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Okay, actually I have comments! We got 8.5" and the temperature is to be in the mid to low 20s (F) tonight. Good news is that it shouldn't last long and thaw out next week. The bad news, I have to wait to see how my seedlings outside have fared. Here's some progressions from (04-23-2008, 04-25-2008, 04-26-2008) that is Wednesday, Friday evening, and today - Saturday.

Chives looking good on Wednesday.


The snow started Friday night.


Today. The chives are there, see?


I was just getting ready to post my proud pictures of peas sprouting and that Spring is looking good.

Here's the seedlings, good things they're small.


There were coming in nicely on Wednesday.


Aww, so cute poking above the snow Friday.


Umm, they're under there somewhere (Saturday).


One more progression to prove I did have things growing...

Here's the sugar snaps, kohlrabi, and radishes.


Closer look, sugar snaps are here.


Kohlrabi is there.


Today (Saturday) they're under there.


So, I hear that peas, lettuce, spinach, and such are cold hardy. I'm glad because it will be cold a few days. I think that the snow may help to insulate things and the plants probably knew what they were doing. They didn't grow a lot yet, so I think that's also to their advantage. I think they were waiting for some sunny, warm days before really taking off.

Oh yeah and the tulips :-)


PS: Snow images seem to take up much less disk space. So much uniform white!

Spring Cleanup Officially Begins

I think that it's official. Spring cleanup has really begun here. The neighborhood was out today raking the grass, sweeping driveways, and vacuuming. Oh yes and plenty of family outings. As you can see I decided to rake some of the yard -- the places where snow was piled just get so much dirt and gravel.



Dakota (that's an original name for our dog isn't it) enjoyed Saturday as the sun had melted the snow we got Friday. I decided that I could get some peas started in the garden today. I should have more planting and Spring plans recorded here in a few days.



In the morning of Friday we found that the weather station indicated snow, because it was white. We were lucky enough to be in a corridor that only got a couple of inches this time. Others were not so lucky with this storm and got over a foot more.

Yeah...Again!

Well, I don't know if the crocus I mentioned yesterday was anticipating but the weatherman was right. This just completes the déjà vu sequence. It's not so much the 6" 12" (probably more) of, well, the "s-word" - but the fact that all that white will reflect the heat for a while. So, our temperatures will be a bit lower again.

That's the way it goes here. I'm glad I started growing some lettuce and radishes indoors. I think that experiment worked. Just enough to satisfy the itch before anything can be done outside. Plus I get to munch a leaf now and then.

Updated: Our official total was 6". Guess that's better than 12" anyways.

50 to 50 in 5

That's last 50°F high to first 50°F high in 5 months. Spring seems to be really getting a start now. We have some more days in the 50's in the forecast. I think some beds will be ready for early vegetables in the next week or so. They need time to warm up just a little and to dry out some. I got outside late today and cleared some of the winter debris and found things growing!

[Above:] (1) Some chives - they're tough plants. (2) Some flower bulbs that are orange red. Not sure what they are, but they look pretty.

[Below:] (1) Crocus coming out. (2) Hyacinth I believe. (3) Uh, something.

Déjà Vu Spring?

I am experiencing some déjà vu today.

This was the garden the last day of winter.

The day after Spring started we had snow.

Now we are back where we started.