Re: more crazy weather
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  • Subject: Re: more crazy weather
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:58:58 -0600
agreed Zem.  70 here today and in the 20's by tomorrow night.  good grief.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Zemuly <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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