How Many Ton?

Got all types invading the yard today. 2 ft brown colored snake also. 89 degrees and rising.

We've always got wooly bears---seen 2 of the white ones today--new to me---90* & I hope that's about it---don't blame us Indians for this Indian Summer stuff---you guys named it

Cold is on the way

Set a record hi upper 80's yesterday

low 50s this afternoon

I always thought that there had to be a hard frost before it could be called an Indian Summer. We always have the wooly ones but haven`t noticed any new type as of yet.

Ironic--we had a hard frost already on the hill here

samhill wrote:I always thought that there had to be a hard frost before it could be called an Indian Summer. We always have the wooly ones but haven`t noticed any new type as of yet.

Folklore of the eastern United States and Canada holds that the relative amounts of brown and black on the skin of a woolly bear caterpillar (commonly abundant in the fall) are an indication of the severity of the coming winter. It is believed that if a woolly bear caterpillar's brown stripe is thick, the winter weather will be mild and if the brown stripes are narrow, the winter will be severe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella

I've seen a few of them here that are almost all black.

A real answer, just purchased 3 3/4 tons today just in case the weather does change.The 3 tons out back needed company.

Six ready to go.

We've had a bunch of those white ones...never had them before. I wonder what they are?

About 2 for the hand-fed, none for the boiler.

Oh geeezum moderators--ok--ok--ok 3 1/2 ton chestnut (blaschak) chompin at the bit for the upcoming season w/ Hitzer 50-93---2800 sq.

6 tons of UAE buck coal in the basement ready to go for the EFM 520.
I can't wait to fire this thing up.

Oh geeezum moderators--ok--ok--ok

Yes, we are watching...did you know we can see you through your monitor?

I knew that

Nice one John!

I think (Forgot already!! ) I have 6.5 tons downstairs now .... at least I'm sure of 4.8 tons anyway ...

We have a billion of those white caterpillars in pic #3 there all over the place, but no wooly bears at all this year. Never seen the yellow ones in these parts. But man, those white ones are taking over - no joke! There were no less than 10 of them all over me, my tools, the boat & the driveway last night working on my buddy's boat trailer. Never seen so many. Never saw one as a kid - there weren't any.

I recall the gypsy moth caterpillars of '80 -'81 though ... as I'm sure most MA residents do. They stripped every single leaf off every single tree in the state! It was like winter in July!! Not a leaf to be found. My ol' man had a white '76 Torino back then ... and I remember the doors & rear quarters being totally brown from the billions of caterpillars run over in the street! Caterpillar guts! Was worse than the winter sand/salt. I also remember the white concrete foundation of the house being totally black with billions of them too. Was a total invasion. Haven't seen anything like it since.

Wooaaah WAAAY off topic here!

3 tons.