65F at 8.30am, cloudy and humid.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.50am
Daily Catskills: 07/21/15
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Daily Catskills: 07/19/15
80F at 11am, hot and humid. A very sultry morning rising to 88F in the shade and very hot in the sun by 2pm. A scorcher.
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Evening Catskills: 07/18/15 8.40pm
A humid 70F by 8.30pm.
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Daily Catskills: 07/18/15
70F by 10am and dewy from overnight rain showers. Overcast, muggy and humid. A sultry morning, rising to 85F by 3pm. Thunder storms forecast.
© J.N. Urbanski 11am
Evening Catskills: 07/17/15 8pm
Warm at sunset with a few drops of rain evidence of a storm brewing.
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Daily Catskills: 07/17/15
75F at 10am, with hazy sunshine burning through gossamer clouds. A hazy day and late afternoon rain.
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Daily Catskills: 07/16/15
58F at 8.30am with clear sunny skies above and a hazy horizon. A nippy morning.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.40am
Foraging: Wild Red Raspberries
Wild red raspberries are plump and juicy this year. Get them before the bears and slugs do. Look for low lying bushes with leaves that have serrated edges.
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Daily Catskills: 07/15/15
68F at 9am and densely overcast, with overnight rain having soaked the landscape and wilted blooming flowers. A gloomy start to the day.
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Daily Catskills: 07/14/15
72F by 10am, humid with heavy clouds. Update: showers after lunch, but moody cloud cover remained.
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Daily Catskills: 07/13/15
68F by 8.30am, hazily overcast with wet ground. 80F and humid by 1pm.
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Daily Catskills: 07/12/15
80F with hazy sunshine by noon.
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Daily Catskills: 07/11/15
80F by noon, bright and sunny despite cloud cover roving through at intervals.
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Daily Catskills: 07/10/15
68F at 10am and mostly sunny.
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Daily Catskills: 07/09/15
64F at 11am. A hazy, misty morning with thunder forecasted for later on.
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Daily Catskills: 07/08/15
77F and overcast by noon.
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More Wildflowers
© J.N. Urbanski 7/2/15
Some of the wild flowers I’ve seen fade so quickly that catching them in their prime requires daily survey. I don’t know what these flowers are, but they are blooming and wilting in abundance. Update: this is crown vetch which was introducted to the United States in the 1950s, primarily for soil erosion control, from the Meditteranean region. According to the USDA: “crown vetch is a useful but overused erosion control plant. Its spreading growth habit, and strong root system provide soil holding ability and ground cover. The dark green foliage and profuse flower have aesthetic value. It is a good plant for road bank stabilization in areas where rocky conditions predominate, but… in general, however, crownvetch dominates other plants and tends toward a monoculture”.
© J.N. Urbanski 7/2/15
Daily Catskills: 07/07/15
75F and cloudy by 10.30am. Thunderstorms on the horizon.
Daily Catskills: 07/06/15
61F at 8.30am, partly cloudy with some bright sunshine, rising to 71F by noon.
Daily Catskills: 07/05/15
70F at 9.30am with clear skies.
© J.N. Urbanski 10am
Evening Catskills: 07/04/15 Bees Bedding Down
The rain stopped at 2.30pm and the sun burned through the hazy cloud. As the golden raspberries have blossomed and begun to fruit, the bumble bees have moved in. As dusk quiets the Catskills, the bees bed down underneath the leaves and in the fruit, buzzing the bushes to sleep. We have about thirty or forty bumble bees now asleep in on the farm.
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Daily Catskills: 07/04/15
Morning rain leading to 64F by noon and more rain. Happy 4th!
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Daily Catskills: 07/03/15
64F at 9am with clear and sunny skies. A crisp, sunny morning rising to 76F by 2pm with blue skies dissipating into a white haze onto the horizon.
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Daily Catskills: 07/02/15
62F by 8.30am and overcast with mist rising off the mountains and dewy leaves. 72F by 2pm.
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Daily Catskills: 07/01/15
65F at 9am with a sodden landscape and mist over the mountains. A light breeze whips rain out of dripping trees. Update: Sun! 74F with hazy sunshine over the lunchtime period, although more showers expected.
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Daily Catskills: 06/30/15
60F at 8am, overcast with streaky cloud cover. A crisp morning. Update: Rain just before noon and intermittently for the rest of the day.
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Daily Catskills: 06/29/15
55F at 8am, with waning drizzle and mist over the mountains.
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Daily Catskills: 06/28/15
55F and raining at 11am.
