How is your weather?

 
  We just had or should say are having a weird wet spring.  Dew point
mid 60's and rain almost every day for about the 40.  Never saw moss
grow so well.  My stone driveway has moss.  Moles /voles are working on
my hostas big time too.

  Not of biblical proportions  but never such weather here in memory.

  Bill  68 F. at 9:30  AM Dew point 61 F.

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

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 On 7/3/2009 6:29 AM, Bill who putters wrote:

Here, we had an unusual June rainfall at the beginning of the month.  It
was only 0.1 inch, but it was the first time it rained in June in over
five years.

That 0.1 inch was not enough to end the drought.  Since the beginning of
last October (the start of our "rain year"), we've had 9.25 inches.
With our usual weather patterns, we should not expect any measurable
rain until after the beginning of this coming October.  Water agencies
are beginning to dictate how long sprinkler systems can run, at what
times, and even in some cases on what days.  (Some of these rules are
quite silly and a few even encourage wasting water.)

Through yesterday, we've had seven consecutive days with temperatures
over 85F, four of those days reaching or exceeding 90F.  In those same
seven days, the relative humidity has dropped below 30%, five of those
days going below 20%.

For a more extensive discussion of my climate, see the section "The
Locale" on my <http://www.rossde.com/garden> .

--
David E. Ross
Climate:  California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>

 Very cool 3rd of July.  Have not turned on AC yet this year.
Runner passed me in park this am and said welcome to July.
My 2 word answer was, "global warming."
I know I made his day, he's secretary of the states Green party ;)

 Bill who putters wrote:

My moss died.


   My stone driveway has moss.  Moles /voles are working on

   After a wet spring its dried out. A little cooler today but largely
hot and dry:

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KGAATLAN39&day=3&year  09&month=6&graphspan=month

   Jeff

 Bill who putters wrote:

I think it has rained heavily here in the Catskills every day since spring
started, the ground is so saturated that I have to keep my barn door open to
keep mold at bay.  My vegetable garden has practically drowned.  I've been
struggling to keep my lawns mowed between deluges... some areas are much too
wet to attempt, my tractors would bog down to their axles.  I managed to mow
most all of foot tall lawn earlier this week during a lull in the torrents,
barely finished as big drops were falling.  Today I awoke to a strange
sight, SUN!  But an hour ago the sky began to darken and it sure looks like
I should build that ark.

In less than ten minutes from sun to this:
http://i39.tinypic.com/2s6rabk.jpg

But all the rain has been good to my meadow:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2ng8uc5.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/n4b9g9.jpg