Richs storm

Rich, how bad is your storm at this point?  What is predicted?  We are 
receiving a blur of very large snowflakes, strong winds from the East (this 
is always a bad indicator) but it is still warm enough to be melting as it 
hits the ground.  Weatherman says between 5 - 12."  
    My husband had cleaned the snowblower and moved to storage at our off 
site garage last week and moved the lawn mower home.  After church today he 
made a quick retrieval of the snow blower.
    My oldest granddaughter was scheduled for AllState Speech competition at 
Univ of Northern Iowa early tomorrow morning.  Her family was going to go 
this afternoon as it is a several hrs drive.  It has been canceled already 
with no reschedule.  What a disappointment for her as she is a senior.
    This adds to the earlier discussion about weird weather.  Record was set 
last week with 87 deg weather & a snow storm a few days later.  We have set 
more records this year than one can believe. 
    This could pretty much take care of a lot of plants.  My Royal Star 
Magnolia is in full glory.  I wrapped a couple small Jap maples, Daphna 
'Carol Mackie", Magnolia Butterflies and Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' 
(minus all its buds by the deer) in burlap as they are first winter 
plantings.  I had not cleaned the beds as I reminded my self it was only 
April.
    I am scheduled to give a container garden program tomorrow evening for  a 
garden club south of Des Moines.  If I can make the trip I am not sure the 
weather will be warm enough to transport plants in and out.
    Keep us updated on your weather, please.
        Ceres, Iowa zone 4/5

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