Bummer! We had that higher than usual temps and less snow this last winter. I am very much a winter person and it's just not winter without the cold and snow! My native plants and birds are about the only thing that can get me outside this time of year.

Chillybean. You and I are opposites. I hate winter, though we get little if any snow. Down here we only have brief periods of great weather, and that's a few weeks in the fall and in the spring. I tolerate summers. The heat and humidity is tough, and gets tougher the older I get.

I like winter, winter where I live, that is. Summer is just something to get through.

If I am stuck with no winter, at least I have photos! This was taken a couple years ago when we were driving to meet others for a birding field trip. The trip leader couldn't get out of his driveway. We got to see the Pileated Woodpecker, so it was worth the trip. :)

I'd like the ......

4. well-above avg. temps/less snow

(after the last few winters we've had)

instead of the....

6. cold/typical snow

Welcome to ATP @Chillybean!

Welcome, Chillybean! At least in winter's snow there's no weeding to be done!

I never thought of that. I weed year'round. Maybe four months of snow would be nice.

A week of snow would be nice and then all 40 degree weather for the entire winter.

Welcome to All Things Plants, @Chillybean !

Here's some snow to cool all you hot southerners off a bit...
I'd rather be weeding!!

The only white we see down here is the sand on Pensacola Beach.

drdawg said:I never thought of that. I weed year'round. Maybe four months of snow would be nice.

There is a saying a read once concerning southern CA. 'The good news is we garden all year. The bad news is we garden all year.'

Kelli said:

There is a saying a read once concerning southern CA. 'The good news is we garden all year. The bad news is we garden all year.'

That applies here as well, Kelli. I would like a season where one could hibernate a while.

Thank you all for the welcomes. A nice treat on a day with a real feel of 100 degrees and ice packs on the Bluebird box to cool the babes.

I like this winter forecast, it means I can do some gardening chores over the winter. And possibly another early spring.

pirl said:A week of snow would be nice and then all 40 degree weather for the entire winter.

I'd be happy with all 40 degree winter weather, except for one week of 32 degree temps to kill the bugs/insects and no snow. We don't like shoveling the snow or driving in it.

I would love 72 degrees 24/7/365.

flaflwrgrl said:I would love 72 degrees 24/7/365.

Yes!!