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Post by richardw on Feb 10, 2016 13:04:08 GMT -5
Beating record on consecutive days without rain, and that in our wet season. Volunteer tomatoes setting fruit when we should see frost every other day. Some fig trees with leaves. Crazy winter for some parts, ive noticed places like Moscow which normally sees temps -10C to -20C have only been getting down as low as -6deg |
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Post by mskrieger on Feb 10, 2016 14:58:17 GMT -5
After the ridiculously warm December, our weather snapped back to New England normal. Snow and rain and snow some more, gonna go down in the single digits this weekend then back into the 50s next week. I'm curious what March will be like. Will I be able to dig the garden, or will it have to wait until April?
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Post by reed on Feb 10, 2016 15:14:27 GMT -5
Yea, we had no winter at all till late January, then a couple days near zero, then warm again, now another cold spell but just high teens. Still holding on are carrots, onions, garlic, one type of lettuce, one type of spinach, that goofy cilantro plant and the one brussel's sprout. Turnips look bad but pretty sure several are still alive.
I did more fall prep than ever before and with the radish cover crop I don't think I will even have to dig or till some parts, just hoe out some rows and plant.
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Post by philagardener on Feb 10, 2016 18:22:23 GMT -5
This weekend, we're headed for the low single digits in PA too.
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Post by ilex on Feb 11, 2016 18:22:58 GMT -5
Beating record on consecutive days without rain, and that in our wet season. Volunteer tomatoes setting fruit when we should see frost every other day. Some fig trees with leaves. We got 0.4mm at the weather station, so tied but didn't beat the 1914 record. Obviously, you don't even get wet with that amount of rain. |
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Post by steev on Feb 11, 2016 20:02:56 GMT -5
Oakland's fallen 2" below NTD and 2.5" below last year TD; nothing but dry in the week's forecast. Flowering plums and cherries are in full bloom, as is the scrub acacia (snarf!).
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Post by flowerweaver on Feb 12, 2016 20:57:30 GMT -5
It was 84F/29C degrees today! Winter: it's the new summer.
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Post by gilbert on Feb 13, 2016 21:11:16 GMT -5
It was 63 F here in Denver today, sunny and windy. The soil is thawing out and drying up. I'm hoping the trees don't flower. On the other hand, it would be nice to till in February.
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Post by reed on Feb 14, 2016 6:08:18 GMT -5
It's about 9 F here this morning, it was 4 F yesterday. The longest cold spell we have had. Hasn't been above freezing for three or four days. The air is uncomfortably dry. Supposed to warm up a little and snow then keep getting warmer.
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Post by philagardener on Feb 14, 2016 6:45:59 GMT -5
5F right now in Philadelphia! Glad the days are getting longer!
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Post by richardw on Feb 14, 2016 13:22:02 GMT -5
Other way around here, daylight hours are getting shorter and the middle of Feb is when you start to notice the colder nights, days are still warm though,should be around the 30C deg mark today
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Post by steev on Feb 14, 2016 20:54:46 GMT -5
70F and muggy on the farm; I'm starting to think I should seed my tomatoes ASAP for potential "sacrificial" transplanting early April.
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Post by gilbert on Feb 14, 2016 22:35:20 GMT -5
I'm starting to think that if these 60-70 degree spells in Denver are the new normal, I shouldn't plant any more fruit trees. I won't be starting tomatoes till April for planting the end of May/ beginning of June. Last year our last snow was on Mother's day, not unusual. When do you usually plant tomatoes, Steev?
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Post by steev on Feb 14, 2016 23:02:43 GMT -5
I also usually transplant them end of May.
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Post by steev on Feb 15, 2016 23:16:12 GMT -5
Mid-70'sF in Oakland today; 74F in SF; very clear and beautiful, but likely smoggy tomorrow, without wind.
People are going out into their yards, recoiling at the overgrowth, and calling me; there are no un-mixed blessings: I may have to return to a 5-day work-week in town, not wanting to deal with another tyro.
Feh! One hand is money, the other is personal progress; the work is of little difference. S'pose I need to go for the Benjamins, since if I can't afford to build a house on the farm my sweetheart will never go there. What I get for having high standards, but Beverly Hills? What was I thinking? What? Was I thinking?
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