Weather Where You Are

[Zeedman]

The curved plastic shovels with a metal edge work well for the fluffy snow... you can quickly run back & forth, plowing to the outside. But I keep a heavy coal shovel for shoveling slush, or breaking up caked or compacted snow. Refried snow (melted & refrozen) is the worst.
Ooops... I said the "s" word, gotta go suck on an ice cube now. To judge by our early start, I'll probably be using that word a lot this winter.

 

[ducks4you]

Refried snow!!

 

[Prairie Rose]

Woke up to a whopping 14 degrees this morning, with a wind chill of 8. It is beautifully clear this morning with the sun peeking over the horizon, but my last few tender annuals are definitely done for the year now!

 

[Carol Dee]

COLD here too

 

[Ridgerunner]

It's about 60 F this morning and is supposed to stay right at 60 all day. I'm debating if I need long sleeve or stay in short sleeves when I go out, I'll probably stay in short sleeves. We are forecast to see our first frost/light freeze next Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, around 30 F. I hope that's far enough in the future that they have it wrong.

 

[ducks4you]

The ONLY annuals that haven't wilted to pieces are my 18 inch tall Bright Lights Swiss Chard, that I planted bc they are pretty and they are 4 ft from the west foundation of the house. GO FIGURE!!! Everything else is dead as a door nail. I covered my Brussels Sprouts with heavy plastic and started their "greenhouse" construction. I found an old door, which had been repaired with plywood and I would never use again, and put that And an 18 inch wide piece of plywood on the north side of the bed to stop the north winds. I don't have enough excess wood to finish the project, DH wants to hit Lowe's on Sunday, so we will take his truck in and I can get what I need.
This is a Real seat-of-your-pants project and will look like a "greenhouse slum" when finished, but will be yet aGAIN one of my experiments.
Pictures to follow on my Duck's Ragtag...thread.

 

[digitS']

This map, predicting departure from normal for Tuesday, wow. It's stunning!


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Steve

 

[Beekissed]

Yep, gonna be nippy. I'm feeling good with all the wood in, a thick blanket of hay on the garden, all animals in snug quarters, etc. Hope we have a real winter this year!

 

[Carol Dee]

This map, predicting departure from normal for Tuesday, wow. It's stunning!

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Steve

Of course we are in the purple zone ..... brrrrr

 

[Ridgerunner]

Looks like I'm in the purple and gold zone. Those colors look pretty sharp together but this time I'd rather pass.