Today....
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JeffGu
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- Osceola, Nebraska
Hoarfrost on my trees, today.
Gorman
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- Rhode Island
Chickens be all thirsty for that larva.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Laminated root disease doug-firs within reach of a geodesic home, downwind. Adjacent forest land was just cleared a few years ago. Been picking away at this patch since then.
Pardon the J cutting saw. Tree still went where it was faced. Only 7 cuts yesterday. I'll fix it today.
Pardon the J cutting saw. Tree still went where it was faced. Only 7 cuts yesterday. I'll fix it today.
evo
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- My Island, WA
Here is my yesterday, believe it or not it’s been raining basically non stop for weeks. Weather broke on the last day of a three day prune job. Little bit to a lot of trees.
And this is live today at lunch
And this is live today at lunch
evo
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- My Island, WA
It kinda sucked, that tree was pruned on day 2, 20mph winds and wet stuff. Around lunch the wind shifted and it got freakin cold. The two large limbs are about 20” and 26” outside the collar area and octopus like mad. The tree was only about 100’ but obviously chubby.
I gave up pretty quick getting the end weight by climbing, instead used three poles on a ladder for the bulk of it.
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
It’s only been raining for three weeks? I thought it rained every day in Washington!
evo
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- My Island, WA
Shhhh... funny that Seattle is called the rain city, PDX actually gets more volume, Seattle just has more rain days. Some crazy amount falls at night, sumthin like 70% happens at night and 80% of that 70 happens around 2-4 am
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Interesting. I did not know that, I just go by what my friend from the area says: “people from Seattle don’t tan, they rust!”
Interesting how so much of it falls at night too, I wonder what causes that?
Condensation
Not only does most of the rain happen at night, evo and I both generally live in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains. The text of this graphic references one town in particular, but it explains the concept well and the numbers and colors realy show it:
evo
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- My Island, WA
Little know fact is that we have manzinta grown between port angles and port Townsend, here on Whidbey we have prickly pear cacti. Up on Orcas they have a unique species of juniper. The thoughts are they managed to survive in a valley on the northern edge of the peninsula during the last iceage with this area was covered in ONE MILE thick ice sheet. Strange to think that out 1000’ year old trees are just 7-10 generations in.
We have the same cactus in some areas as well, a little farther north even: https://debgarland.com/?p=1485
And are the farthest north lizard in North America (according to what a friend told me which I believe is correct). Found this fella right next to my house:
And are the farthest north lizard in North America (according to what a friend told me which I believe is correct). Found this fella right next to my house:
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Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Wow, that is all quite fascinating. The rain is something, with as much as you get in such a small area compared to everywhere else. And the flora and fauna are quite interesting as well, I never would have expected to find a lizard or a cactus that far north!
evo
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- My Island, WA
Nahh there are lizards much further north. Before arboriculture it was herpetology
Imma go a little bit 'Pro Washington State' here, but there really are few places like it in terms of diversity. In one state we have:
The Pacific Coast:
A temperate rainforest:
Amazing islands:
The most glaciers outside of Alaska:
And semi-arid desert on the other side of the state:
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Wow. That really is something! I did not know about the desert, or the rainforest.
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