well that was short.

fiver

fiver

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I see on the calendar autumn started a couple of days ago.
it snowed last night.
one whole day of fall.

I guess that would splain why all the trees turned red in the first week of September.
the best part is our night time temps are in the 20's.
guess i'll have to fire up the furnace and drag a little fire-wood into the shop.
I guess the Mustang is going into storage early this year.
 
Brad

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Keep that snow up your way, I'm not ready for that yet.
 
Ian

Ian

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It's still been mid-nineties with 70% humidity and lows in the mid-seventies. Supposed to rain hard tomorrow and Monday and drop the day/night average a full 20°. Summer almost always lasts into October and then turns straight into what we laughingly call "winter" here......frosty mornings and 80° days.
 
I

Intheshop

Banned
Mnts of Va here.This is the time of year for us with the largest of temp swings....maybe not if you study statistics.But coming from a motorcyclist and bowhunter,you best be on your "fashion" game.

Translated,freezing your buns off in the a.m. to find yourself,looking for serious shade and a wet towel by afternoon.And can be very dangerous in both the above activities.

What year Mustang?

I bought the "oldest" a '91 GT for his 16th Bday.Everyone thought it was a HUGE mistake.Nope,he drove it extremely respectively and passed it down to his younger brother.Lather,rinse,repeat through 4 exchanges and about 10 years later we sold it for almost what we paid for it.

Wifey called it a "get away car".Had a 5 speed.I made the boys do 90% of the routine maintenance.They swapped out the heater core one Winter..."book time" at a shop is 9 hrs.And it's the job none want.But they did it.Also made them put a clutch in it,haha.Best car we've ever been around.Great teaching tool on responsibility.
 
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300BLK

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46F here overnight, but expecting low 70s today, and more of the same all of this week. Summer humidity should be pretty well done, but we'll see some hot days well into October. The earliest significant snow that I recall seeing came a few years back at the end of October, and that was about 12".
 
KHornet

KHornet

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Hit 90 a couple of days this past week. Forecast highs for the next week are
for low to mid 70's. A little color in the leaves, and some are hitting the ground.
Lows in the high 40's, low 50's.

Paul
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Even though the wife complains about "winter is just around the corner", I love this time of year. What few deciduous trees people have planted are turning colors. The temperatures are low 40's in the mornings and high 70's in the late afternoons. Humidity is coming up from the 10%'s to the 30%'s and you don't have to drink 3 gallons of water every day. Grey skies and snow will not show up until late October of November. Then it only last for a few days. I do love the high desert.
 
Chris

Chris

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Had our first frost/freeze last night... usually we see a frost first week in Sept. so it sure has been a long summer and great for the crops. Another good freeze predicted for tonight, then the weather guessers claim it will stay warm.

Had a real easy winter too. The winter of 2014-15 killed probably 70% of the deer herd so I'm glad they had an easy year to begin rebuilding the herd. Have seen more than usual twin fawns this summer, that is helpful.
 
fiver

fiver

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the Mustang in an 0-6.
when I first seen they were going to re-do the old body style in 0-4 I started saving up my nickels and waited out the first year.
then got the 06.
I'm glad I didn't wait any longer, they started adding in all kinds of anti-lock stuff and monitors and junk.
I got every option but the sun roof, then took it from the dealers right to the speed shop and started removing stuff I didn't like, and working a tune on the engine.
the fuel mileage went from almost 26 to about 29 that same day and I gained about 30 hp.
[I still think it needs a super charger]
but it corners better and accelerates more smoothly without the power flutter at the top end with the upgrades.
I take it down to las vegas once in a while and run the road course with some of the exotic cars, I run right with them, and can actually go around some of them through the corners, but as soon as I hit about 150 on the straights they just go around me.
which reminds me I need to get it in for a 30-k service.
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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This morning was 40 Degrees & never got out of the 60's today... despite beautiful blue skies!
Recent rain and a dip in temps just triggered mushroom growth! Yesterday I Pick 8 lbs of Ram's Head mushrooms in 10 minutes around the property line.
I probably could have let them go a few more days to double in size ...but when you get them earlier they are very clean & bug free ( and tender)
Some years I have harvested up to 60 lbs just between the 2 old oaks on our property. I call it "sacred mushroom ground" and try to keep it protected
 
Chris

Chris

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JWFilips said:
This morning was 40 Degrees & never got out of the 60's today... despite beautiful blue skies!
Recent rain and a dip in temps just triggered mushroom growth! Yesterday I Pick 8 lbs of Ram's Head mushrooms in 10 minutes around the property line.
I probably could have let them go a few more days to double in size ...but when you get them earlier they are very clean & bug free ( and tender)
Some years I have harvested up to 60 lbs just between the 2 old oaks on our property. I call it "sacred mushroom ground" and try to keep it protected
Click to expand...
I am a mushroom picker too. What do you call ram's head? Is it like the picture below? We have one called bear's head pictured below is why I'm wondering. Always trying to learn more about mushroom picking. BTW, there are no old, bold mushroom pickers.

http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles2.htm
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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Chris,
These are Pennsylvania Rams Heads
These are just found this weekend:
RamsHeads%209-24-16A.jpg

These were from a previous year below:
RamsHeadHarvest.jpg
 
Chris

Chris

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Those are beautiful, thanks for the photos. Not what we get up here. Apparently you find these frequently on red oaks? We are too far north for oak.

Presumably you pick more than one sort of mushroom? How do these rate in terms of taste compared to oysters or bear's heads?

I hunted PA for many years north of Montoursville but don't recall seeing those.
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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Chris,
From what I have learned: You need to find a large white oak...It has to have one major dead branch! Look among it's roots!
Sounds mystical don't it!
These are very tasty (and supposedly a cancer deterrent)
Will I look for them each year ? yes you better believe it!
I freeze sautéed versions I also dry them!
Jim
 
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