http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:52:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/comment-page-1/#comment-63762 First Snow of 2009-2010 — Cold Climate Gardening Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:44:07 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/#comment-63762 [...] The hillside was past peak color two days ago, but still looked pretty. Yesterday the high temperature was 42F (5.5C). Last year it was 72F (22C). Going back the next three years, it was 61F, 56F, and 68F in 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. It makes you wonder what this winter will bring. In 1993 we got a foot of snow on October 31st, and that turned into the worst winter I ever lived through. [...] [...] The hillside was past peak color two days ago, but still looked pretty. Yesterday the high temperature was 42F (5.5C). Last year it was 72F (22C). Going back the next three years, it was 61F, 56F, and 68F in 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. It makes you wonder what this winter will bring. In 1993 we got a foot of snow on October 31st, and that turned into the worst winter I ever lived through. [...]

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/comment-page-1/#comment-37000 First Sign of Spring, aka Grasping at Straws | Cold Climate Gardening Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:55:23 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/#comment-37000 [...] This is reckoned as the first sign of spring here in Purdyville, or more properly, the sign that enables us to hold on for the next month of rough weather, before spring really [...] [...] This is reckoned as the first sign of spring here in Purdyville, or more properly, the sign that enables us to hold on for the next month of rough weather, before spring really [...]

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/comment-page-1/#comment-26313 Carol Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2004/02/27/cabin-fever-in-extremis/#comment-26313 Excellent essay on cabin fever. I've <i>never</i> experienced anything more than a day or two snowed in. Excellent essay on cabin fever. I’ve never experienced anything more than a day or two snowed in.

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