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07/31/10, 07:08 AM
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Livin Life and Lovin it!
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: MN by way of Georgia
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I say "Bring it on!!" I am ready for the cooler weather. I absolutely love fall! Im worn out from fighting the elements trying to grow a garden and make hay. uggggg
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07/31/10, 07:25 AM
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Location: South Cen Kansas
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Originally Posted by DW
the grasshoppers have ate all the garden, many fruits and new trees...had enough! The grasshoppers ate a peach off the tree and left the pit...that's how bad they are.
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Did you get a picture? 
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07/31/10, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: northcentral MN
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Originally Posted by PrettyPaisley
My thoughts are "yes please" but I don't live far enough north to really know what winter is.  |
Well here you go. No need to thank me. 
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07/31/10, 09:14 AM
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keeper of the bees
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Michigan
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Waiting and wanting to see this view soon.
Tired of this record seting summer of heat.
 Al
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07/31/10, 04:34 PM
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Location: northcentral MN
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How hot has been in the UP this summer?
I'm getting things in order so that I can take a trip through there this fall. I used to live in the UP 40+ years ago and have a lot of fond memories.
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07/31/10, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Blue Ridge Mts, VA
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We've been seeing a lot of dead coons on the road, I thought it was early. Not possums or skunks, just coons.
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08/01/10, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: northcentral MN
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Our coon population is up this year too. I heard some go by the bedroom window last night.
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08/01/10, 05:33 PM
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Location: MS
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I had a flock of Canada Geese fly over yesterday evening. Seemed a little early to see them, but considering the heat index hit 117 today and is supposed to be higher tomorrow I wasn't all that surprised to see they were headed north, not southh! I may join them!
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08/01/10, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Lower Alabama
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My crazy bunch went to Gulf Shores this weekend. My DD ask didn't we want to go and I quickly told her NO! I am trying to get my garden cleaned out so I can build my raised beds back and get my fall garden started. I would love some cooler weather but if it comes to early I might not have much of a fall garden so I guess I'll say I hope we don't have an early winter.
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08/01/10, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sequim WA
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We were heating with our wood stove in JUNE and a few times in JULY. So, I sure hope Winter isn't early, we just got summer! A strange one, at that. You start out 60F in the morning, and usually up to 80F, some days 90F, then drops back in the 50s at night. No, that is not our typical summer weather at all. I like this weather, won't complain, but everything we are growing here is late late late!
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08/01/10, 07:04 PM
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AFKA ZealYouthGuy
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NW Pa./NY Border.
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Originally Posted by ChristyACB
I'm not sure why some of our trees here are doing what they're doing but I suspect they may have been damaged a bit in the hard winter and long snowy time followed by weeks of torrential rains immediately followed by the hottest summer on record.
Even my tomatoes have folded up shop because of the heat. Has anyone heard of that before? I sure haven't.
My garden produced diddly and it did it all early....but yet I had to plant late because of snow. Not much from the garden this year for sure.
The Crepe myrtle came into bloom about a month early, ditto with some of the other tell tales.
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Most tomato pollen melts at 80 degrees.
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08/01/10, 09:14 PM
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Location: Indiana
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The hickory trees along the roadsides are loaded (branches breaking type loaded) and I've never seen that. Squirrel heaven. But also it bodes ill for a mild winter to happen.
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08/01/10, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: South Dakota
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I've seen lots of black birds, it seemed early to me. I picked my second ripe tomato today. I'm hoping for a long fall.
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08/06/10, 11:25 AM
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Location: North Central Indiana
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Our burning bushes are already turning their bright red color, and is sure isn't because of any dry weather we've had around here, thats for sure. 
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08/06/10, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
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My trumpet vine looks like it is done blooming. Usually late August to early September before that happens.
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08/06/10, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Southern NY
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I have noticed signs of an early fall here in NY , except for the heat, The whole season has been three weeks earlier than std, but seeing birds flocking in late July was alarming !
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08/07/10, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: New York bordering Ontario
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I've seen one seasonal marker for me, and it's right on time: The very first early New England Asters are showing up. I start to see them the last few days of July, first few days of August every year, and that's just what I'm seeing this year. So as far as I can tell the seasons are plodding along as usual with nothing early or late in Northern NYS.
Jennifer
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08/07/10, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ouachitas, AR
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You know now that you mention that I have not seen any sign of our late Summer flowers. No asters or goldenrod and normally it would be up here.
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08/07/10, 11:17 AM
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Disgruntled citizen
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Northeast Michigan zone 4b
Posts: 4,458
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yep.. I think it'll be early this year. The trees are starting to turn, birds are flockin up, horses coats are already starting to thicken (despite the weeks of 90-100 temps).
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08/07/10, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Western WA
Posts: 4,729
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The corn isn't even close to shading the whiskey bottles yet. This is unacceptable.
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