Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Western]

I had to water and after an hour of 20-30mph wind, the ground was dry:mur: Charlie, getting an inch is almost a miracle!

I guess we are fortunate to have not recieved what Arkansas got, man that is bad news for those poor folks.

 

[jinman]

I haven't commented on my raindrops so far, but Saturday morning I counted about 12 drops on my roof before it just went away. Of course, I was hoping for a line of showers Saturday afternoon, but that didn't develop. Now, it's waiting for a May or June storm to bring us enough rain to even maybe fill our lake. Depressing! . . . Just very depressing. May and June storms can be really rough for bad winds and hail, so hoping for a mild storm with heavy rain is a pipe dream. Oh well, I guess that's just what I get for living in Texas. I'm gonna be looking for a site to donate to the poor unfortunate folks in Arkansas who lost everything.

Red Cross Disaster relief seemed to fit the bill, so that is where I donated. Arkansas is a close neighbor and we Texans need to support them as they face the rebuilding task.

 

[bindian]

I haven't commented on my raindrops so far, but Saturday morning I counted about 12 drops on my roof before it just went away. Of course, I was hoping for a line of showers Saturday afternoon, but that didn't develop. Now, it's waiting for a May or June storm to bring us enough rain to even maybe fill our lake. Depressing! . . . Just very depressing. May and June storms can be really rough for bad winds and hail, so hoping for a mild storm with heavy rain is a pipe dream. Oh well, I guess that's just what I get for living in Texas. I'm gonna be looking for a site to donate to the poor unfortunate folks in Arkansas who lost everything.

Jim,
Twelve drops is what we got on the way home from Austin yesterday morning. Also got 12 drops on the way to the Bluebonnet Airshow in Burnet, Saturday afternoon.
hugs, Brandi

 

[houstonscott]

Third driest start for a new year ever measured here, with May being our wettest month we can only hope for next month to bail us out. HS

 

[Western]

Scott, it looked pretty green when I went to Houston last week around Navasota, don't know if they got more rain than further south,

I have had to water more than usual, Garden every few days and fruit trees once a week.

 

[NativeSon]

I had to water and after an hour of 20-30mph wind, the ground was dry:mur: Charlie, getting an inch is almost a miracle!

I guess we are fortunate to have not recieved what Arkansas got, man that is bad news for those poor folks.

Dennis--We are very thankful for the rain we got and even more thankful that we dodge the bad weather they got in Arkansas. We did get a small amount of hail.......enough to take out 1 tomato plant, so we were Blessed.

I also seeded the Front & Side yards around the house, so the moisture was need there too. The temps are getting high enough for some hopeful grass growing.

FG- it might be time to start limbering up for a little "Rain Dancing".........let's don't wait too long.

Charlie

 

[bindian]

Scott, it looked pretty green when I went to Houston last week around Navasota, don't know if they got more rain than further south,

I have had to water more than usual, Garden every few days and fruit trees once a week.

Dennis,
The Navasota and Brenham area has had more rain then we have here. Well designed ponds are full and yes, it seems greener in that area.
hugs, Brandi

 

[two_bit_score]

Dennis,
The Navasota and Brenham area has had more rain then we have here. Well designed ponds are full and yes, it seems greener in that area.
hugs, Brandi

Looking almost lush around Huntsville last week.

 

[blueriver]

Possible frost tonight ... We are blessed the ponds are all full and overflowing .. Hay fields are coming on.. Ground moisture is good

 

[blueriver]

Actually got a fire going to take the chill off !!!

 

[Western]

Possible frost tonight ... We are blessed the ponds are all full and overflowing .. Hay fields are coming on.. Ground moisture is good

AM frost warning N of I-20 and West of I-35, so that is Jim, FG (close enough) and me.:mur: FULL PONDS!!:rotfl: Yeah right, don't even know what one looks like.

 

[Western]

I have to send a shout to FG! Thanks for turning me on.......To Spinosad I have been picking around 30-40 cuc beetles daily out of my snap beans and potatoes, applied Spinosad and the 1st day found only 8, today, found only 2!!! WOOOT I am glad since if it hadn't worked so far, I'd be pulling out the hard stuff. Great stuff so far. Almost no more small grass hoppers, leaf miners are gone and see allot of beneficials still going strong:thumbsup:

Have to give Jimbo some love too:laughing: Loven me some soaker hose and weed barrier!

 

[Western]

37*:shocked: It's May 1st:confused3:

I have actually been working days in S Dallas, daytime folks are strange and I just love the traffic

 

[houstonscott]

Record low set in 1903 broke this morning, it's 36 in Waco now, old record was 38. We are only a few days from becoming the driest start to a year ever recorded, which there are records going back almost two hundred years. HS

 

[NativeSon]

37*:shocked: It's May 1st:confused3:

I have actually been working days in S Dallas, daytime folks are strange and I just love the traffic

Dennis--Hope you get'er done in S Dallas soon. Not only are they strange over there but some are scary.

We were at 41* this morning and 73* a little after lunch.

Charlie

 

[jinman]

34F and a windshield full of frost this morning. Garden either survived or not. . .

 

[Western]

Dennis--Hope you get'er done in S Dallas soon. Not only are they strange over there but some are scary.

We were at 41* this morning and 73* a little after lunch.

Charlie

Charlie, I just got in from finishing, Wheew. Parking lot work at a section 8 housing complex...nuf said

I left before the temps hit bottom, but my garden still looks "greenish":laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

37*:shocked: It's May 1st:confused3:

I have actually been working days in S Dallas, daytime folks are strange and I just love the traffic

Like the song says:

There are day people and night people.

It's the night peoples job to get the day peoples money.

Ray Wylie Hubbard

 

[Western]

2bit, I like that saying:thumbsup:

 

[NativeSon]

Charlie, I just got in from finishing, Wheew. Parking lot work at a section 8 housing complex...nuf said

I left before the temps hit bottom, but my garden still looks "greenish":laughing:

Dennis-- My guess is that it's far from the ideal working environment. Glad you're done there.

Charlie