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Annie Deighnaugh
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Comments (12)I have bulbs coming from Botanus and a few lilies coming from the Lily Nook. There will be the usual dumping containers and storing begonia tubers. There are still potatoes and carrots to dig, a few tomatoes left enjoying the nice weather this week, and some beets and swiss chard that we'll just eat. I have one rose left to plant and that's waiting for dh to do the small deck he wants to put in front of the porch - hopefully in the next week or so. I also want to move a clematis from a too-shady spot and plant it with the rose. Oh, and put my semps into the ground for the winter. Hmm, what else. There's another little rose bush in a container that i'll overwinter in a small holding bed, and three containers of lilies that i'll bury in the vegetable garden once that's cleaned out and tilled. And there'll be leaves to rake and dump on some of the beds and around the roses for winter protection. I'll also need to clean out the shed a bit in order to get all my planting trays in there on the shelves, as well as hanging baskets and a few other containers that shouldn't be outside for the winter. I have a few other things i might do, but they depend on time and weather and aren't urgent - they can be done in the spring. The past few years, we've been having nice long falls, which i love because you can enjoy them as well as get all your pre-winter chores done. Now if only we could have nice long springs to balance them out - starting, say, at the beginning of March? :>...See More'Bad Weather' Often Starts Here......
Comments (11)I agree, grannyjojo, that we often get hit here as well. I have seen more twisters in the air, and more damage on the ground, since moving here in '99 than I saw in 39 years in Fort Worth. (We moved here about 6 or 8 weeks before the 1999 OKC/Moore tornadoes, although that night was quiet here in Love County. Our friends and DH's co-workers in Texas heard about the storms in OKC on their evening news, though, and our phone was ringing off the wall.) Our house was new that year and didn't have a tornado shelter, but we added one the following spring. Although a few major downtown areas have been hit by tornadoes in recent years (like Ft. Worth, Nashville and Atlanta, and, of course, OKC), I don't think ANY major city in the USA has been hit by tornadoes more than OKC. The other day the Weather Channel said OKC has been struck by over 100 tornadoes since such records have been kept. It's just that this year (so far) we get the watches and warnings but not the tornadoes (at least here in southern OK), even the rain and the hail, and then we go to bed....and wake up the next morning only to find that the line of storms left Oklahoma and marched across the south or midwest and caused damage and destruction. It seems to have been a very persistent weather pattern from January through now. It will be interesting to see if that pattern continues through April or May, of if things change as we heat up a little. Tonight the storms have been running from Fort Worth-Dallas up through the very southeastern edge of Oklahoma and into Arkansas and beyond. We've had lightning here throughout the night, and a little thunder, but the actual rain and hail have stayed south and southeast of us. I am concerned about the next 2 days here. We, too, keep an eye on the weather at all times and are avid weather watchers. (I think you MUST do that when you live here.) We have two weather radios with the alert feature that goes off to warn of approaching weather and we keep the storm cellar fully stocked with supplies, etc. I check the NWS Enhanced Weather Webpages and the Storm Prediction Center pages every day, and sometimes several times a day, to keep track of the storms. Living out in the boonies as we do, there are no storm sirens here in the less populated parts of the county, and we're too far away to hear the ones in town, so we have to look out for ourselves. I hope everyone is safe today, tonight and tomorrow, because it is setting up to be a typical and dangerous Oklahoma spring day. Dawn...See Morefeeding in bad weather
Comments (4)Hi, I think it good that your are drying out wet seed. It is quite harmful to birds to eat seed that gets mouldy. If the seed is frozen, but not wet..I should think it ok. I also put out meat scraps and even turkey carcasses for the meat eaters. I keep this stuff in a seperate area (we have 5 acres)Every night I take in what is left of the turkey and put it in the fridge. In the morning I heat it in the micro. I think the smell attracts more birds. ??...See MoreAre You In For Bad Weather?
Comments (37)Don't hit me! We felt a bit chilly this morning on Maui. I put on the thin sweat pants I keep here, and a hoodie. Now it's about 80F, but there's a stiff breeze on and off. Can't spot whales due to the chop. I am a little concerned about our house-sitter and Westie. Chicagoland is predicted to get at least 18" near the lake. More concerned about imminent delivery of Baby #2 for DIL in the city. Chicago deals with snow very well, but its side streets and alleys won't get any attention for a long time after the storm. DS is trained as a paramedic and has delivered babies, but I'm sure they'd both prefer a hospital delivery! alisande -- Thinking of your home delivery of your son. Our DGS (nearly 6) would be extremely interested should that happen. He's Mr. Science....See MoreAnnie Deighnaugh
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