Grrr
Actually it got to 102F here........although like you say......we shouldn't
be rubbing it in.
he he he
"sneff" sneff at d2 dot net dot au wrote in message
s.com...
Oh Bolero! Don't rub it in!!
(Having said that - isn't the weather sensational here in Australia at the
moment?) %-}
/me ducks, and wishes all Northern Hemisphere types the best for the
upcoming winter.
Best, Matthew.
"Bolero" wrote in message
u...
Winter? It's Spring here........a sunny 95F today.
;-)
"Ted Byers" wrote in message
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"Geir Harris Hedemark" wrote in message
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"Ted Byers" writes:
[snip]
You lucky *******. I still have to drive three hours to get to
decent
snow. It is all foggy and clammy here now. Good for the orchids,
I don't mind winter. After all, if it gets a little chilly, one can
always
put more clothes on, but I am not fond of summer because it sometimes
becomes impossible to get comfortable. When it gets too hot, one
can't
always remove more clothing, and even if one did risk it, it doesn't
help!
But then, my health has degenerated to the point I can't shovel the
snow,
so
we hired a local farmer to use one of his tractors to clear the snow
for
us.
Even though we have had significant snow, it is still mild; only
about -1
degree C (about 30 degrees F). I have yet to find it necessary to
wear
a
coat! All I have needed so far has been my insulated shirt.
The only downside to snow is all the crazy drivers out there. The
only
accident I have had in almost 25 years happened last year a month
after
I
bought my truck. It was at the beginning of a major winter storm,
before
the plows and sanders had a chance to work on the roads, and I was
stopped
at a stop sign when a moron in a taxi came racing around the corner
far
to
fast for the conditions and spun out of control, swinging his back end
into
my bumper. Fortunately, while his car suffered major damage to his
rear
fender, the only damage my truck suffered was a slightly cracked lens
on
the
left signal light. A C$30 repair on my truck while the taxi suffered
many
hundreds of dollars worth of damage. Fortunately, he was honest
enough
to
admit he screwed up and took full responsibility for it.
though. I can't believe how they are growing now that I have finally
figured out my vandas can and will take water every two days quite
happily. That is almost a doubling of the watering frequency.
My plants are doing OK (mostly on either the window sill or on shelves
in
front of south facing windows. In fact, the old inflorescence on one
phal
has produced two branches, one from each of the top two nodes, so it
ought
to give a decent display many months down the road, and my phrag is
producing it's second flower on its first ever inflorescence (alas I
can't
take credit because I bought it as a first bloom seedling).
I have to be a bit more diligent in watering because the air gets
quite
dry,
especially during the winter! A friend of mine tells me he gets his
to
thrive because, in his experience, his orchids love very high
humidity.
On the brighter side, the long term weather prognosticaters here
claim
it
will be a mild one.
I think this is along the lines of a fortune teller saying you will
meet some tall, dark bombshell. Basic fiscal fact of life. The
bringer
of bad news seldom, if ever, get paid.
True enough, but it seems to me that winters have been rather milder
over
the past few years compared to what I remember when I was young.
Actually, for some, a mild winter is bad news. Local ski resorts tend
to
suffer greatly when there isn't lots of snow, and a heavy snow greatly
affects farm economics, both with regard to soil moisture and
nutrients.
The snow puts alot into the soil in the spring. If there is little
snow,
the soil will tend to be dry and the farmer will have to pay more for
irrigation and fertilization.
Cheers,
Ted
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