Wow nice!

By the first week of July I was 11" below normal, then a complete reversal and by the end of Sept. 3" above. Oct. and Nov. were only half of normal though. The ground is thoroughly wet, and the springs and creeks are running well. I don't know what winter will bring, I have a gut feeling we will go back to below normal.

It got to 70F at my place and 74F in Nashville today. These kinds of temps are not at all unusual for here. Most years Nov.-March is a roller coaster. Most stuff copes, I HATE it lol.

I hear ya..I live in S jersey and last winter was warm and dry and the summer was dry I have 40 white pines that I planted for privacy around my house.....they are about 30 foot tall and I lost 2 in the summer....I am hoping for a nice cold wet winter...

Same thing here. Its warm, then its cold, then warm again.

Neighbor was CUTTING their grass yesterday! I was debating if I was going to do the same.

In the same boat from a moisture perspective as well. Down 50% for the year but look at the summers months, that is the time you need it most. The UK definitely robbed us.

Sometimes its hard to envision how much an area is down in inches so I found it interesting to see what % an area is down or up.

Here is how it broke out for my area.

Jan +14%
Feb +50%
Mar 0%
Apr -63%
May -68%
Jun -100%
Jul -84%
Aug -53%
Sep -76%
Oct +41%
Nov -70%
Dec ?

Total year -51%.

Picture is from today. I still have a few perennials keeping their foliage!

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I look at mild late autumn temps as a blessing (upper 60s yesterday). Alot of root growth for many tree species occurs in autumn as long as soil temps permit. So, many of my trees are currently adding some root mass & extent.

whaas, what are those little red rosettes? Look like prostate bear oaks...

I feel the same way with establishing my plants, they will be less stressed during drought and when colder temps hit.

I think you are speaking of the Heuchera? I fogret which cultivar they are off hand.

I'm glad The hose is flexible enough to water (we had to turn on the water again) the many, many shrubs and trees planted in the first two weeks of Nov. This includes my first foray into the more expensive conifers, Taylor's Sunburst. Not the most expensive (katsura, paperbark maple,and ...._____ [read brain dead] pseudocamillis beat it) but you guys have raised growing conifers to an art form and the bar is high.
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