huggergirl said:

Chelle ,it was not the Frilitary or what ever ...lol...Ill have to look an see if I wrote it down somewhere

I just got another catalog with a picture on the back cover that might be it...how about Merrybells? Does that ring a bell? ( )

I ordered more sugar snap peas. I got Super Sugar Snap and I already have Cascadia and something else left over from last fall. Plan to plant peas early this spring. I have seeds for cucumbers so thinking I don't need those but do need to get my yard long beans for this year. No real big hurry on them, can't plant till it warms up. Peas have to be planted early though, they are a cool season crop.

And so begins the veggie crazies for another year.

snow continues to melt. Moisture on the way but seems to be rain in our area near the coast. Snow near Worcester.

I haven't seen the update on the expected storm as yet for today. So don't know the latest track and how much rain and snow.

We haven't had much snow yet, and it's just now beginning to stick. It's going to have to snow an awful lot overnight to amount to much.

The plant cover that I found yesterday is here http://garden.org/blogs/entry/... . Since it's open mesh it isn't quite a wintersowing type of cover, so it didn't seem like it should go in that thread.

We woke to about 6" of snow on the ground today...not bad. At least it's not blowing and drifting, so we should be able to get out if we need to by afternoon.
I'm looking at it as a nice deep drink for the early spring show that's soon to come!

We got about 8"-10" between Sunday and Monday. It was hard to tell for sure because there was a lot of wind with it. I needed to get some pots from our barn which is down the hill from our house and even though it was ploughed out a couple of weeks ago the path was pretty deep with snow. It was so bright white it was hard to see where the path was. When I got to the barn and looked back it looked like I must have had one to many the way my path zigzagged. Really, I did'nt. Really.

Temps in the high 40's to 50's between today and Monday.Should melt everything.

Yes we got a Nice amount of snow ...Time to get out an clear the dog a path...poor short thing...

Nope Chelle dosent ring a bell...merrybell...lol

Got a great shot of the Pileated...Ill have to post garden snow photos later

I hope the snow melts quickly for everyone and that spring arrives soon.

It is very windy out and supposed to get more windy. A big storm is coming our way and last night I heard at least 9 inches expected before it is done by Friday afternoon.

It should be a sloppy mess by this weekend. The lake is full again, so much of the wet will pool in the yard for a while...as usual. I'm really glad that I have more than one pair of *waterproof* (not! ) boots.

Today's pix...

The walkabout the garden today showed more daff blooms trying to open. Today is the day to take a look as we are going to get a winter storm starting this evening until Friday afternoon. Expecting at least 9 inches of snow. But the poor daffs are not doing that great, they are laying on the ground and not quite open all the way. Kind of stuck at that stage. We need this winter weather to end and spring to come so that more blooms can arrive.

These with blooms are the very early type daffs I have. And they are in the sun in the front yard. Other daffs of all types have broken ground and are up all over the garden. Some even have bloom buds. But unless we get nicer weather nothing is going to happen very soon around here. And you all know I can't wait for spring and my flower bulbs to bloom.


Chelle, my yard should look like yours by tomorrow wuth the snow comming. I am not looking forward to that happening!

Hurray, my peas (seed peas) that I ordered yesterday are shipped today so I should get them in a few days. Probably after this snow mealts that we are going to get tomorrow I will be planting the peas. They are Super Sugar Snap Peas.

We finally got some rain today.

It was only 0.17", but I am happy with anything that we can get.

soilsandup said:We finally got some rain today.

It was only 0.17", but I am happy with anything that we can get.

Yay!

When is your normal wet season, Dianne?

off & on rain & snow showers. Nasty wind & I had a DR.s app & a couple errands. Wind was very gusty south of us at the Dr.s office.

Chelle - We have Mediterranean weather - dry summers, wet winters so most of the rains are in Oct to April. We had a wet Nov/Dec, but extremely dry Jan/Feb.

soilsandup said:...dry summers, wet winters so most of the rains are in Oct to April...

This part sounds about the same as what we have here, moisture-wise, although our wet lasts a bit longer. You have plants actively growing and blooming in Jan/Feb though, don't you? Big difference there.

Is your camera still AWOL?



Rita, can you plant your pea seeds right after the late snow melts? Our soil here seems to warm too slowly for this, so I usually don't manage to get an early crop before the heat hits.

I have to see what the weather (temps) will be. Too cold and the seeds will not sprout.