Tell me the "weather" where you live.

[bama_ed]

77F for a high and beautiful blue sky today in Titletown.

And it was equally beautiful yesterday afternoon for the Bama Baseball Scrimmage.

Bama Ed

PS - the baseball season starts at 4pm on Friday Feb 14 (Valentines Day? Really? ) I mean, it does usually start on a Friday in the middle of February but this year it falls on Lover's Day. I offered to take DW to the game and buy her a hot dog and she at me!

PPS - maybe I can go for the 1st two hours - playing Bradley Univ from Peoria, IL which is north of @Teamubr. THEN go home and celebrate .

PPPS - them Yankee teams come down south to play ball in the first few weeks of the season (can't blame them). SEC Conf play starts middle of March with 10 3-game weekend series (5 at home, 5 on the road).

 

[Teamubr]

77F for a high and beautiful blue sky today in Titletown.

We had Alabama weather today. Record high of 76. Over 30 degrees colder for tomorrow's high.

Pitchers and Catchers report to Jupiter in 9 days!

PS: I drive past the SIU-Edwardsville baseball fields (Roy E Lee Field) on the way coming and going to work. There has been activity there for the last 2 weeks. Lots going on getting ready for the season.

PSS: The SIUE campus is huge. Largest in IL, I think. But they put the baseball fields way out in the farm land off campus for some reason. The field is the green icon on the left. Surrounded by wheat fields to the north and horseradish/corn on the other 3 sides.



j

 

[bama_ed]

We had Alabama weather today. Record high of 76. Over 30 degrees colder for tomorrow's high.

Pitchers and Catchers report to Jupiter in 9 days!

PS: I drive past the SIU-Edwardsville baseball fields (Roy E Lee Field) on the way coming and going to work. There has been activity there for the last 2 weeks. Lots going on getting ready for the season.

PSS: The SIUE campus is huge. Largest in IL, I think. But they put the baseball fields way out in the farm land off campus for some reason. The field is the green icon on the left. Surrounded by wheat fields to the north and horseradish/corn on the other 3 sides.

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j

Horseradish fields, you say? Other than ketchup, that's the primary ingredient in cocktail sauce.

Jim, my younger brother was down here recently (smarter, younger, funnier, yada yada, that's him) and went with me to an Alabama baseball scrimmage (sunshine, blue sky, crack of the bat, peanuts and coke, etc.) recently, and he said (although he still works and can do so remotely at times as when he was here), he said he saw the attraction I had for retirement - college baseball fall and spring, college football, and the other hobbies and interests I engage in.

Hey, you sir could be busier (but have more fun) in retirement than you do as a working guy. Your choice.

The Tribe pitchers and catchers report Feb 11. First spring game Feb 22. I have a few Indians books I will share later in the Chit Chat thread to get me ready for Spring Training.

Ed

 

[Teamubr]

Horseradish fields, you say? Other than ketchup, that's the primary ingredient in cocktail sauce.

If horseradish is your thing, you need to move up by me. This whole region produces over 85% of the WORLD wide horseradish. Collinsville is the town just south of me and it is "The horseradish capital of the world". The fields near the SIUE field and extending north and south are the former Mississippi River bottom. Grassy, dirty sand. The soil is apparently perfect for growing the stuff. I lived behind the SIUE baseball fields, off Sand Road. The name was accurate.



It also has the worlds largest catsup bottle (water tank for the former Brooks catsup company)



http://www.catsupbottle.com/

As for baseball after retirement, If/when I move south, I'll be far closer to Spring training than Busch Stadium, so not sure what I'll do.

j

 

[2goofycampers]

70 yesterday and breezy. After today we have a week of rain. We'll take that over a week of snow any day.

I love horseradish. It's the only thing I eat that has heat to it.

 

[jbrostek]

Well winter is back. Tomorrow is expacted frozen preciptiation event, mostly sleet and freezing rain last I read. Next week they are starting to talk about a 6-11" snow event. We shall see how that turns out.

 

[bama_ed]

Yesterday it was cloudy and got up to 81F (new record).

Today it is sunny and the peak this afternoon should be 82F.

I admit I had to switch on the AC just now.

We are going to flirt with freezing 1-2 nights yet this month.



Ed

PS - looks like we won't freeze at the first few baseball games of the season. Been there, done that.

 

[team bradfield]

 

[Teamubr]

Record high last weekend and snow forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Come on Spring.

j

 

[tiggerdad]

Rain, rain. When that's done, more rain.

Temps in 70s so not bad

 

[Teamubr]

Rain, rain. When that's done, more rain.

Temps in 70s so not bad

I'll trade.



j

 

[team bradfield]

Glad I'm at the fort, screenshot from my ring at home, Peach is gonna have to shovel tomorrow, lol

 

[2goofycampers]

Rain, rain and more rain. Temps not too bad until today. Brrr. We put a sump pump in November 2023. It has been getting a workout.

 

[JP6972]

Drive into work today


Not much to look forward to this week weather wise

 

[team bradfield]

Yuk

 

[Teamubr]

We had a little surprise snow overnight.



Just a dusting, but the real snow comes in Tuesday. Predictions are anywhere from 3 to 8 inches.

The real problem is the cold is back. Our average high is 44-45 right now. We aren't going above freezing for a week. I've always said the "average" here is a joke. It may be 44, but we are just as likely to have a high in the teens or 20s and a week later it is in the 60s. This year we seem to get a week or 2 well below average followed by 1 or 2 days of above and then right back to way below.

I'm ready for summer.



j

 

[bama_ed]

Not a cloud in the sky. Beautiful 74F today.

Tomorrow expect more of the same, 78F.

Little rain on Thursday, high in the 60s.

Friday clear skies high 67F.

Saturday clear skies high 74F

Gonna be a great week for Bama baseball today and this weekend.

Ed

PS - is it too soon to plan my garden for this spring? Gonna go all tabasco pepper plants this year and bottle my own sauce again (did it once about 10 years ago).

 

[tigger92662]

Chicago area, sunny and 52, not a cloud in the sky and no snow to be found. I'll take it
@bama_ed will plants be ready by Gulf Shores?

 

[Teamubr]

We were below 0 a week ago. Mid 60s yesterday and today.

j

 

[bama_ed]

Chicago area, sunny and 52, not a cloud in the sky and no snow to be found. I'll take it
@bama_ed will plants be ready by Gulf Shores?

Sure will, Joe.

I'll aim for mid-April to put them out (I buy them already started in little pots at Home Depot) and they produce fruit soon after although few at first. But as the plants grow out more, the peppers start to come in larger numbers. So by late May for the DISMeet, I should be harvesting the first deep red peppers by then. Last year I picked the plants about once a week.

Last year I had two plants and I dried the peppers as I picked them. This year I'll go with 6 or 8 plants and freeze the peppers as I pick them then do one big bottling operation in the fall. I've been washing and saving hot sauce bottles of all brands over the last few months for future bottling.

The Tabasco plants I get

Tabasco is not hot but has the best all around flavor to me.

ED