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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 19:35:33 GMT -6
For the record, I'll state the closest mesonet reading is almost 10" the last 7 days. The ground is fully saturated and we are gently sloped. I now have a running stream down my back yard.
My entire garlic patch is ruined. The cloves weren't fully developed as of a couple days ago and today, they are all molded.
Don't know about the potatoes, but I did notice rotten ones popping out of the ground about 5 days ago.
My Okra (from the original planting) is stunted. It will probably be okay.
My first thought is to rake back the mulch, but the problem is over saturated soil. I'm thinking that flooding would be more tolerable for the plants. Sitting in water for a prolonged period of time from continual rain pours is what is killing them.
My pumpkins are loving it. Thank God for diversity.
I keep adding rabbit manure. With proper weather I imagine my fall and winter brassicas will do well.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 1, 2021 15:24:57 GMT -6
Bon, I’d take some of that rain from you if I could!
I’m sure you must feel discouraged about the garlic and potatoes, so I’m so glad you have the pumpkins. I’m looking forward to a photo of your “basket trellis” when you can capture one. I’m intrigued.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2021 1:13:20 GMT -6
I am so lazy with the photos, but that one is coming up because it's going to become a giant LOL. Those seminole pumpkin plants are incredibly aggressive. I knew they'd like the soil there but, gollies . . . I might put up a basket trellis on the other side of the fence. it's all street side! I'm laughing so hard.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 3, 2021 11:04:10 GMT -6
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 1, 2021 14:40:06 GMT -6
It's hard to imagine that we were having so much rain as recently as mid-July. Today, the ground is as dry as powder and it's 100 degrees outside. Everything is wilted, even with frequent watering.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2021 17:41:51 GMT -6
I'm glad you brought me back to this thread. Maybe it was on purpose? Cuz you're smart.
Anyway, I was thinking about some makeshift hugel beds. Really, just burying some of the tree trash in the ground where I'm having problems. It's not only good for elevating away from wet soil, but also good for retaining moisture.
I started burning tree trash today.
I really need it to cool down a bit. Just ten degrees whereby it would be in the 70s in the morning hours.
Looking forward to winter where I can haul footies and get my yard back.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 2, 2021 21:33:03 GMT -6
The weatherman is calling for a cool front to move in on Labor Day Sunday. Maybe, we'll get some much needed relief from these hot, hot, days!
Those Hugel piles work well for raising the level of your planting beds above the flood plain, just don't do like I did and burn the grass that gets too tall because of a lack of mowing the berms and accidentally catch your underground woodpile on fire for a week. (So much for your comment about me being smart). However, I've not had any problem with moles, gophers, or mice in that spot for a while!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2021 9:03:25 GMT -6
lololol I'd still pay to see that.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 17, 2021 16:12:36 GMT -6
Fall Finally on its Way? Back in 2011, when we had that 20" inch snowstorm over a 10 day period in February; when the bottom fell out of the thermometer (15 below zero here) there was a strong front moving across the Pacific Northwest that caused it. It took about 2 weeks for the leading edge of that storm system to reach oklahoma after it crossed South of Graham Island, British Columbia. Two weeks before arriving here, the front blew across the Pacific, pretty much in a straight line, West to East, between Hawaii and Alaska; making landfall directly between Seattle and the Canadian border. The resulting storm system hooked Southward after making landfall, dumping Arctic air across the mid-section of the US in the process.
--- It took roughly 10 days for that storm to move from Seattle to Tahlequah, Oklahoma.--- The same thing occurred in February of 2021 when our temperatures once again fell to minus 15 degrees, once again bringing heavy snow across the region.As I write this, a very similar situation is occurring over the Seattle Canadian Border.
weather.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/post-abiNormally, this time of year, our weather is more aligned to the Southeast, as hurricanes approach from the Atlantic. Normally, we don't get storm systems moving in from the Pacific Northwest until way later in the year. That's what makes this one really hard to read.
Currently, it is very dry and 91 degrees in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and has been that way for weeks on end. It is past the 15th of September, and we are still experiencing unusually high temperatures for this time of year.I might be totally wrong, but I'm just gonna throw this one out there ... from watching this very familiar weather pattern develop, I fully expect our temperatures to drop drastically here within the next 10 days. So far, our local weatherman has not called this one, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens. This is just my 'gut instinct.' I think our current weather situation could turn drastically cooler and wetter by the first week of October. Of course, this approaching system could over shoot us and bring cold air farther East of Tahlequah, but I believe someone down here at our Latitude will be getting a cool breeze very soon.
Any thoughts on that?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 8:26:12 GMT -6
I just hope you're right, because there clearly is weather developing in the SE but the longer term maps show it barely missing us. I'm writing about precipitation, though.
I'm on a slope which puts us a grade below the us drought monitor.
All I can do is sit and think about building swales and berms to slow down water runoff when it does rain.
because, I need it to COOL DOWN while the sun is up.
5 degrees.
JUS 5 degrees cooler on the heat index and I can handle it.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 18, 2021 10:35:09 GMT -6
Bon,
I think you're gonna get your wish with the cooler temperatures, maybe even as soon as this next week. I'm not so sure about any significant moisture for a while though?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 13:57:10 GMT -6
As you can imagine, I had to quit burning. No mowing. Entire area is a tinderbox.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Sept 19, 2021 15:10:43 GMT -6
We’re supposed to have our first fall cold front move in on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. The forecast actually has some overnight temperatures in the 50’s. We tend to run a little higher than the forecast temperatures, both daytime and nighttime, but I am really looking forward to having a bit of chill in the mornings.
Bon, thanks for being responsible about the burning. We’ve had a wetter summer than usual, but we normally spend so much time under burn bans for very good reason that I just appreciate hearing it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 10:58:29 GMT -6
Oh the wonderful chill in the morning while fondling a cup of coffee, a fuzzy shawl over your shoulders and a small warm fire blessing your knees and popping in your ears. Some folks prefer the sound of water pounding sand, but this is heaven to me.
But about 4 hours later, you're stripped down to your skivvies and chugging lemon aid. keh
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 20, 2021 16:04:58 GMT -6
I just looked at our 7-day forecast a few minutes ago. Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the 70s in the Tahlequah area! That doesn't even seem possible after today's high of 95. If the weatherman hasn't totally lost his mind, Thursday morning is forecast to be in the mid-forties. Maybe, a little rain too? Wouldn't that be nice!
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