Re: weather rant was: just checking

Boy, you guys are bumming me out!  It was 690 here today and just as 
clear as a bell.

DF

Pamela J. Evans wrote:

>I understand completely y'all. Our normal highs are supposed to be in
>the 60's right now. Our highs have been around where our low temps
>should be. Making me crazy. And we've had so much ice and rain, I don't
>know if my yard will dry out before May. And I'm thoroughly tired of not
>being able to wash a dish or brush my teeth w/out moving a shrub out of
>the sink. El Nino can go - I'm tired of it already!! ugh.
>
>
>Pam  
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date:  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:10:24 -0500
>
>  
>
>>Don't be jealous, Donna.  I supposedly live in the south and all is
>>under 18" to 24" of frozen snow at the moment....most of the garden
>>is a billowing sea of white with the odd top of a shrub or left over
>>stem sticking out of deeper mounds...what's really odd is that the18"
>>or so left over from our big storm will bear my weight - can't
>>remember that happening before.  It's very strange to be walking 18"
>>off the ground:-)
>>
>>Only the *deep* south can think Roundup right now:-)
>>
>>Don't tell me yet another bleedin' snow storm is heading this way. 
>>You guys in the midwest can keep it, thank you very much!  I am sick
>>and tired of shoveling (spent about 4 hours doing that today to clear
>>the drive and walk of the 8" we got yesterday).  
>>
>>I had this vision in early winter of getting all my pruning done in
>>the month of February.  HA!  At the rate we're going, that snow won't
>>even be melted by June.  I've got some piles nearly 4' high that are
>>going to take a looong time to melt.
>>
>>This is the worst winter I can remember since 1975.  My poor
>>Galanthus, generally blooming their heads off all of January, are
>>completely buried and before that happened, had not one flower - only
>>buds....Lord only knows what's happened to my Hellebores....they're
>>somewhere under that stuff; haven't seen them for weeks.  While the
>>snow does insulate plants, I know there is going to be a lot of
>>damage to the taller evergreen perennials - my poor H. argutifolius
>>are flattened.  Think all chance of flowers from them is gone, as I
>>know those main stems won't recover - when I last saw them, they were
>>really bent; just hope the plants will live.  The exposed parts of
>>Euphorbia characias look awful; they may be history. 
>>
>>I can't even bear to think about my carnivorous plants, esp. my one
>>poor little venus fly trap who is native to S.C.; keep telling myself
>>that surely they experience freak snowstorms and cold periods in
>>their native haunts...hopefully they will survive.  Oh, I can moan on
>>forever about this winter!
>>
>>Local paper noted that this time last year, it was 70F
>>here....sigh....our normal highs this time of year are in the 50s F. 
>>50F would seem like a heat wave compared to what we've been getting.
>>
>>I don't understand how you guys who live north of me, where this kind
>>of weather is what you usually get can stand it!!!!
>>
>>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>>mtalt@hort.net
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>>
>>>From: Donna  <justme@prairieinet.net>
>>>
>>>Hum, came home to a very few messages... and an internet service
>>>      
>>>
>>that is
>>    
>>
>>>going on and off at will here :(
>>>
>>>Ceres, how bad is this storm that is coming. My isp is in Iowa and
>>>obviously is having problems getting a connection to me.
>>>
>>>Is everyone else ready for a weekend that is not predicting some
>>>      
>>>
>>nasty
>>    
>>
>>>weather?
>>>
>>>And to those of you in the south-- you are making me jealous :)
>>>Roundup... what is that going to do to a frozen plant .....
>>>
>>>Donna
>>>      
>>>
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>Kemp TX/zone 8A
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