I can not wait to see your power or gas bill. :)LOL

1eyedJack and the Dawg

I figured out last winter that I spent roughly a few extra hundred dollars keeping the GH heated.

Frankly, I think it is well worth it.
It is a hobby I enjoy and having the GH keeps me happy and sane in our long winters. As I've mentioned in other posts, I also use it to make some extra money (last spring I made $3000 during a one-day plant sale).
I don't smoke or drink, we rarely eat out or even go to the show, casino etc. Certainly there are other pursuits I could spend my money on that would be far worse than heating a GH! :) Lots of folks think nothing of dropping a few hundred dollars on one dress, a pair of shoes or an evening out. Nothing wrong with spending $ on those things...my financial priorities are just different than other peoples.

Just something to think about when we are busy trying to justify the expense of our GH to other people or even ourselves. :)

ole_dawg: Given enough insulation, including under and around the foundation of a well built, tightly sealed GH, an HE, direct vent nat. gas furnace, and the cost of keeping a GH warm isn't as costly as you might think.

Then add ceiling fans that run continually, one drawing up, the other blowing down, and the warm air is kept in constant circulation, with no hot or cold spots, and the cost is even less.

I tested the ground insulation in my GH this morning, when it was just under 20 deg. outside. I walked on the quarry tile floor in it in my bare feet without getting chilled.

28 here now at 12:00 midnight

Cold tomorrow

1eyedJack and the Dawg

20.8 here this morning @ 6:45am
And I have got to go out in this!

1eyedJack and the Dawg

woke up to let the big dog out at about 2am...and it was 23 on my outdoor remote thermometer....water from rain earlier this week was frozen about 5 inches thick...

this was I believe the coldest it's been here since I moved here in 04....

so much for global warming eh...more like an ice age if you ask me.....and at this rate, hell just might freezer over ;) ha ha

18 F here. my solar shed fought it off with water containers at 33.6 F. inside. That's 3 times so far this winter that a low of 33.6 F inside. 12 F, 27 F and now again, 18 F.

~tom

At 6 AM it was 44 here. I'm trying to get my heater system in before it freezes. It's on it's way from Charley's greenhouse.

60°F here at 8:40pm ET, but once the cold from moves through in the next couple of hours, it supposed to go down to the upper 30's... i love the warm air!!
Steve

We had a bitterly cold wind here yesterday. Having gotten into my car inside the garage I didn't really appreciate how cold, until I got out in an open parking lot and had to fight the wind walking to the store. After that, todays milder breeze and temps just above 20 seem warm in comparison.

no more tomatoe plants so I dont care HOW cold it gets from now on...I"m not even going to watch the weather anymore....freeze up for all I care ;) HA!!!!!

rjinga,

Just wait. Come next Wednesday we will both be frozen in iced.

1eyedJack and the Dawgt

We are gearing up for that cold, cold weather....I guess you are quite aware that this week we have temps supposedly dropping to the low 20's (new years day, nice way to bring in the new year!!!! now that's cold...and I dont remember it ever getting that low in the last few years I've lived here....

I did FINALLY get all my bulbs planted...oh my aching back...and I cant wait for the spring show...should definitely be a sight to see...I'll be taking lots of pics then....

We have also had a great deal of rain this past week, much needed and welcome to say the least...

What's new with you? I miss getting emails from you :)

kisses to the DAWG....

Cold? You ain't seen cold yet!

The 15th Jan is the turning point.

Not saying after the 15th Jan you won't have scary cold, but the average temp will start to rise again.

Aiming to put water in my greenhouse mid March.....

:)

rjinga,
Sorry, Christmas is a bad time for me. I look for single digit here. Hope not, but that is the way it looks so I guess I can kiss the rest of my Kale and other cole crops goodby.

1eyedJack and the Dawg

Dawg inquires "are you sure you want to kiss me? Remember what I lick! LOL

Our temps are going to drop to +2 deg. late tonight and with the wind chill factor added to it, it will be at least -15 and as close to the ultimate test of my GH heat/insulation as I may get before the daffodils start coming up.

So on one hand, I wish it were warmer and on the other, just as glad to (hopefully) see the proof of the pudding and know for sure, but admit that I'm not looking forward to setting the alarm clock for 3 am.

Humm....I wonder if one of the cats would be willing to check the remote for me? They are convinced they are smarter than we are and as they run our lives and the house- they may be right. LOL!

