Why I can't plant May flowers

14 years ago

Spring in Colorado...what can I say???

This was my yard this morning.

Most of it melted by this afternoon, but more is expected tonight.

It is supposed to be nice this weekend, so if the forecast looks good, maybe I can plant the flowers I bought last weekend this coming weekend.

Snow envy, anyone?? LOL

TTFN,

Candy

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phonegirl
14 years ago
Candy, you really got dumped on. Beautiful pictures of your yard, if it was Mar.LOL I bought 3 hydrangeas for Mother Day gifts, left them out and they froze. Didn't notice till MD so guess you know I had to scramble at the last moment.

I sure hope things change for you or your growing season might be a short one this year.

Punk
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yachter123
14 years ago
OH, I'd be ready to commit suicide if I looked out & saw that, I'm so tired of cold weather, I could scream. You have more patience than me with this white stuff!!!!!
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excessfroufrou
14 years ago
Honestly, I don't know how you live with that. I'm with yachter, except I think I would just move.
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maximavswife
14 years ago
Candy - I don't think we got as much as you here in Aurora. MIL lives in Evergreen and I know I heard her screaming from up there:) I am like you, I hope to get stuff into the ground this weekend. I am so over the cold and snow! I work with a bunch of greenhouses and they say they were packed MD weekend. Sad to say, but they hope people planted and now need new ones due to the snow/ freezing temps. Good for business I guess.
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luvstocraft
14 years ago
It looks so beautiful--but I do know it gets old after months of it. I can tell your yard is probably beautiful when Spring does arrive and your flowers are all in bloom. Hang in there--we'll all be complaining about the heat soon. Luvs
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luckygal
14 years ago
Such a beautiful pic, Candy! I know you are tired of snow and hope that's the last for you. Gardening is so iffy in the north until June.

The advantages of cold climates are many. Here in our little northern world we have no excessive heat (don't need air conditioning), no excessive humidity, few harmful bugs so I can easily grow organically with no noxious chemicals, no harmful snakes, no tornadoes, no hurricanes, no flooding, and I'm finding on gardening forums that there are plants I can easily grow that don't grow where it's warmer. So it all equals out - there are advantages and disadvantages no matter where one lives. One just has to adjust to whatever it is.
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lynninnewmexico
14 years ago
Yikes, that must have been a real flower-killer of a storm! Where are you at up in Colorado? Near Denver? It's been a crazy Winter and Spring and I sincerely hope that at least the snow and tornadoes are over for the a while! We've just had a severe storm warning for my area. The high winds have arrived, but I'm hoping the "quarter-sized hail" doesn't! Thank goodness I have a garage for my car!
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christmascandy
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, I am totally tired of it. Now it is pouring rain, but I did get to play golf this morning, and do some clearing out in the garden, so the day was not a total loss. LOL
Frou, I can't move away from the DD's and the GK's.
Kath, I think it might be possible to plant Sunday, weather looks good.
Luvs, we get many days in the 90's during the summmer, but with the low humidity, its not all that bad. Also, it cools down so much at night that if I use the attic fan and then close the house up in the morning, it stays cool enough that I rarely need to use the AC.
Lucky Gal, how far north are you?
TTFN,
Candy
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jeannespines
14 years ago
I would have sat down & BAWLED! Weird spring weather! Now it's nice here again...so hope all frosts are gone!

But, your pics are beautiful & looks like you have intriguing gardens out there! As Dorothy says, "there's no place like home." Jeanne S.

luckygal...wow! your environment sounds perfect! You are a luckygal! LOL!
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christmascandy
Original Author
14 years ago
Lynn, yes I am in the Denver area. The snow was gone by noon, but then we had the rain. I think it will be nice enough to plant Sunday. We can get hail any time during the summer months, : (

Jeanne, I will try to post pictures later this summer showing the flowers instead of the snow.
By the way...because of your picture of the bakers rack with the garden items, I had to go find a bakers rack!!
Thanks a lot, LOL.

I know what Karen means when she talks about the enablers on this forum. : ) Just Kidding.

TTFN,
Candy
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