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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 27, 2024 10:58:24 GMT -5
Today was the 29th day in a row with no rain -tied the record for the area from sometime in the late 1800s. And no rain in the forecast, until Wednesday, and that's only 20% likelihood, which has been fizzling out. 2 or 3 degrees cooler than average, but starting to rise after tonight, back up to 81° by Halloween. Crazy weather...
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Post by rdback on Oct 28, 2024 8:22:52 GMT -5
...frost on the garage roof this AM, but not on the grass. It'll be interesting to see if the garden got frosted.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 28, 2024 8:56:34 GMT -5
Good luck to your gardens!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 28, 2024 10:28:45 GMT -5
Got down to 38° last night - coldest night this fall, but no frost, due to the low humidity. Even the basil hasn't been bothered, and it's usually the first thing to go, before frost, but when it gets dewy in the low 40s - there just hasn't been any moisture! Supposed to be a few degrees above average today, and a few degrees higher every day, until the 81° Halloween.
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Post by paulf on Oct 28, 2024 16:17:25 GMT -5
Very warm for the end of October and vey windy resulting in extreme fire danger. The entire State is in extreme drought conditions. We are to be cooler with a chance of rain later this week. At the rate of drought we need about ten feet of snow this winter to recharge the water supplies. Have I ever told you how much I hate snow? Well, let it snow!
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Post by octave1 on Oct 28, 2024 19:35:35 GMT -5
Really warm and dry here too. The next frost is predicted for maybe Nov. 8th.
If this trend continues in the future, I'll have to reconsider my willingness to garden, because I do not think I can bring myself to work out there 9 months out of a year, with most of the time spent watering and setting up watering systems due to lack of rain. Either I drastically reduce the number of beds, or I come up with an ingenious way to water them. Easier said than done.
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Post by paulf on Oct 31, 2024 11:06:15 GMT -5
Now that has to help...almost two inches of rain and it all soaked into the parched earth. For the next several days the highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. Still no killing frost in sight. Doesn't really matter since everything but a couple of peppers and two tomato plants with big tomatoes are still standing. All the flowers both annual and perennial have been trimmed back. I will let the downtown flower boxes go until frost...some look good some not so.
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