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ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 9:20:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Dec 16, 2009 9:20:53 GMT -5 You and me both Alan. Feel free to buy a tropical island and invite us all there. My family will join you (though my kids might complain).
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

Penny master gardener Posts: 1,037	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 9:24:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Penny on Dec 16, 2009 9:24:14 GMT -5 Its blustery and currently -16 (or 3 degrees fahrenheit) here.
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bunkie
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Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 11:35:32 GMT -5

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Post by bunkie on Dec 16, 2009 11:35:32 GMT -5

tropical island sounds nice...but all those snakes and bugs that bite???!

we finally are out of the single digits and got 5 inches of snow yesterday and snowed all last night. very foggy today, but 27F, so balmy!

peace, bunkie.

mjc
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Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 12:14:11 GMT -5

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Post by mjc on Dec 16, 2009 12:14:11 GMT -5

I'd much rather have a temperate island...but someplace that doesn't get too cold in the winter, but still has a definable winter, so there are enough 'chill hours' for fruit production...something around a USDA Zone 8. It wouldn't hurt that it would be 50 or more miles from the mainland.

About 39° N, 79° 58' W at just over 2000'; ostensibly Zone 5B. Weather is highly variable and seldom as forecast, with about 49" annual rainfall. According to the maps, the climate zone border runs right through my yard.

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ottawagardener
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Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 15:37:14 GMT -5

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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 16, 2009 15:37:14 GMT -5

How about a gulf island? My parents live on Gabriola - lovely, though they have to be careful with water. If we rig up something to desalienate sea water, we'd be home free!

Oh there is the soil though... BC granite is what I like to call it.

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Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

mjc master gardener Posts: 792	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 15:40:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mjc on Dec 16, 2009 15:40:44 GMT -5 Soil is fixable...location and general climate aren't...
	About 39° N, 79° 58' W at just over 2000'; ostensibly Zone 5B. Weather is highly variable and seldom as forecast, with about 49" annual rainfall. According to the maps, the climate zone border runs right through my yard. "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a Light side and a Dark side; and it holds the Universe together."

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 16, 2009 15:42:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Dec 16, 2009 15:42:11 GMT -5 Well then, let's go!
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

bunkie master gardener Posts: 2,177	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 24, 2009 10:00:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bunkie on Dec 24, 2009 10:00:13 GMT -5 strange weather indeed! Christmas Eve and hardly any snow on the ground???! it's cold, too, at 14F... hope you're all keeping warm...
	peace, bunkie.

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 24, 2009 10:04:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Dec 24, 2009 10:04:01 GMT -5 I'm inside so yup, I'm warm enough. It's strangely warm here at just below zero with light snow falling. We are expecting an ICE STORM this weekend. Eek.
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

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Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 24, 2009 10:12:32 GMT -5

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Post by darwinslair on Dec 24, 2009 10:12:32 GMT -5

Well, not cold here. It is 30 degrees.

We got 8" of snow last night, expecting another 4-6" today, 6-8" tonight, and 4-6" during the day tomorrow.

Going to make driving to grandmother's house today.....interesting.

90 miles. Will see how it goes. Have to go dig out the Ford Explorer.

Tom

bunkie master gardener Posts: 2,177	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 24, 2009 10:17:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bunkie on Dec 24, 2009 10:17:19 GMT -5 that sounds like the weather we usually have tom. last year this time we had 60 plus inches of the white stuff! safe trip tom... glad you're inside telsing!
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ozarklady gardener Posts: 245	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 24, 2009 12:08:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ozarklady on Dec 24, 2009 12:08:15 GMT -5 We are suppose, to have a white Christmas. I really have my doubts, yesterday, it was too warm to wear a coat, and yet a bit nippy without one. Right as I type this it is raining.
	Talk to your plants. If they talk to you... run! Lat. 36 degrees, elevation 1496, heavy red clay, rolling land, even the flat isn't really! Heavy hardwood cover, within sight of a huge lake that will affect temps.

ottawagardener Homegrown Seed Development and Project Coordinator I'm lazy that's why I work with nature. Posts: 3,507	Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 26, 2009 16:26:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ottawagardener on Dec 26, 2009 16:26:16 GMT -5 I think the common vernacular is 'crappy' to refer to this kind of weather:
	Garden is a clearing in the woods grading from shallow, rocky soil supporting a maple bush to a pine forest planted on sandy soil and a clay bottomland with spruce and tamarack.

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Shall we start the weather thread? Dec 27, 2009 11:46:24 GMT -5

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Post by plantsnobin on Dec 27, 2009 11:46:24 GMT -5

Oh dear, the ice really is so much worse than snow. Right at freezing F here right now, Christmas day started out at 52F! That is very warm for us, but the temps fell throughout the day and was downright nippy by late afternoon chore time. We have been down to 16F so far, but many shrubs such as the roses and wolfberry still have leaves. I have some roses that hold onto green leaves all winter.