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Post by RpR on Dec 20, 2017 13:33:36 GMT -5
We have maybe an inch of snow on the ground and sub zero, day and night is coming.
Not good but they say there is a chance of snow before it hits.
The volunteer strawberry patch is under debris that was too much for the compost bin so it should be protected.
Last year, a mild one with good snow, it took a big hit which is odd as I did nothing to protect it during worse winters and it shrugged it off.
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Post by richardw on Dec 26, 2017 13:43:50 GMT -5
I some of you guys are getting some nasty windchill at the moment  On the other extreme here's us yesterday, the river is getting low from the lack of rain in the last two months.  |
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Post by RpR on Dec 26, 2017 14:00:07 GMT -5
I don't believe in wind chill and I have spent many hours of my life in sub-zero weather F.
It is 4 below right now and is not supposed to be above zero till day after tomorrow but the bad thing is there is maybe an inch or two of snow on the ground and this drives the frost down a lot deeper than when there are inches to feet of snow on the ground.
Could be a late spring which holds up planting corn.
Not supposed to get deadly cold till this weekend, -20 + but I hope we get some snow.
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Post by philagardener on Dec 26, 2017 14:45:26 GMT -5
I some of you guys are getting some nasty windchill at the moment On the other extreme here's us yesterday, the river is getting low from the lack of rain in the last two months. On the bright side, I don't need to put on sunscreen at the moment . . . (OK, I'm jealous!  ). |
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Post by richardw on Dec 26, 2017 18:58:27 GMT -5
I'm too brown for sunscreen at the moment thanks to my Spanish ancestry. Not a summing day today though, quite chilly on 15Cdeg
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Post by jocelyn on Dec 26, 2017 20:06:03 GMT -5
Well, cold here too. Put another log or two in the furnace. Bad storm yesterday, lots of wind. We still have power, but the province just south of us got hit. At one point yesterday there were about 158,000 homes without power...thankfully, not our kids. The Kids have a new baby, so I'm glad they are warm. Most folks should get power back on tonight, and the rest by tomorrow. Warming centres have been set up for those with no power and the wind has dropped. Ah, life in coastal regions, huge grin.
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Post by walt on Dec 27, 2017 13:05:34 GMT -5
Down to zero F here. I grew up on a dairy. So when weather like this hits, I just pull the covers up over my head and be glad there are no cows to tend.
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Post by RpR on Dec 27, 2017 13:51:54 GMT -5
I'm too brown for sunscreen at the moment thanks to my Spanish ancestry. Not a summing day today though, quite chilly on 15Cdeg Isn't that like seventy degrees F?  |
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Post by reed on Dec 27, 2017 16:56:37 GMT -5
be glad there are no cows to tend. AIN'T That the truth! |
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Post by richardw on Dec 27, 2017 17:15:52 GMT -5
I'm too brown for sunscreen at the moment thanks to my Spanish ancestry. Not a summing day today though, quite chilly on 15Cdeg Isn't that like seventy degrees F? Yes i think so. That would be a lovely day in winter |
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Post by reed on Dec 27, 2017 17:20:57 GMT -5
ZERO F here this morning, put that in your converter!
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Post by richardw on Dec 27, 2017 20:49:12 GMT -5
ZERO F here this morning, put that in your converter! Making me work for it now  |
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Post by toomanyirons on Dec 31, 2017 9:49:58 GMT -5
Took a nature walk outside this morning. Beautiful frigid sunrise, temp -18F. Coldest temp in my location for all of 2017, fitting it would be the last day of the year. Put more seed in the songbird feeders and threw out some corn for the ringneck pheasants.
Acceptable snow cover here now but we could use more. The seed garlic, multiplier onions, and shallots have acceptable winter cover for these extreme low temps. Have had five snow events so far this winter, all small amounts. Only one blizzard so far - seems eerily quiet on that front which always makes me a little nervous.
I enjoy observing all the critter tracks in the snow. Found pigeon feathers and wing impressions, likely a fresh kill from a great horned owl as I know they are around. Not a fan of pigeons but they are a good food source for the owls. They don't taste that bad either, from a human perspective. Protein for the price of a shot shell, easy enough to take a couple down with a trigger pull. Observed a lot of fresh coyote tracks from overnight, somebody has been on the prowl. Hope he/she gets a couple of the wild bunnies or a bunch of voles and field mice. I have done a good job of culling the herd of the former, far too many of the latter around. I have read the coyotes find those little critters to be tasty snacks.
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Post by reed on Dec 31, 2017 10:23:54 GMT -5
Very chilly here this morning as well but not quite that bad, 4 F, -15.5 C. We have had a spell with lows in that range and highs below freezing. Supposed to be that way or a little colder for next several days, a tiny dusting of snow. A real test for my cold weather greens, they look pretty bad but at least some still alive I think. Any that do survive will be treasured indeed.
We are seeing lots less birds at the feeders this year over all, red birds are generally very common but this year there are none, not even one. I started looking for them all around and have seen only two all winter. No clue what is going on with them.
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Post by toomanyirons on Dec 31, 2017 14:28:22 GMT -5
I have chickadees here right now for the first time in over a decade. Used to be as common as sparrows then they just disappeared from the place. I used to have them eat sunflower seeds out of my hand. I miss that. In winter I mostly have sparrows, nuthatches, downy and hairy woodpeckers, goldfinches. Then of course the ubiquitous crows and pigeons, also the less common but often seen red tailed hawks, ringneck pheasants, hungarian partridges, great horned owls, and the occasional bald eagle circling overhead checking the place out or eating roadkill on the highway shoulder.
Have not seen a red headed woodpecker here since my childhood, back then they were very common in this area. Lots of migratory birds hang around here in summertime, though, and lots of birds noted in spring and fall while passing through on their migrations.
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