Sunset is 9.30 here, maybe a little later. Our days are 16 hours long.
9:02pm sunset here. Two nights ago I went to bed nearly at 10 and I could still see peach colored light on the horizon. Sunrise is apparently 5:20 per my app.
I loved long summer evenings as a kid. So much nostalgia.
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Fifteen hour days here, sunset around 830. It is wonderful and also terrible. I stay up too late.
But mostly I really like that after the “workday” is over, there’s so much daylight left. It makes everything feel relaxed.
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Looks like ketchup to me. A big bowl of ketchup.
Sunset tonight is 8:37pm. I don’t mind it being light late, but I wish it were darker in the mornings. Sunrise today was apparently 5:42am, which doesn’t seem that bad except of course it starts to get light long before the sun actually rises, so this time of year I have no idea if I’ve woken up shortly before my alarm or long before my alarm.
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Tiny gymnast squirrels are invading my balcony garden and destroying things. RIP Tumeric. Any advice?
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- Film their shenanigans
- Post to the internet
- ???
- PROFIT!
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So mammals are able to taste capsaicin, the compound in peppers that makes them hot (which is why you can put hot pepper powder on birdseed to deter squirrels from birdfeeders, because birds can’t taste it (sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, and you have to reapply every time it rains or if you have asshole birds that fling seed around looking for their favorites). SO, one thing to try would be getting some cheap HOT chili powder or making up some kind of hot pepper liquid and sprinkling it liberally, or spray it, if liquid, anywhere they are digging or chewing. It won’t hurt them but they won’t like the hot hot taste and leave the plants alone.
Alternatively, lots of sturdy netting.
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Have you seen the guy who has made squirrel obstacle courses? 
He’s done two now!
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Ok people who live in hot humid climates, short of plopping an aquarium heater in my toilet tank, is there anything I can do to prevent it from sweating in the summer? The humidity is quite high here, temps are often 70-80 (or above, it’s 81 right now inside), and the water is SUPER cold as it comes up from a deep well. The tank sweats a LOT when the temps are over, say, 70 inside, and the dew point is high. I don’t have air conditioning, and I don’t plan on getting one just because my toilet tank sweats. But are there any other options? It makes a big mess! (And possibly damages the floor, although there is grouted tile in there now, I don’t know how, uh, professionally, the toilet was installed and it the ring it is seated on is actually installed correctly.)
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You can get toilets with insulated tanks, not sure if you can add that to an existing one though. Other than AC or a dehumidifier though I don’t know what else you could do.
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Dehumidifier just for the bathroom?
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Big tray with old towel in it to catch drops, change/wash towel regularly
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Ehhhhhh I don’t want to buy another thing! And the toilet tank is brand new (maybe one year old, I think the former owners replaced it). 
Ya, I’ve been just using towels, and I don’t think a tray will actually catch all of the drips so wouldn’t help that much.
I guess I will buy a dehumidifier for just the bathroom…
A toilet tank replacement would be cheaper.
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But I would also have to hire someone to install it… and would be a waste of a new toilet tank…
I guess… technically I should have a dehumidifier in the basement anyway.
BUT since @druidessie mentioned anti-condensation, apparently they have anti-condensation liner kits you can install for like $20? Ok so like… maybe it wouldn’t work that well, but if it worked somewhat maybe it would be worth it for that little money…
(I have so many other bigger things I should be worrying about, like my freaking gutters, or lack thereof…)
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I propose that you look up what is involved in a toilet tank replacement, to see how hard it is. If you end up not doing it, great! But it might be an easy win for you
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This. It’s a pretty simple project
Yes, toilet tank replacements are easy. Basically two, maybe three big bolts and replace the flapper seal while you’re at it.
Living in a dry climate I’d be like Oh great free water! And try to collect it and put it on plants. But if you’re in a location that had this problem, water is not exactly a scarce commodity and your plants don’t need additional water.
If you were to wrap the toilet tank in a towel, would it absorb the water and let it wick away over time and not drip, or maybe keep it from condensing to begin with? Hmm.
I suspect none of this is actually helpful.
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