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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 10, 2016 19:45:34 GMT -5
The roller coaster you are describing is the kind of temperature shift I experience every day in the winter: summer in the day, winter at night. Wow, philagardener it was colder down here than where you are today! |
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Post by steev on Jan 10, 2016 21:34:27 GMT -5
Had rained 2" this week on the farm; checked the stock-pond, which had >quadrupled its area. Not many clear nights, so little real cold; there was a 2" toad out sunning today, trying to heat up enough to go looking for chow; several smurges of feathers where raptors had dined; cat tracks in my new-tilled soil, prolly hunting rodents.
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Post by RpR on Jan 11, 2016 1:08:08 GMT -5
Your roller-coaster weather is on thing I am glad we rarely have here, I hate it when we do.
The odd warm fall-winter is hopefully over now it is minus ten Fahrenheit as I write but thank God there are a few inches of snow on the ground and now I get that snappy cold drinking water out of the faucet.
With the warm weather I have been a bit stingy with feeding the squirrels and birds, especially as one squirrel is more than chubby, but now I will start putting out more than normal as my stock is larger than it would be as I have not put as much out.
I left a very high bucks ham in the fridge rather than freezer longer than I should, so even though the odd colored part did not smell, or taste off, I trimmed a lot of small bits and fat off and put it under the bird feeder outside.
Pretty good sized pile and by morning it was all gone.
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Post by reed on Jan 11, 2016 2:47:58 GMT -5
I haven't been feeding the birds either, it can get quite costly but I keep beef fat and sunflower seed on hand in case of weather like this so I put some out for them yesterday and sure enough here they came. Our little garden pond is about two feet from the kitchen window and the pump keeps open water at the top of the little stream part. In very cold weather it attracts way more and more kinds than feeding ever does.
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Post by gilbert on Jan 15, 2016 13:23:07 GMT -5
Weather's been quite a bit warmer here in Denver, snow is mostly gone.
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Post by richardw on Jan 15, 2016 13:58:18 GMT -5
Had another 10mm of rain overnight, we've now had more than the monthly average for Jan
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Post by khoomeizhi on Jan 17, 2016 10:13:50 GMT -5
hope the anti-drought keeps up for you, richard.
had a dusting of snow here last night, and won't get out of the 30's F today...i think the ground is mostly thawed from the last big cold snap, so i may get a few more potted things in the ground before the next bit of cold comes. they're saying 10F monday night.
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Post by philagardener on Jan 17, 2016 12:06:10 GMT -5
Burrrr . . . try to stay warm!
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Post by steev on Jan 18, 2016 1:42:47 GMT -5
It's pouring in Oakland right now; within the week we might get up to normal-to-date.
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Post by richardw on Jan 18, 2016 3:18:25 GMT -5
We are past normal-to-date, its raining now and tomorrow thunder storms are due,so yet even more rain.
Cant believe just how its turned around from bad drought to heaps of rain within two weeks, and its traditionally the driest time of year too.
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Post by rowan on Jan 18, 2016 3:49:54 GMT -5
My drought and high temps continue. 39 C today and again for tomorrow. I am really sick of it, everything in the garden is dying and I just have to watch.
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Post by philagardener on Jan 18, 2016 7:29:38 GMT -5
That's more than toasty, rowan , sorry to hear things are so dry. Hope your drought breaks soon! |
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Post by gratefulseedsaver on Jan 19, 2016 8:37:06 GMT -5
AWESOME photo,flowerweaver!!! It's 18° degrees(wind chill 7°) and snowing here in Nebraska. I can't wait to shovel drive and walk way...JOY...NOT!!!
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Post by flowerweaver on Jan 19, 2016 12:53:30 GMT -5
gratefulseedsaver thanks and welcome to the forum! Sounds like you'll be looking forward to spring. 55 F and overcast today, after a couple of nights in the 20's F. I have Salvia coccinea blooming for goodness sake! Recently I finished potting up the TPS potato starts and sowing fava beans in the greenhouse.
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Post by richardw on Jan 19, 2016 13:28:34 GMT -5
The big wet rolls on, now had 109mm for the year so far, a thunder storm yesterday dropped 17mm in 10 minutes.
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