There comes a time in the life of every cold climate gardener when a certain fact must be faced: the first frost of autumn is nigh. When this event occurs more than halfway through October--as it did this year, on the night of the 16th--I don't grieve overmuch. It certainly could have happened much sooner [...]
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Drowning in Snow?
February 23, 2015 – Posted in: WeatherIt seems the snow will never stop. We haven't had the huge accumulations that parts of New England have seen, just another couple of inches one day, another couple of inches a few days after that. After a while it does amount to a whole bunch. The sun has been shining more (when it's not [...]
Make That Lingering Snow Earn Its Keep
March 21, 2014 – Posted in: Design, Front of the House, Hardscaping and Projects, How-to, New House, New GardensThe snow is melting, but not fast enough to suit me. I've already taken pictures of where the snow melts first, so I know where to plant my spring-flowering bulbs this fall. In the spirit of making lemonade out of lemons, I realized this lingering snow was the perfect opportunity to outline a new garden [...]
Snowfall Records
December 16, 2009 – Posted in: WeatherIn the spirit of cold climate one-upmanship, let me direct your attention to the Snowfall Averages compiled by the National Climatic Data Center. (Sorry, I don't have Canadian data handy.) Unless your yearly snowfall is in the triple digits, you might as well give up on bragging rights. But you can get a good idea [...]
First Snow of 2009-2010
October 16, 2009 – Posted in: WeatherLast night it snowed. That, in itself, is not unusual for the second half of October. But normally we get flurries mixed with rain, and no accumulation. Yesterday a weather record for snow accumulation was broken. The official new record is 1.2 inches accumulation. The old record was "trace." And unofficial reports coming in tell [...]
Snow? Noooo!
October 12, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherYikes! Snow predicted for Friday! This is happening too fast for me. Just had first hard frost (26F) last night.
Does this look like spring to you?
April 17, 2007 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThis was the view out my kitchen door yesterday morning. We had rain which changed to snow as the day progressed. Because everything was wet, the heavy snow stuck to everything. When the wind picked up, the snow didn't blow off the branches but added weight to the force of the wind. Consequently branches were [...]
Blooming in March
March 15, 2007 – Posted in: Weather, What's up/bloomingI took this photo yesterday, a day ahead of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. I knew that rain was predicted for Wednesday afternoon and throughout today, but late yesterday morning it was merely overcast and quite mild, and I thought, "Go looking for flowers now, or forget about it." So I went galomphing about in the [...]
Spring is just around the corner
March 6, 2007 – Posted in: Meditations, Mud SeasonThe trouble with that platitude is that Spring is so erratic around here that we often don't recognize it when it comes. For the next eight weeks or so, every time we hit a spell of bad weather, we will repeat to ourselves, and each other, "Well, spring is right around the corner." But we're [...]
Snow Days of Winter
February 17, 2007 – Posted in: WeatherNot the Valentines Day love-in I was expecting, this was a storm for the record books. Under a state of emergency all day and through the night, my county was closed down and everyone was told to stay off the roads. When it was over the snow totals came in. My little, almost unknown, town [...]
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