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Posted by admin to crocuses, garden diary, metadata, snow on 2008-03-27, 17:52:00

Crocus in bloom on this day a year ago
I've never been one to keep a garden diary in book form, but the great thing about blogging and digital photo metadata is that you have a pretty good record of what's blooming when from year to year.

The picture of the crocuses above was taken a year ago today. Yesterday's four little crocuses growing through old verbascum leaves sure didn't look anything as nice as the crocus patch above. And this evening, it's snowing...again.

Interestingly, last year, we had snow on April 8th (it was Easter weekend). Of course, it didn't last long. From the looks of things, I won't be surprised if we get a bit of snow again this April.

Last year's Easter weekend snow
© Yvonne Cunnington, Country Gardener

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Posted by admin to Easter, snow on 2008-03-22, 22:22:00

The view from the Kitchen door this morning at 6.15am, with snow on the ground.It is still snowing now.Time for the walk to work soon.
Happy easter wherever you are in the world.

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Posted by admin to Winter, drought, precipitation, snow, snow pack, storms on 2008-03-08, 13:28:00

Today's snowdrift in front of our hoophouse
We tend to get our hopes up for an early spring when the calendar hits March, and the past few winters have lulled us into thinking that the "real" winters of yesteryear were no more.

No so this year: we're getting record amounts of snow. Today's headline in the Toronto Globe and Mail says it all: "Old Man Winter pumps up the volume." We've had snowstorm after snowstorm, and the current one is about the biggest of the season. Some are calling it "the winter from hell."

It certainly is that for snow removal budgets, and there is now so much snow that a quick thaw could bring serious flooding to parts of Ontario.

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Posted by admin to Dirt, LOVE, Mr. Hyper, Sasha, animals, daylily, ferns, ghetto, grass, herbs, holidays, houseplants, pets, snow, weather, weekend, work, yellow on 2008-03-04, 07:02:00

28*, feels like 18*, 63% humidity, NE 12 mph wind, cloudy, FLOOD WARNING The thousand dollar dog is in big trouble. Mr. Hyper blamed the cats on getting into my ghetto grow light stand, knocking it down, eating my ferns, unpotting them, and eating most of the catnip plants soil and all. But I knew better. I was angry. I had been babying these plants, tenderly administering my love to them. I had

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Posted by admin to Indiana, animals, birds, grass, snow, spring, weather, wind, yellow on 2008-03-03, 05:32:00

52*, 80% humidity, SSW 17 mph wind, light rain, FLOOD WARNING, FLASH FLOOD WATCH All the world, except for in shady patches, was revealed yesterday. Expanses of yellow lawn, sidewalks, and roofs were uncovered from their cold crispy blanket and mounded piles of snow. Then the wind began, late, near the midnight witching hour when the coyote crosses through the yard on his nightly hunt and when

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Posted by admin to California, Dirt, Flowers, Grow-A-Long Fun, Mr. Hyper, animals, birds, books, crafts, garden, hiking, leaves, rocks, seeds, snow, spring, veggies, weather, weekend on 2008-03-02, 06:14:00

37*, feels like 30*, 67% humidity, SE 9 mph wind, fair It's supposed to be 53* today later. I plan to take advantage of this nice weather, you can beet on it! I was thinking I should go to the heron rookery, to check out the nests today, as March is the best time to view the nest repairs without the confusion of leaves in the way. But Mr. Hyper, after seeing the pictures of the fun I had last

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, cheapskate finds, crappy stuff, daylily, grass, herbs, houseplants, leaves, pets, screaming plants, snow, veggies on 2008-03-01, 05:57:00

20*, 73% humidity, W 6 mph wind, fair Sasha yesterday was not feeling good at all. She had the dry heaves, trying her best to throw up. I'm blaming the pain meds, I know they do the same thing to me. So I have not given her any today to see how she does though this morning she seems to be feeling better and ate with the appetite of a puppy. Yesterday, she was doing her hardest to get to some

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Posted by admin to Flowers, photos, poop, rocks, snow, veggies, weather on 2008-02-29, 07:28:00

33*, feels like 25*, 89% humidity, SSW 10 mph wind, cloudy I really am tired of having to say the S word. You know the one. I'm deep in the S. There is a whole new layer of it. But, there is hope! According to the forecast, we MAY hit 41* today. That would be freakin' awesome and the long term forecast sees us hovering at around the freezing mark instead of near 0*. That's freakin' awesome too!

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Winter, bulbs, holidays, snow, spring on 2008-02-27, 05:08:00

19*, feels like 9*, 65% humidity, WNW 8 mph wind, cloudy, LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY I'm getting very antsy for spring. It doesn't help that businesses have started decorating windows for Easter, or that shops have gads of brightly colored spring junk on their shelves, and most certainly all the blogs I've seen lately where folks are bragging about their blooming bulbs and gardens isn't helping

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Posted by admin to Indiana, Winter, animals, seeds, shrubs, snow, spring, veggies, weather, weekend, wind on 2008-02-26, 06:13:00

32*, feels like 20*, 87% humidity, N 18 mph wind, light snow So much for the taste of spring that we had last weekend! We are now covered in a blanket of snow again, with howling winds. it is said that this is the snowiest year in 30 years. All I know is this is the snowiest winter yet I've had since moving to Indiana. So, in protest and FAITH that spring will return in a timely manner, I sowed