Bad Winter Coming!
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Better head to the store and stock up on bread and milk now while you still can. 
While we're on this subject, how long is kerosene good for? I bought three containers last year or the year before. I've been thinking of turning them in at the next Atl. Co. hazardous waste day and buying three new containers. I also have three containers of butane that are a couple of years old. Should they be replaced?.
How do you get rid of old butane canisters.
How do you get rid of old butane canisters.
Throw them in the camp fire
I have a butane can that I use occasionally to refill a portable soldering iron. The same can for more than a decade and it is still fine.
Just check it for water; it is lighter than water and they are insoluble, then test it. I have used 2 year old k1 with no problem.
Butane does not go bad. Contact your local county recycling center for disposal. Don't puncture, crush or burn them
A cold winters night read 
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoo...-Chill--Then-Stupor--Then-the-Letting-Go.html
Autumn arrives tomorrow at 10:29pm.
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoo...-Chill--Then-Stupor--Then-the-Letting-Go.html
Autumn arrives tomorrow at 10:29pm.
Look on the bright side…. if we have another cold winter, maybe that will be enough to get rid of the pine beetles. I'm sure that last winter already took a toll on them.
The cold winter and spring seemed really beneficial to the woods down here. For several years we had warm winters/springs and everything bloomed way too early. Then late frost and freezing did a lot of damage. This year the frost danger was already gone before things started to bloom and the foliage is beautiful.
I thought I had already cut and split enough wood for the winter, but I guess I'll keep working on it...
The cold winter and spring seemed really beneficial to the woods down here. For several years we had warm winters/springs and everything bloomed way too early. Then late frost and freezing did a lot of damage. This year the frost danger was already gone before things started to bloom and the foliage is beautiful.
I thought I had already cut and split enough wood for the winter, but I guess I'll keep working on it...
Usually in summer the grass turns brown and the trees get yellowish from lack of rain and heat.As you say everything this year has stayed bright green all summer,even the grass.
NOAA's 3 month guess;
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=3
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/seasonal.php?lead=3
Here is the latest from The Weather Centre; looks like a cold winter with little snow. The boring details at the link, maps are easier on the eyes
Who knows what will happen later, but it was about 80 here yesterday and upper 70's now. No hint of frost in the NWS forecast for the next week either. Looks like a lot of rain is headed our way though...
There was also a high rate of seed germination this year. I had several species in the ground that for years did not germinate, but this year there were thousands, unfortunately this held true for weed seeds as well.
The first Snowy Owl of the season is already here. Some folks are saying we may be in for an interesting turkey day.
I desperately miss southern NJ winters. The New England ones are longer and darker...even after 5+ years, I'm still not totally used to it.
