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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: NY-SL-21
Station Name: Heuvelton 0.3 WNW
Report Date: 6/2/2025
Submitted: 6/02/2025 8:07 AM
Scale Bar: Moderately Wet
Description:
Going to go with Moderately Wet again because 5 out of 7 days had precipitation and the temperatures have been cool and cloudy. Thus, the ground is very moist. It would be difficult to dig without clodding up. Grass is very lush and low plants are also lush and leafy. It's so moist that it is truly surprising that I've not yet seen any mold or mildew. For the most part, plants appear to be taking advantage of the extra moisture with no real damage. My neighbor reports that her basement never flooded this spring so that transition from winter to late spring was gentle on the surface to groundwater flow.

Trees are almost fully leafed out, a few ashes and a sumac are late but they could be stressed. First apple is already showing larger than pea sized fruit and a few apple bloom petals are still around.

In the garden, tomatoes that went in before this last bout of ~5 days of cool rain liked the rain, but only held ground on growth. They were NOT fans of the temps in the 40s. Cold tolerant seeds like lettuce however DID start to pop up.  Peas are doing OK, but really it's a battle with the rabbits. No clear winner yet. Non-cold tolerant seeds like cukes, zucchini, and some flowers have been sitting still, saying "no way" even though they are in moist ground.

A catbird appears to want to set up a nearby nest but I have not been able to see it yet, if it has started.  The hummingbird also was noticeably absent during the cold weather.

Allergies have been somewhat dampened during the cooler weather but not by much-- they are still at their all-year high level right now. Ugh. 

Note: air conditioners are not yet installed (they were in by May 15 last year) and the furnace is still running. Definitively, we are finishing a cool wet spring. 
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