Hi, I'm Jackie from Southside Virginia. It is Sunday, March 1st and we are having our first real snow fall of the winter! They say we will have 4 to 6 inches before tomorrow morning.
Here it is less than 3 weeks till Spring and NOW we are getting the snow.
I know many of you in the Mid-west have had your share already.
Have things improved for you out there?
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today in the Wichita area of Kansas it was like 80! which seems ridiculous for the first week of March. it's supposed to be steadily dropping for the next week back down to the 50's. But I was wearing shorts, a tank top, and my flip-flops today whereas only 2 days ago I was wearing a long sleeve shirt and jeans. But that's good 'ol Kansas for ya always changing, and quite frequently windy
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S'Why I like "global weirding" as a moniker for what's happening...
Ocean currents are disrupted and change pattern and strenght (due to something called thermohaline discontinuity; DO NOT make me explain it. People will die of boredom as their eyes glaze over...) For instance, Europe has been warmed by the Gulf Stream for years, but it may well weaken as the oceans warm, falling further south. The result of warming for them could well be Europe suddenly getting the climate of Canada (look at a globe; they are on the same latitude).
Global Warming does not mean heat for everyone right away...it means confused weather and garden conditions getting trickier for a lot of us...
Keep tuned...
HG
Ocean currents are disrupted and change pattern and strenght (due to something called thermohaline discontinuity; DO NOT make me explain it. People will die of boredom as their eyes glaze over...) For instance, Europe has been warmed by the Gulf Stream for years, but it may well weaken as the oceans warm, falling further south. The result of warming for them could well be Europe suddenly getting the climate of Canada (look at a globe; they are on the same latitude).
Global Warming does not mean heat for everyone right away...it means confused weather and garden conditions getting trickier for a lot of us...
Keep tuned...
HG
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I would say that today is probably a 6 or 7 on a scale from 1-10. Its 66, birds are singing, flowers are blooming but its very cloudy. I'm setting here trying to figure out how to grow these herbs I bought!! We are expecting storms tonight but tommorow the high is 74 and SUNNY!! My butt will be planted in the garden all day!!
Its day like these that make me sooooo glad I live in the south!! I don't want to even think about snow again till next year!! Now com July, I will be wishing I lived in the North! We usually take our yearly vacation to Maine that month. Butno matter when we go, its always their hottest week!! ANd they don't have airconditioning!! So we go to escape the heat and we end up taking vacation in 95 degree temps with no air!! I think we will go in October this year.
Its day like these that make me sooooo glad I live in the south!! I don't want to even think about snow again till next year!! Now com July, I will be wishing I lived in the North! We usually take our yearly vacation to Maine that month. Butno matter when we go, its always their hottest week!! ANd they don't have airconditioning!! So we go to escape the heat and we end up taking vacation in 95 degree temps with no air!! I think we will go in October this year.
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Today and tomorrow we are supposed to have a bit of a heat wave for this time of year - up into the low to mid 90's. Maybe it will head east to warm things up.
Yesterday was beautiful at about 80 degrees, sunny all day, with a slight breeze in the late afternoon.
But today is already at 82 with bright sun! ...and I'm in a coastal community. I prefer things to be mid to high 70's but I feel fortunate with the weather I have here.
Yesterday was beautiful at about 80 degrees, sunny all day, with a slight breeze in the late afternoon.
But today is already at 82 with bright sun! ...and I'm in a coastal community. I prefer things to be mid to high 70's but I feel fortunate with the weather I have here.
We had 3 beautiful days, especially Sat. right around 70 and sunny. Did alot of yard work. Raked, mowed, cleaned gutters and planted bush beans. Today not so good. Maybe upper 40's and cloudy. Calling for rain tonight. Not much outside work got done today. Oh wel, there was inside work that needed to be caught up on.
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seems like it's rained 4 out of 5 days for a month now (which is good in drought-y western nc)...things are definitely starting to move. supposed to be in the 70's by the end of the week, looks like we're out of the woods re: frost. this week and the coming weekend (rain permitting, but it looks like it will for a bit) are going to be BUSY in gardentown.
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Weather is nicely settled into the 70's, lows gradually moving up into the 50's. Planting the majority of the garden last week and this week. Would have planted it all last week, but bout with travelers sickness took out a couple of days, and continues to make me weak. Slow and steady has been the course after a wretched Monday and Tuesday of last week.
Am looking forward to planting the remainder of tomato plants plus seeding butter beans and melons. Zuchinni, yellow squash, egg plants, 15 tomato plants, are in the ground. Corn is a couple inches tall, sweet peas growing well. Green beans are in the ground. All of the cool weather crops: arugula, lettuce, turnips, radishes, spinach are growing and producing. It is time for a succession planting of radishes and corn.
Finally got around to setting my main row of tomatoes up on drip irrigation. Will be expanding that transition over the season and probably into next.
Am looking forward to planting the remainder of tomato plants plus seeding butter beans and melons. Zuchinni, yellow squash, egg plants, 15 tomato plants, are in the ground. Corn is a couple inches tall, sweet peas growing well. Green beans are in the ground. All of the cool weather crops: arugula, lettuce, turnips, radishes, spinach are growing and producing. It is time for a succession planting of radishes and corn.
Finally got around to setting my main row of tomatoes up on drip irrigation. Will be expanding that transition over the season and probably into next.
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A beautiful day, but a little on the warm side for my 'druthers. I think it might have hit close to 80º. If the weather holds, tomorrow, I will make a massive effort to kill the dratted filbert tree in my backyard! I bought my supplies today ... tarp to lie on while I saw the tree off at ground level, disposable paintbrushes to apply the brush killer, heavy black plastic to cover it so no light gets to it. Kill! Kill! Kill!
In case you're wondering why I hate this beknighted filbert tree (hazelnut tree, to those of you in other geographical areas), a squirrel planted it right beside the trunk one of my beautiful large rhodies. The tree is growing straight up through the shrub, and my poor rhody is dying.
If the tree produced nuts, I would let it live, but it appears to be sterile. It's been there for well over 5 years, and not bourn a single filbert. :p
In case you're wondering why I hate this beknighted filbert tree (hazelnut tree, to those of you in other geographical areas), a squirrel planted it right beside the trunk one of my beautiful large rhodies. The tree is growing straight up through the shrub, and my poor rhody is dying.
If the tree produced nuts, I would let it live, but it appears to be sterile. It's been there for well over 5 years, and not bourn a single filbert. :p
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