Quote of the Day: Robert Frost
“Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.”
It’s beginning to feel like it might end in ice around here! No thawing yet and 6″-10″ inches of snow coming today and tomorrow. It’s certainly a mess out there, I can’t imagine what all the trails back in the woods looks like.
What’s the worst weather issues you have in your garden?
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Currently part of my garden has surface water sitting on it, as does my big vegetable plot. :(
to Mich's comment
Same as Mich. Our ground water is pretty high here…we’re usually slogging til May. The best thing though is we hardly had to water our plants till July.
Hope you stay warm and safe.
to whit's comment
Susy, your area of the country is having a time of it this Winter. Hopefully, you will get some relief soon. I almost feel guilty even saying that the last couple days have been gorgeous here in Nebraska. Temps were in the 50s both days and all the snow is gone. We are back to the ugly dirty brown. I hope we start getting some snow soon. I don’t want to start the garden year dry.
The only damage to garden areas for me has been the summer storms that have brought winds up to 80 MPH in a micro burst. I do vertical growing with tomatoes and cucumbers. Eighty MPH winds create real problems with vertical growing. Fortunately we don’t get them every year and both my gardens are some what protected.
Have the best weather day that you can.
to Nebraska Dave's comment
Here in NJ, snow is gone and we have a lot of rain. Still, well under freezing at night. But checked on the Brussels Sprouts I left in the raised beds and they’re pretty sad. Am probably going to have to pull them. On Solstice, we planted about 60 plugs of Claytonia in one bed and covered them with many layers of Agribon (it was near 70 degrees!). I want to peek under and check them out, but maybe I’ll order my new garden seeds instead. Carrots in two cold frames are about 2 inches long, so we can’t eat them yet, though our dog considers them a rare delicacy. It’s hard to be a gardener in winter. I feel like a kid waiting for Xmas…but in my case, it’s the last frost date!
to Anna's comment
Now that is how winter should be, imho.
blessings
~*~
to laura's comment
At this time of year….ditto….Mitch and Whit. It is muckety muck.
to amy's comment
Right now, its dreary and wet. We would gladly share a little of your snow.
to Colleen's comment
Right now in AK my raised beds are buried under around a foot of snow!
to Brenna's comment
same problem as much of the country. it is too cold and there is too much SNOW! our kale is kicking still and pushing back against single digit temps. we have had to protect it from the heavier snows though.
to Greg's comment