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31j20b3

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4. I sleep 50 miles from my hobby farm, my issue is hourly forecasts for a day
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 04:27 PM
Monday

It's mostly a waste of gasoline to drive 100 mile round trip if I'm sitting because of rain or conditions like mud or wet plants that mess with gardening

But I appreciate your commenting.

Green beans are one of my big things that I grow over 100 lbs a summer to donate to Veggies for Vets, If you walk thru dripping wet bean plants (from dew or rain) it spreads common funguses. Injured leaves readily get infected, die, and production collapses.

Waiting for the garden to dry is a very important, but it's a big drag on my day I like to know how to time my drive to give the beans time to dry.

People around me, especially elderly are very supportive of the beans I grow. I sell them cheap, and donate it all to vet organizations. WIthout the hourly precip probabilities from Weather Channel, I'll need to figure out a way to get hourly projections of rain and humidity so I can have a wild-ass-guess about working the beans...

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