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OAITW r.2.0

(28,135 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 07:40 PM Jun 2024

Another day in Paradise....

Full sun at dawn, starting heating up @ 10AM....up to 95 degrees by 3PM....then the thunderboomers moved in and it rained torrentially for about 45 minutes. Garden watered! Temps dropped 20 degrees and maintained thru 8:30.

Took this @ 8PM....



Things of note-

* Wine by Black Box
* Deck will be getting painted in July.....hasn't been touched since 2002. It's all pressure treated and in good shape.
* Railing is cedar and it is punked. Planning on removing and replacing with PT wood and bronze anodized aluminum tubes.
* Growing some world-class grass in the planter. Should reach out to the UMaine Ag Extension and see if they want the seeds.
* Have reached peek growth - I expect things to slow down going into July.


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Another day in Paradise.... (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 OP
I'm in Maine too. crim son Jun 2024 #1
Not this year.... OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #4
Where abouts? nt OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #7
Bangor. crim son Jun 2024 #8
Makes sense....storm was here in Dexter about 45 minutes before it arrived in Bangor. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #9
It does! crim son Jun 2024 #11
How are the blackflies and mosquitoes? CanonRay Jun 2024 #2
None to speak of. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #5
That's a real good thing/bad thing. CanonRay Jun 2024 #6
I live in town i.e. inside the city of Bangor crim son Jun 2024 #10
Skeets and No-see-ums have moved out. Ticks have moved in. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #12
My good friend is leaving tomorrow for Maine. Deuxcents Jun 2024 #3
Maine Start Squeaky41 Jun 2024 #13
Worked in Farmington in 76. Lived up on Quebec Street. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #14
Love that mountain...n/t yorkster Jun 2024 #15
Love it! 2naSalit Jun 2024 #16
Of course...you know you are welcome here. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #17
I get the riding machine! 2naSalit Jun 2024 #18
Currently. STB - . But I bought a self powered electric and it runs like a champ! OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #19

crim son

(27,502 posts)
1. I'm in Maine too.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 07:44 PM
Jun 2024

95 degrees right at around 4:00 p.m., then the storm came through and brought rain and cooler temps. My garden was parched so this was all good. Maybe go to Walmart and pick up some cheap flowering plants for those planters!

CanonRay

(14,783 posts)
6. That's a real good thing/bad thing.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 07:55 PM
Jun 2024

I've noticed there are few if any bugs on the wind shield any more.

crim son

(27,502 posts)
10. I live in town i.e. inside the city of Bangor
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 08:18 PM
Jun 2024

Thirty years ago I lived on a small town about six miles from the coast. The bugs were horrific. I had a huge garden and wore a bug net to plant and weed. The mosquitoes were huge and could bite you through your jeans. Even after moving into the city, there was still an irksome bug season that went from early spring through early July. Now... not so much. I also had a cardoon overwinter in the garden this year. Climate change?

OAITW r.2.0

(28,135 posts)
12. Skeets and No-see-ums have moved out. Ticks have moved in.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 08:34 PM
Jun 2024

Had a lot of ticks to deal with this year. Every year they get worse....

Deuxcents

(19,401 posts)
3. My good friend is leaving tomorrow for Maine.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 07:50 PM
Jun 2024

She’s originally from there, as are her family and friends, and she stays every summer for 6 weeks or so. She won’t be escaping the heat here in Florida! Everything looks so lush and green at your slice of paradise 🦞

Squeaky41

(235 posts)
13. Maine Start
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 08:36 PM
Jun 2024

I grew up in Wilton. Graduated in Farmington in 1963 and attended Orono 1964 and 1965. Worked a while in Boston. Went to California in 1983. Now retired in Placeville.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,135 posts)
14. Worked in Farmington in 76. Lived up on Quebec Street.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 08:53 PM
Jun 2024

Spent my free time skiing up at Sugarloaf. What a time that was.....

2naSalit

(92,009 posts)
16. Love it!
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 09:49 PM
Jun 2024

Lush and green!

I tell ya, Skippa's got it made.

Do I sense a meet up in Maine brewing?

I have been looking at coming back out after Labor Day to look around some. I think I'll drive this time... it's not like I have a specific date to be there, yet.

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