Re: more crazy weather
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  • Subject: Re: more crazy weather
  • From: Z* <z*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:40:53 -0600
Today was 50s; tomorrow will be 60s, and tomorrow night is predicted to
be in the 20s. Anybody who isn't able to see that the climate is
changing has a problem. I agree the plants are very confused.

zem 

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On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net> wrote:

> Weather the same here. I have some crocus trying to come up! Everyone
thinks the warmer weather is wonderful... they don't realize the insect
problems they'll have next year. I hope that the pattern of shorter warm
periods as the winter advances will lead to at least a month or two of
decent cold. On the other hand Alaska is having the coldest winter
they've had in a long time. I think my daughter and her family (in
Fairbanks) will be pleased to join us in Hawaii in March!

> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> 
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 11:39 AM, James Singer wrote:
> 
>> I think "water," or the lack of it, is the big concern here in the West. We
>> don't seem to be getting as much rain and/or snow as usual. Many of the ski
>> resorts, like that of Auralie's son, have yet to open. When I say not as much
>> rain as usual, I don't mean clear skies. Still gets cloudy and foggy, still
>> drizzles, but no substantial precip.
>> 
>> "I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it." -- Ray Bradbury
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:47 AM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote:
>> 
>>> It has been crazy here, too. But, mostly between 3-6 degrees above
>>> normal. It warms, bringing up daffodils and pushing out buds, then,
>>> cools below freezing. I'm thinking that the plants that make it will be
>>> the ones that can take this up and down weather and the longer & warmer
>>> summers. Over 30 years of gardening in the same place shows me that
>>> there is true warming. So far, it has been over 5 years of warmer winter
>>> weather.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> B
>>> ETN Zone 7
>>> Remember the River Raisin, the Alamo, the Maine, Pearl Harbor, 911.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 9:48:03 AM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] more crazy weather
>>> 
>>> What a see-saw season. After our October snow storm, it has been
>>> mostly pretty mild and very wet - often not even freezing at night. A
>>> couple of times it has dropped down to the lower 20s for a couple of
>>> days, but then warmed back up. Last week we observed that our
>>> pond had not frozen,and we always expected to boys to have
>>> skating parties there during the holidays. On Wednesday the
>>> ground was not even frozen, but I reluctantly finished cutting back
>>> the perennials, some of which were still green. Yesterday morning
>>> the temperature was 19 degrees, and this morning it was 7 degrees.
>>> We had such cold weather last year, but things came through very
>>> well because there was a heavy snow cover from early December
>>> right through until March. This year the ground is quite open. Not
>>> a flake of snow since October. I'm really worried about how my
>>> plants will survive. Snow can complicate life at times but it does
>>> have a purpose other than just to be skiied on. My son in Colorado
>>> is complaining that though Denver has snow, there was none at
>>> Winter Park where they have bought a ski condo. Oh well. Poor
>>> baby.
>>> 
>>> Auralie
>>> 
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