We seem to be in a snow cycle. accumulations at least once a week, often every 3-4 days. 6-7 inches last night, with another 8-14 inches on the way tomorrow into Wednesday.

sigh.

I guess Father Winter is making up for the last few years of below average snowfall....not even thru December and we've had nearly 30 inches of it.

sigh.

You know, I see people kissing on their dogs all the time. Aint no way, I am going to let mine lick me in the lips....nasty...lol

I love my doggy, but that tongue has been everywhere :-)

ODude,
My DAWG is actually a CAT. Generally cats don't try to lick you. Dawg however sleeps with me every night. She will curl up on one of my legs for between them. If is is realy cold she will crawl under the blanket and lay down next to my trunk and rest her head in the space made by my arm.
If she is out of food and I am still in bed, like today, she will jump on top of me and "Pad" on my chest and lay on it with her head next to mine, BUT SHE DOES NOT LICK ME.
LOL
During the day when I am home and the heater is on she will lay down next to that. When I am gone and the heater is off she curls up in the middle of my down comfortor.

1eyedJack and the dawg

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Right on the cusp of freezing here all night and day. BUT we got a big dump of snow last night. A winter storm with 8" and I got called into work to plow snow for the town. Happy New Year eh?

Supposed to be normal winter temps this week, 28-34* range. But then next week should be glorious 40-45* !!!!
That's great because I have to drive two hour round trip to the Big City for a work related course every day next week. Should be good road conditions. :)

We here are looking at 31* right now with winds gusting to 20 or so.
In the teen tomorrow morning
and Thursday morning at well

BrEEEEEEEEEEEEEer

It's 24 now. I think it got down to abt 20 last night and is supposed to be 18 tonight (brrrr). GH is a toasty 55 right now.

It's 20 here south of Fort Worth, Texas this morning....brrrr.

Pam

28* by 10:00 last night Winds gusting to 20 mph
21* this morning with winds gusting to 20
29* right now at 10:45am and winds gusting to 20

TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE THE NIGHT

We expect to have a full week with below freezing temps.
The lettuce is already toast

1eyeJack and the Dawg

It was 15 last night in NW TN with terrible wind gusts - was MISERABLE outside. My heater was struggling to keep warm enough & it's supposed to fall to 11 tonight.

23 was the lowest for us last night...and it's still just about 33 at 3:30 in the afternoon....

the ONE good thing is that these longer lasting freezes will kill off some bugs!!! and that has not happened for years...so were were way overdue for a little beetle on a stick roast (or deep freeze, I mean ;)

The deep cold predicted for a few days ago turned into a toasty 33 deg., and more snow, about 8 inches. We got it all plowed, and the next day, it snowed again, but not as much, and it's supposed to warm up at the end of the week, with rain and temps in the 50's, so we decided to let the force that put those additional few inches of snow on the driveway take it away.

But tonight.... It's down to 7 now and will drop to 2 later, with wind chills into the minus 8 to 10 range, so I'll haul out of bed in the middle of the night- again- darn cats refused- just to be sure.

If the GH is holding within a degree of the 72 it's set for at 8 below, I'll relax and not worry about whatever the weather throws at us.

But it's really unfair. I went out in this cold to buy them nice things to eat, and even picked up a new catnip toy for them, and those useless, indolent beasts won't even check a remote for me. Ingrates!

krayers, just where in west TN are you? We have a place just 8 miles outside Paris, and I'm so afraid when we get there next week we'll have plumbing to do! Didn't winterize because we thought we'd be back in TN before now.
Linda Mieke

Birdwidow, I have always suspected that cats are quite a bit smarter than humans, but they don't let us know. Good luck with tonight's temps!

(Linda, I hope your place is OK...)

00:10 in the morning and we have now 21*, but the wind is down to abut 5 miles an hour.
I expect it to be about 15* by 6 or 7 am
All the lettuce is toast and I harvested a good bit of kale.

Time to rip the lettuce out
I will leave the kale go to see how it does.

1eyedJack and the Dawg

15 F and similar for another couple nights to come.
~tom

We got down to 12°F last night, high 37°F, suppose to be over in a day or two.

Linda, I'm in Martin, TN - not far at all from Paris. My Son in law grew up in Buchannan close to the lake & my husband fishes all the time at Springville. Are you anywhere near??

It's REALLY cold here. The high yesterday never made it to above freezing. Do you have anyone to check your pipes? We'd didn't have anything freeze that we know of, but the buildings were heated. The low tonight should be about 19 - it was about 11 last night, but all improves tommorrow. Good luck!!!

