Our Condition Monitoring Star of the Week is an observer in York County, SC who posted the following report on April 20th. This great report noted how weather produced multiple affects in their community. Great job!
Categories: Plants & Wildlife, Agriculture, Tourism & Recreation
3.93 inches in the past 10 days. Plants are all lush and green. Garden
soil is too soggy for planting this weekend. Lake Wylie appears to be
at full capacity. Anglers and boaters were out in large numbers today
following two days of nearly wash out conditions.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Condition Monitoring Star of the Week - Craven County, NC, April 14th
We are so AMAZED at how great North Carolina and South Carolina condition monitoring reports have become. The following condition monitoring from Craven County, North Carolina shows how weather has affected multiple sectors of the community. Categories include Agriculture, Business & Industry, Plants & Wildlife, Society & Public Health and Tourism & Recreation. That is why this report is our Star of the Week!
Three days of windy, cooler, rainy weather, followed by windy, dry, sunny. Farmers have broken ground, but are still not planting. Fertilizers and herbicides have been applied. Winter Wheat is now tall enough to blow in waves. Egrets have had their young. Pine pollen was very high. Following the rains, it looked like paint floating on the water in the ditches and culverts; everywhere else it coated anything that wasn't moving with a thick layer of yellow dust.
Pear and plum trees have finished their blooms and are leafed out, cherries, apples, dogwoods and azaleas just starting to bloom. Asparagus has broken through and is shooting up stalks. The cooler weather crops like lettuce, spinach, and peas - although growing quickly, are suffering a bit from the quick switch to high (80s ) temperatures and wind. Folks are holding off planting their vegetable gardens in earnest due to anticipated cold snap this coming week. Strawberries and Blueberries are starting to yield the tiny beginnings of fruit. Raspberries are just starting to show the first signs of buds.
Canary finches have now returned, along with chick-a-dees, blue birds, and our annual nesting geese pair. Turkey hunting season opened, but they are smart and now we haven't been seeing them as often as before. Many local municipalities have had spring festivals which have been a great success because the weather has been so nice for crowds to be out of doors. Folks have their boats out on the rivers, enjoying especially sailing for the latter part of the week.
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