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Daily Catskills: 06/27/15
60F at 10am, overcast with chilly air. 56F, with rain beginning at 1pm.
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Daily Catskills: 06/26/15
63F at 8.30am, hazy sunshine and breezy, rising to 70F by noon with afternoon cloud cover rolling in.
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Daily Catskills: 06/25/15
56F at 8am, clear blue skies. A crisp morning. 74F and rolling grey cloud cover by afternoon. Heavy rains late afternoon/evening.
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Daily Catskills: 06/24/15
60F at 8.30am, partly sunny, cloudy and breezy, rising to 74F by noon.
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Daily Catskills: 06/23/15
70F by 8.30am rising to 81F and cloudy by mid-afternoon. Periodical, dark thunder storms and brief showers.
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© Margaret Helthaler 9.40am
Daily Catskills: 06/22/15
64F at 8am, partly cloudy but warm in the sun. Last night’s rain drying in the sunshine.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am
Daily Catskills: 06/21/15 Summer Solstice
70F, cloudy and humid by noon. Heavy overnight rains, which ruined any chance of a Soltice bonfire, had considerably damped the ground. 80F by 3pm with rolling clouds.
© J.N. Urbanski 2.50pm
Daily Catskills: 06/20/15
70F by noon, breezy and cloudy with hazy sunshine. Rain forecast for this afternoon.
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Daily Catskills: 06/19/15
75F by 10.30am and damp from overnight drizzle, with sunshine barely getting through the haze. Rolling gunmetal grey skies and humid by noon. Sunshine by mid-afternoon.
© J.N. Urbanski 3pm
Daily Catskills: 06/18/15
60F at 9.30am, overcast with cloud, mist over the mountains and drizzling. A gloomy morning. Update: not much of an improvement, rising to 65F by the afternoon.
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Daily Catskills: 06/17/15
62F, cloudy with a chilly breeze at 9am, rising to 74F by 3pm and partly cloudy.
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Daily Catskills: 06/16/15
70F by 9am, misty clouds moving quickly over the mountains and the wind gently shaking last night’s rain out of the trees. Humid, with gunmetal skies issuing threatening sprinkles by noon. Stormy weather forecast. Update: Rain late afternoon and into the evening.
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Daily Catskills: 06/15/15
65F at 7.30am. A gloomy start to the day with heavy overnight rain having continued into morning, but stopped at 8am. 75F and humid by 10.30am.
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Daily Catskills: 06/14/15
80F by noon with wispy clouds. A good day for a bit of antique hunting. Update: heavy rains after dusk.
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Farm Report 06/13/15
The old asparagus plant that was planted three years ago is now over six feet tall as is the rhubarb. Only a few spears were cut in its second year and this year we harvested over twenty spears. The point of letting the asparagus go wild in its third year is to allow the long stalks and buds to transfer nutrients to the roots which will improve yield for forthcoming years.
© J.N. Urbanski 6/13/15 2pm
Daily Catskills: 06/13/15
75F at 10.30am, warm and sunny with hazy clouds on the horizon. Last night’s rainfall still lingering in the shadows.
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Daily Catskills: 06/12/15
72F by 10am, cloudy, hazy and humid. A sultry morning. Update: a sultry afternoon at 82F by 3pm. Rainfall early evening.
© J.N. Urbanski 11am
Daily Catskills: 06/11/15
Daily Catskills: 06/10/15
Daily Catskills: 06/09/15
64F at cloudy at 9am. No tornado, but an onslaught of snails.
© Margaret Helthaler 10.48am
Daily Catskills: 06/08/15
55F at 8am, raining, overcast and gloomy. Update: 77F by 4pm with low rumblings of thunder in the air. Rain late afternoon, with a tornado watch in effect for the Catskills.
© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am
Daily Catskills: 06/07/15
72F by noon, breezy and sunny. The red and white clover bloomed this week.
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Yard Sales
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Daily Catskills: 06/06/15
60F at 10.30am, overcast and breezy, rising to 70F and partly cloudy by noon.
© J.N. Urbanski Noon
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Daily Catskills: 06/05/15
63F and cloudy at 9am rising to 75F by 1pm.
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Daily Catskills: 06/04/15
68F at 10am with hazy sunshine and damp grass. Last night’s unbelievable full moon yielded to a glorious day.
© J.N. Urbanski 9.46am
Daily Catskills: 06/03/15
50F at 7.30am, damp and overcast with mist over the mountains, quickly rising to 68F by noon and hazy sunshine.
© J.N. Urbanski 8.14am