It,s so cold today.........

just1morehosta

13 years ago

I am bundled up,and have a fire going in the wood burner,I hate cold!

cAROL

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gardenweed_z6a
13 years ago
Hah! cAROL - I just came up the cellar stairs from lighting a fire in my woodstove! Altho' it's warmer today than it has been the past week and I hung sheets out on the clothesline, it's a far cry from the April weather we had last year. I brought in a wheelbarrow load of firewood and kindling that should last through tomorrow (fingers crossed). Also opened a couple dozen sprouted WS containers so the sprouts could get a little direct sun on them. Don't worry--I close them up again for the night around 6 p.m.

Got my truck started this afternoon so I can start hauling mulch this weekend. Hang in there!! It'll get warm soon.
just1morehosta
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13 years ago
I know Gardenweed, it has to, but man, I am just freezing.
No sun over here, dark and gloomy,wish I had a good movie to watch.I could take a nap.
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Thanks! This will be the third growing season for the bed with the iris and for the long bed with the coreopsis in the foreground (that is the same bed that has the close up of the polemonium) but the rest of the pictures are from beds that are in their second year, yes. Actually, I expanded the one bed to connect with another and added that pink salvia in March, so I guess that section is first year. I keep adding as it still looks rather blank and empty when you take in the property as a whole. Anyway. I am glad they look good to someone else's eye - I think some of my neighbors think I am nuts. (Nice orderly green shrubs by the foundation with a pot of seasonal porch flowers, and a manicured lawn is the neighborhood standard, although I am not the only nonconformist.) I am continually inspired by the beautiful gardens I see everyone posting here!
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bev2009
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I feel your pain, Carol. There was snowy slush on my windshield this morning. For a couple of days we have cold and WINDY weather. I might be able to garden if it is cold, but you throw in a mighty wind and I am outta there. The highs for the next few days...42, 46, 48. Yikes! Will spring ever arrive?
molanic
13 years ago
Last Sunday we got up to 85 and it was very humid and sticky. Our neighbors even turned on the ac! This weekend it was very cold and windy and it snowed last night. It is funny when you have shorts and a tank top in the same load of laundry as thermal underwear! I want some nice mild spring weather. The 85 temp was actually more disturbing than the snow. My seedlings and me aren't ready for that kind of heat yet.
gardenweed_z6a
13 years ago
Have to give you that one molanic--don't think I've EVER had shorts and a tank top in the same laundry load as thermal underwear! I love the woodstove in spring because the house is toasty when it's "brisk" outside and I don't have to nudge the thermostat. I especially love the woodstove when I don't have to nudge the thermostat at the same time heating oil is $4/gallon!
ladyrose65
13 years ago
Carol, TCM has some good movie tonight! I've been in a blanket all day.

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