual it was to have that much snow still in place in August, they both responded that they had MUCH more snow than usual this last winter. It is unusual, but not really unheard of, to have this much snow still on the ground, and at as low of elevations as they were at this time of year. (That's as close as I can get to making an observation of anomoly). It was fun to engage in a little snowball fight in August, though . Back down in the Seattle area, it is currently 63 degrees F at my house at 11:48 AM on August 9th. We've had a little more than the 78 minutes at 80 degrees that I posted the link to a few days ago, but it is still a very small amount of time. (Not complaining or bragging - just counting my blessings ). From my house, I can still see snow on the Cascade peaks to the east of me. By all verbal accounts, and blog accounts I can find, this is a very cool summer for us. But as I stated in an earlier post, the daily highs and lows don't necessarily show it being too far out of character. (I'll be happy to share pictures I took if anyone is interested. They will show examples of every visible thing I'm claiming) </totally anecdotal, and depending on word of mouth> Area and places I'm talking about: www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=48.86633164667431~-121.63609648705841&lvl=12&dir=0&sty=b&sp=Point.s49tv94vt5vz_Picture%20Lake%20in%20Header%20Meadow____~Point.s3wpzf4vfz55_Mt%20Baker____~Point.s454404vy7bx_Mt%20Shuksan____&where1=Silver%20Fir%20Campground&form=LMLTCCSwitch off of birdseye to see information such as elevation.
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Post by byz on Aug 10, 2011 9:11:13 GMT
I have only had two ripe tomatoes so far, last year I had a glut We have had very few sunny days and the jet stream is low down due to the NAO being negative and it has been like that most of the Summer. If the NAO carries on like this it will be a cold Autumn
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Post by flearider on Aug 10, 2011 9:46:55 GMT
well here up north uk it's really has been a bad summer ... we've had a few weeks summer if you put all of the sunshine together . i turn to the sea to check the real time of yr.. i like to fish we have had no mackrel ,the bass have been scarce .. and the whiting and cod have started to turn up ...all this should not happen till next month .. so i'm saying snow by oct or at least very cold temps ...
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Post by mondeoman on Aug 10, 2011 15:26:49 GMT
Conkers - thats all I've got to say on the matter. In the midlands (UK), we've got an abundance of conkers getting ready to drop, blackberries are being picked and trees are starting to yellow. I'd say that there is a lot of fruit/berries around, but to me it seems to be about a month ahead of schedule. Anecdotal only, as I don't keep records etc...
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Post by ZL4DH on Aug 10, 2011 18:35:57 GMT
Conkers - thats all I've got to say on the matter. In the midlands (UK), we've got an abundance of conkers getting ready to drop, blackberries are being picked and trees are starting to yellow. I'd say that there is a lot of fruit/berries around, but to me it seems to be about a month ahead of schedule. Anecdotal only, as I don't keep records etc... Don't know about conkers but I'm getting a bit fed up with the rain.Left New Zealand only just made it out 1 hour later all roads in the south of the south island plus all airports were closed with snow.Landed San Francisco beautiful weather 3 days after that London to Manchester good weather over to Barrow good weather.We went up to Edinburgh and it poured down for 3 days drove down to York in nice weather then it started raining again and has gone on for 2 days hope it stop's soon
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Post by throttleup on Aug 10, 2011 19:49:59 GMT
I have only had two ripe tomatoes so far, last year I had a glut We have had very few sunny days and the jet stream is low down due to the NAO being negative and it has been like that most of the Summer. If the NAO carries on like this it will be a cold Autumn byz, is there anything good you can make from only two ripe tomatoes?
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Post by slh1234 on Aug 11, 2011 1:13:56 GMT
With fresh tomatoes, like other fresh fruit or vegetables, you don't really have to *make* anything, do you? ...
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