We haven’t entered springtime officially, but tell the weather that! This has been a most mild winter, and Ohio experienced all time high temperature records for the month of February in 2017. It accelerated a climate phenomenon which, as a gardener, I look for each year. Most everyone know of the “Indian Summer” and “January…
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Unusual Becomes The Usual
September or August Revisited? As we rolled into September, the weather switched seasons. Now it feel like the dog days of summer with 90 degree temperatures, sticky 100% humidity and thunderstorms. It is never what you expect, is it? Well, that is how it seems this year, at any rate. Here are some photos and…
It Is More Than Normal
Whether it has been hot, cool, or rainy (and Ohio has been very rainy), what you can say about the weather so far this summer is that it is more than normal. When you get a little more than normal of anything… you sort of get concerned about the impact. Like, is it raining cats…
Here Is Hope For A Beautiful Spring
From a previous year It turned the corner here in the Central Ohio area. Patches of snow are all that are left after the warming temperatures and rains. I will have to post some of my older, but still beautiful, spring photos in celebration. Outside it is a bit dreary and I need to pick…
Update, Philosophical Distractions, Life
My instagram pic from last week We have only a coating of snow. Yes, I know. I should post more often. It is one of those winters that see-saw between normal temperatures and deep cold. I hate the deep cold. All our snow has melted away during the January thaws and now February has some…
Winding Up July
I didn’t say “Hot enough for you?” once this month. Not that I am given to using that phrase, anyway, but the weather in Ohio could not have been more beautiful. We had “Polar vortex” in July. Normally I write off this month in terms of garden work. Only mad dogs and Midwesterners work in the heat…
My Mind’s In A Vortex or I can’t stop thinking about the weather
March Snow 2014, the ragged edges of winter It seems to be the only thing that I center on anymore, when my mind turns to gardening. The Weather. There were residual bits of snow scattered around the yard today, and more ice and snow predicted for the next couple days. Lots of people talk about…
Weather Is The Topic Of Conversation
I feel like the weather is the main topic of conversation in Ohio this year. It always has its vagaries, but this year just seems extreme. We have had so much rain that I feel like I live in a rainforest. Looking at some of the “flower” beds, the crop of Canadian thistle has become…
ReFreeze
Re-froze, so I guess that is it for the thaw! In my garden there is often a mid-winter time with decently warm temperatures and dry enough earth to do some early tilling. I get the feeling that this won’t materialize this year. When it does, it is absolutely the best time to get the vegetable…
Rain Outside And Houseplants Inside
Rain and more rain. Huge amounts of ponding throughout the area. It is supposed to turn to snow tonight… but whatever it turns to I do not want to go out. I don’t want to think about problems from all this water, either. I have a Bromeliad from my father’s house. Will need to read…