Kim

We had a high of 22 and the night time low was -12. We are supposed to get that warm weather also birdwidow. It will be real nice. We havent been able to go out and cut any trees with that oak wilt due to all the snow. Hopefully it will melt...... Barb

13 last night, 26 predicted for tonight and then the temps will start rising again tomorrow!

You all have some really cold weather down there in the south. Perhaps you should take a vacation up here in the naawwrth. ha ha. We have Jamacian beach type weather. I posted in another post, we are supposed to be in the 40's this weekend. It can't get much nicer than that in January.

I seen a robin last week. I wonder if thats a sign of an early spring? We usually don't see robins until late March early April. Strange!

Hey Dawg...I'm a cat lover too. I have a beautiful black/grey persian named Picasso. He is SUCH a ham. I'm hoping to carry him to the greenhouse (once completed) with me anytime I'm out there playing. I don't let him outside. He is striclty and indoor (spoiled) baby.

Tj

Holy Cow, 3:00am and 16.8* I have both little heaters going and it is still 50* inside.

1eyedJack and the Dawg, who is curled up at my feet. I don't know how she stands the smell> LOL :)

it's terrible isn't it?? it went down to 12*F overnight... but it still remained between 41-50 in the greenhouse...

SPRING COME SOON!!!!

steve

Last night (approx 5am?) 13 degrees, definitely a first for me since I've been in GA. BUURRRRRR....go away cold...come spring hurry up :) we got plants to grow

I've conceeded that my numerous patio ferns and my 3 huge peace lillies are toast and I'll have to start all over again....that is really sad though, if ONLY that darn GH was completed....oh well....next year

R,
It will depend how long it remains cold.. Feeing better, Last Sat. off to the ER, two bags of solouation thru the veins and some meds to stop the vomiting. Like a new man now. LOL

This is sort of OT, but I thought you all might enjoy another COLD story. Early Thursday morning, it was bitterly cold when we saw what looked like a brown dog lieing on the ground in a corner of the paddock just off the barn. As we approached, he lifted his head and stared at us and didn't move until we were close enough to realize it wasn't quite a dog, but Wiley Coyote, warming himself on a manure pile accumulated since the snow melted then froze into the gears of the spreader.

It was a big dog Coyote, probably waiting for us to open the door to hen house and I was tempted, so he could learn the awful truth about those innocent looking wires running horizontally around the 6' high woven wire poultry yard fence.

Sex crazed bucks dukeing it out in the back yard, trying to charge me- and now coyotes, warming themselves while awaiting what they think will be an easy breakfast. When the first bear shows up, I may decide it's time to move to the City. LOL!

Wildlife has been scarce around here lately. Maybe because they're clearing some acreage down the road to build another home. Lots of birds on the feeders every day. I brought the phals with spikes in from the GH to bloom indoors where I can enjoy them more.

COLD, 21 this morning just before I leave for school. No Coyote, at least I don't think it is a Coyote, under my place, but SOMETHING IS THERE!

1EYEjACK AND THE dAWG

ole dawg, I sure hope it's not a skunk holed up for the winter under your house...

Birdwidow, that coyote just thought you were operating a nice bed and breakfast operation. Watch out for those crazy bucks...we knew someone who was gored in the stomach by a buck in rut...they are not to be messed with!

Not very cold here lately, just gray skies and WIND.

I have a cat that comes and goes at will and spends some time under the trailer. So far no smell. We had a skunk problem, but I believe them are gone for now. The neighbor had game cocks and chickens and shoots them on sight.
I also hope nothing gets sprayed. I know what it is like.

1eyedJack and the Dawg

Hey Dawg, how are you doing? Many have asked about you on here and miss seeing you around. I hope you are staying warm this year and I hope you are well. I would love to hear from you again.

Yea Ringa, 16.7 outside and 68 in the gh. Yipee

40 outside and snow melting mud in the family room and gh at 67 priceless

Wet and somewhat mild yesterday. Dipped to 8 deg. early this morning. Ice everywhere.

72 in the GH. Fish happy. Pet Gardenia happy. Cats curled up near heat vents, and happy. Ducks have heated bath, so have dipped and now snugged up in straw, with little webbed footsies tucked under, and happy.

Old horse got his exercize being walked up and down the aisle in the barn while stall being cleaned. Extra bedding in stall and loads of good hay. Very happy.

Me? I'd as soon be someplace warm.

DAWG???? you alive? I would assume that these responses are going to your email? come out and play with us...we miss you