Northern Urbanland : Was out feeding the mosquitos yesterday afternoon and was surprised how excessively dry everything was. Seemed it stormed all of May, or threatened to, but I looked and not much rain this month, just that wind. Not off of average for year but it's misleading since it's going minus for the month and looks like for the summer.
I only "farm" hostas and ferns and other stuff that grows in an urban shade garden but that wind has got to be a killer for farmers if it is as bad as it has been in Minnesota. Seems it blows into at least the teens every day and more days than not gusts in the 20 and 30's. I 've had two neighbors have trees blow down and another with a huge oak branch break off and only one was during a storm. Haven't ridden bike this year yet when I didn't come back thinking "Damn, it's windy".
I only "farm" hostas and ferns and other stuff that grows in an urban shade garden but that wind has got to be a killer for farmers if it is as bad as it has been in Minnesota. Seems it blows into at least the teens every day and more days than not gusts in the 20 and 30's. I 've had two neighbors have trees blow down and another with a huge oak branch break off and only one was during a storm. Haven't ridden bike this year yet when I didn't come back thinking "Damn, it's windy".