Re: Weather

Marge..In Cross Creek, FL where Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived the folks
called her Ole Ma--not always affectionately! Though more for insects,
gators & hurricanes than cold...She did successfully push the Citrus
industry to South Fl though!!
SAinSA
----- Original Message -----
From: Marge Talt <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather


> Well, that old biddy, Ma Nature does NOT want to let her awful winter
> go.  After 2 weeks around 60F and 70F yesterday, it snowed from dawn
> to dark here today.  Didn't stick to roads or paths, but there's an
> inch or so covering all the rest of the ground.  At least it is
> offering some protection from the below freezing temps we are now
> having for all the tender noses that have popped up in the last
> couple of weeks (and, from whom I've been madly removing matted
> fallen leaves).  3 weeks ago, I still had remnants of that big snow
> on the ground with only daff noses starting up under it and, of
> course, the stalwart snowdrops...now, all my Scilla, Puschkinia,
> Galanthus, Hepatica and Hellebores are blooming away as well as the
> early daffs.  Violets coming into bloom as well as Pulmonaria and
> heavy flower buds on Corydalis and Virginia bluebells and ground
> greening up all over with clumps of tender emerging foliage.
>
> Knew she'd do this, the nasty old lady...just knew it.  And, after
> freezing cold tonight and tomorrow, it's supposed to get around 75F
> by Wed.!  Roller-coaster spring or (more probably) directly from
> winter to summer.  Ma Nature is not on my favorites list right
> now...she seems bent on making life for my plants as difficult as she
> can - and she's good at that!...wonder what got her underwear in a
> bundle this year, irascible old coot...
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Donna  <justme@prairieinet.net>
> >
> > Um--- Kitty- I think it is like us getting that late frost about
> mid-May
> > :( Way too much stuff could get set back, and not bloom this year,
> not
> > necessarily killed off. Zem is two zones warmer than us....
> >
> > And currently, there is nothing in my yard that snow or ice or
> frost is
> > going to make any difference on..... just a tad of green around,
> barely
> > peeking it's head out. Been cold here for the last three days:(
>
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