What is a cold climate?
This photo was taken two days before the digital thermometer bottomed out in January 2005 Quite a while ago, someone emailed me, asking what was a cold climate. I never did answer them, because I...
View ArticleMax-Min Thermometer for Cold Climate Gardeners
The new one is on the left; the old one is on the right.I think every gardener should know the air temperature where their plants are growing (indoors or out). Most people are aware that it can get too...
View ArticleSnow is good for dormant plants
You can barely see the hill, it's snowing so heavily “Finally, a decent snowfall.” That’s my first reaction as an ornamental gardener, thinking about the dormant plants. Snow is a great insulator and...
View ArticleWhy rain gauges break and plants heave
It was a balmy 57F out today, a pleasant change from last week’s snow, so I took a stroll around the garden to see what I could see. I saw the new growth of sedums at soil level, and I saw colchicums...
View ArticleWeather
Low tonight=15F? !! Probably should pile leaves on those foxgloves greening up, if the wind ever dies down.
View ArticleApril heat wave broke weather records
This just in from the National Weather Service: Record April heat has ended… Many daily and monthly high temperature records were broken from Saturday April 25th to Monday April 27th across the area....
View ArticleRain Plus Warmth Equals Weeds
In the past 4 days have gotten almost 3in rain. Now it’s supposed to warm up. I see weeds in my future. Weeds and blooms.
View ArticleFirst Snow of 2009-2010
Last night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow...
View ArticleWhy Is This Winter So Cold?
Yesterday, the low here was 8F (-13C). That’s not too surprising. But Dee Nash of Red Dirt Ramblings told me her low that same day was 5F (-15C) in Oklahoma. Whoa! What’s going on here? Check out Eric...
View ArticleJanuary Thaw: A Video
What happens when the snow melts in the middle of winter? I made a brief video to show you: Some roads and a few low bridges have flooded, forcing early school closings and rerouting traffic. A thaw in...
View ArticleWorried for your plants with this weather?
My bulbs are poking through the ground, and it’s only December! What shall I do? As the supposedly winter weather has alternated between abnormally frigid, seasonably snowy, and unseasonably warm,...
View ArticleMax-Min Thermometer for Cold Climate Gardeners
The new one is on the left; the old one is on the right.I think every gardener should know the air temperature where their plants are growing (indoors or out). Most people are aware that it can get too...
View ArticleSnow is good for dormant plants
You can barely see the hill, it's snowing so heavily “Finally, a decent snowfall.” That’s my first reaction as an ornamental gardener, thinking about the dormant plants. Snow is a great insulator and...
View ArticleWhy rain gauges break and plants heave
It was a balmy 57F out today, a pleasant change from last week’s snow, so I took a stroll around the garden to see what I could see. I saw the new growth of sedums at soil level, and I saw colchicums...
View ArticleWeather
Low tonight=15F? !! Probably should pile leaves on those foxgloves greening up, if the wind ever dies down.
View ArticleApril heat wave broke weather records
This just in from the National Weather Service: Record April heat has ended… Many daily and monthly high temperature records were broken from Saturday April 25th to Monday April 27th across the area....
View ArticleRain Plus Warmth Equals Weeds
In the past 4 days have gotten almost 3in rain. Now it’s supposed to warm up. I see weeds in my future. Weeds and blooms.
View ArticleFirst Snow of 2009-2010
Last night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow...
View ArticleWhy Is This Winter So Cold?
Yesterday, the low here was 8F (-13C). That’s not too surprising. But Dee Nash of Red Dirt Ramblings told me her low that same day was 5F (-15C) in Oklahoma. Whoa! What’s going on here? Check out Eric...
View ArticleJanuary Thaw: A Video
What happens when the snow melts in the middle of winter? I made a brief video to show you: Some roads and a few low bridges have flooded, forcing early school closings and rerouting traffic. A thaw in...
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