Northern weather

[healey36]

I may split another half-cord, as I still have nearly three quarters of a cord left from last year. Almanac says it’s going to be a mild winter, so maybe I ‘ll wait a bit.

We’ll probably get a taste of frost tonight. NOAA says mid-thirties, so I expect to see some white on the lawn along the hedges. Would be great to kill off some of these mosquitoes.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Would be great to kill off some of these mosquitoes.

Indeed. Got a few bites yesterday while working......

[healey36]

Got up at 0600 this AM and it was 51 degrees. Missed the predicted frost by nearly 20 degrees. I'll have to restock the repellant.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Got up at 0600 this AM and it was 51 degrees. Missed the predicted frost by nearly 20 degrees. I'll have to restock the repellant.

Was 43 here in No. VA - 2nd morning in a row!

[rogruth]

It's because of Global Warming. Heard blue glasses Al talking about it this morning.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It's because of Global Warming. Heard blue glasses Al talking about it this morning.

We'll see -- we got next to zero snow last year and it's been marginal for snow for several years. I just use the fireplace to take the chill and damp off. Now at the place in PA, it's the primary heat source......

[healey36]

Finally got a decent frost last night. If nothing else, hopeful that it knocks down the clouds of mosquitos lingering in the back garden.

[robert.]

It missed us. To much water on the ground. It will probably show up tonight .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Chilly here in VA......but looks to be a nice sunny day.....have to bring the cacti in soon.....dig the cannas and elephant ears.....

[healey36]

Woman next door has cannas and I've never seen her dig them up, yet they come back every year. Right out in the open, too...not protected by a hedgerow or fence line. Baffles me.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Woman next door has cannas and I've never seen her dig them up, yet they come back every year. Right out in the open, too...not protected by a hedgerow or fence line. Baffles me.

Yes, the one clump right next to the garage corner spend the winter there in the ground. But I need to take the main bed out since SWMBO'd has plans for that garden next year and the cannas need a new home. Want some?

[healey36]

What, so I can start planting them every spring and dig them up every fall...probably not. How do you store those things over winter? Tie them up and hang them to dry?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What, so I can start planting them every spring and dig them up every fall...probably not.

How do you store those things over winter? Tie them up and hang them to dry?

Cardboard boxes in the basement on a shelf above the cactus storage space.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mums that we bought better than 10 years ago are blooming up a storm!



Tomatoes and peppers are just about done.......

But the one aloe is blooming!!!

[healey36]

What, so I can start planting them every spring and dig them up every fall...probably not.

Not a particularly green-thumbed gardener, sounds like too much work just to kill them in the long run. I just brought in the wife's spider plant and a couple others before the frost got them. I have to say, having one or two nice house-plants inside over winter is pleasant. Just have to remember to water them.

Seeing those mums reminds me of the tulips and hyacinths that still come every year in the spring, some 35 years after we bought the place. I suspect those are from Mother's Day gifts or Easter, given to the older couple that lived here before us.