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Weather forecast: ------------ Wednesday Night Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F). ------------ Our temperatures run from 5 to 10 degrees lower than the nearest weather station (which is about 55 miles away and about 1200 feet lower in altitude than we are). Sigh. We'll be lugging the big pots full of veggies inside again Wednesday. The lettuce and Swiss chard would probably survive (covered), but I'm not sure whether some of the Chinese veggies would. Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier) |
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Pat Meadows wrote:
Weather forecast: ------------ Wednesday Night Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F). ------------ Our temperatures run from 5 to 10 degrees lower than the nearest weather station (which is about 55 miles away and about 1200 feet lower in altitude than we are). Sigh. We'll be lugging the big pots full of veggies inside again Wednesday. The lettuce and Swiss chard would probably survive (covered), but I'm not sure whether some of the Chinese veggies would. Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier) Ain't it a pain? Moving pots in and out! If we gave Air Miles, some of our pots would have enough to go south where it's warmer. Here's a copy and paste of Environment Canada's forecast for our area. Temperatures are in Celsius. Today..Cloudy with occasional rain changing to light wet snow this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 this morning. High 7 this morning then temperature falling. Maximum UV index 2.2 or low. Tonight..Cloudy with occasional light wet snow ending this evening then clearing. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing this evening to 20. Low minus 2. Ross, Ontario, Canada. New AgCanada Zone 5b 43º19' North 80º16' West |
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But think how smug you'll feel when we're complaining about the 2nd
(or 3rd or 4th) week of 90+ temperatures and 70% humidity in a couple of months. AND two months since it rained..... I am in Houston and its nothing to have 90 degrees plus for months, 90 percent humidity and no rain from May till August (or if it does rain its a tropical storm thus a flood). I do sympathize with your AAARGGGGHHHH though. A couple years ago when tropical storm Alison hit Houston, I had just finished my planting and mulching the day befo it ALL floated away, even my landscape timbers were at the end of my driveway. "Ross Reid" wrote in message ... Pat Meadows wrote: Weather forecast: ------------ Wednesday Night Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F). ------------ Our temperatures run from 5 to 10 degrees lower than the nearest weather station (which is about 55 miles away and about 1200 feet lower in altitude than we are). Sigh. We'll be lugging the big pots full of veggies inside again Wednesday. The lettuce and Swiss chard would probably survive (covered), but I'm not sure whether some of the Chinese veggies would. Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier) Ain't it a pain? Moving pots in and out! If we gave Air Miles, some of our pots would have enough to go south where it's warmer. Here's a copy and paste of Environment Canada's forecast for our area. Temperatures are in Celsius. Today..Cloudy with occasional rain changing to light wet snow this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 this morning. High 7 this morning then temperature falling. Maximum UV index 2.2 or low. Tonight..Cloudy with occasional light wet snow ending this evening then clearing. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing this evening to 20. Low minus 2. Ross, Ontario, Canada. New AgCanada Zone 5b 43º19' North 80º16' West --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.473 / Virus Database: 271 - Release Date: 4/17/2003 |
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Pat Meadows wrote: Weather forecast: ------------ Wednesday Night Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F). ------------ Our temperatures run from 5 to 10 degrees lower than the nearest weather station (which is about 55 miles away and about 1200 feet lower in altitude than we are). Sigh. We'll be lugging the big pots full of veggies inside again Wednesday. The lettuce and Swiss chard would probably survive (covered), but I'm not sure whether some of the Chinese veggies would. Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier) Yesterday before I left for work, I set a flat of cabbage seedlings and a couple of tomato plants outside to harden off a bit. The weather was cloudy and cool, and I put them under a tree to provide a little protection. The only thing I was concerned about was a squirrel digging up a few cabbage plants. The weather turned gusty. My worthless family watched as the wind whipped the plants to pieces and broke most of the stems. They were home all day because school was out, they just didn't bother to bring in one flat of seedlings. Daughter probably didn't notice; Wife probably did notice and just didn't care or decided that somehow it served me right. Regards, Bob |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:51:55 -0400, Ross Reid wrote in
rec.gardens.edible: Here's a copy and paste of Environment Canada's forecast for our area. Temperatures are in Celsius. Today..Cloudy with occasional rain changing to light wet snow this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 this morning. High 7 this morning then temperature falling. Maximum UV index 2.2 or low. Tonight..Cloudy with occasional light wet snow ending this evening then clearing. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing this evening to 20. Low minus 2. You must be a little to the west of me; I am near Ottawa. It was 24°C (about 75°F) last weekend. ========================================= Issued 11.00 AM EDT Tuesday 22 April 2003 Today : Periods of rain developing. Temperature falling this afternoon to 9. Maximum UV index 1.6 or low. Tonight : Periods of rain changing to snow overnight. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low zero. Wednesday : Periods of snow. Total accumulation 5 to 10 cm. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near zero. -- Gardening Zones Canada Zone 5a United States Zone 3a Near Ottawa, Ontario |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:43:01 GMT, "Norma Briggs"
wrote: But think how smug you'll feel when we're complaining about the 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) week of 90+ temperatures and 70% humidity in a couple of months. AND two months since it rained..... I am in Houston and its nothing to have 90 degrees plus for months, 90 percent humidity and no rain from May till August (or if it does rain its a tropical storm thus a flood). Ah, yes. I forgot about the 'no rain' feature. *How* can it be so humid laundry won't dry on the line, and yet bone, stone dry for useful water? Along with my wish for a time machine that would recycle Feb. cold air into my house in July (and vice versa), it'd be nice if someone invented an outdoor de-humidifier that wrung out summer air and dripped water for the plants. |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:08:53 -0400, Pat Meadows
wrote: Wednesday Night Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F). Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier) Frost is status-quo for northern PA until a month from now. I only put stuff out on long stretches of warm weather in order to minimize back pain :) Especially the bay tree, which needs to harden off in direct sunlight. Some cold frames could stretch out the season, at least for cool -weather plants. With a "cooking" mulch bed they could probably stretch the season well into december and start a new season in early February, maybe even through January with the hardiest plants. Dan |
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 07:03:45 -0400, Pat Meadows
wrote: So far during the time we've lived here (two years), the main enemy has been cold. It's easy to fight cold, straightforward - you know what the enemy is. Compared to fighting the bugs, fungi, and disease that plague more southern gardens, it's a cinch, IMHO. I wrote the above about half an hour ago... then I went outdoors and found disaster. We hadn't dragged all the pots into the garage or house last night because last night's forecast low temperature here was 'in the low 40s'. I have a min-max thermometer. The actual low was 15 F. All my lovely pots of lettuce, Chinese greens, and chard are frozen stiff. We've dragged them across the deck to the shaded area to give them time to thaw before the sun hits them. I don't know if *any* of them will survive, they're frozen solid at this point. If I touched a leaf, it would shatter. And they would have been fine, if the forecast hadn't been so wildly off. We've been dragging the pots into the garage or house at night when we expected freezing temperatures. Could have done it last night. Our actual temperatures generally run 5-10 degrees lower than the forecasts at the nearest weather station, but this was 25 whole degrees lower! OK, now I know.... Pat (goes off sobbing quietly....) |
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