It is a normal weather pattern for central Ohio to plumb the depths of single digit temperatures with little or no snow. It is equally expected for gardeners to go into planning mode during the deep freeze of January. Reviewing the last year has made me realize that I’m more prone than ever to the…
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It Is Still Freezing, Cold, And Snowing
Yes, playing with Picmonkey. What else on the rainy/snowy/frozen days we are having? Housework, you say? What is that? Yes, the weather again. We are still in the throes of winter. Throes I say! Everyone says they are tired of it, but we really don’t have any say in the weather, do we? It will…
Everyone Talks About The Weather
I ventured out between the pine and the spirea Wherever I go (the few times I can venture out), everyone is talking about the weather, how cold it is, how tired they are of it, etc, etc. Depending on just how cold it is I either find lots to do on my computer, or I…
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…
Winterizing The Garden, Putting Pots And Containers To Bed
Winter, Ready or Not? Kathy Purdy had an excellent article on how she is winterizing her potted plants in her New York yard and I thought I would add my experience here in the cold climate of Ohio to the mash. First on my list is simply getting the terra cotta pots into my unheated…
Christmas Seems Far Away
It has been a very mild December, so I have been working outside a bit. Catching up on those things that I put off during October. I was ready to take my knocks, and resign myself to whatever the winter would bring, but thankfully this window of nice temperatures and decent gardening weather has given…
The Night The Ice Fell
“It was a dark and stormy night”… is how my uncle jokingly started the telling of some family history as we sat in the living room, all fully aware of the storm predictions and awaiting the next sidewalk report from my husband’s periodical trek to get the next load of wood for our stove. The…