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I’d rather look at pics of May every day rather than this crap.

Chinese and then 5 martinis…not sure if I’d rather be sitting on the bowl at 1am or praying to it.

Hopefully I’m asleep by midnight.

Overcast and 37° in CAD land. At least the driveway ice is starting to soften up.

The long range stuff is fun, but it's not worth getting emotional over. The skill still just isn't there yet...especially when it comes to sensible weather. I salute those that do these forecasts and outlooks so we can keep pushing the science forward, but if it isn't inside 5 days I really don't care.

I think the British royal family is releasing those H5 scores.

So sorry to read this. Best wishes to you and your fam during this time.

Looks like she's at the other boyfriend's place with the green grass.

Only 0.3” but it plastered to everything. A little refresher to the wintry feel and the light fog adds a touch. It feels like a rimed morning.

Steady -SN 32.2F

To be honest my ground rarely freezes much below the surface here unless there's no snow cover. When I have 8"+ of pack my 6" soil temp usually bottoms out around 32-33F. I changed it up this summer and have sensors at 4" and 8" so I'm curious how low the 32F can get. Right now the pack is a dense 7". 4" down is 35F while 8" down is 36F.

I don't care how much it snows, but this run we've been on with warm winter mins has been great. The last time I had a min colder than -1F COVID was just barely beginning to be reported in the country.

Yawn

May go postal if this verifies.

Haha. It wedges up here throughout that warm stretch. FML

We’ve finally gone above freezing. Nice day.

Yeah...another world up here from PA. Maybe Torchton can get away with it.

Winter was awesome from 12/17 through 12/20

Cabbage worms eventually get my kale as well, but those leaves go directly to the chickens. A little extra protein in that kale.

0.7”/0.05”

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Tomatoes and peppers need a longer growing season than I can provide up here when it comes to growing by direct seeding so those are always bought. I've tried starting bell peppers early under grow lights, but it just never is the same. They get too leggy. I probably need better lighting. I never use chemicals, and I've had issues with powdery mildew when it comes to cucumbers and squash/pumpkins. My best success with cucumbers is letting them climb a small trellis. Having the vines in the air promotes circulation and keeps them dry. I tend to run very wet here so this may not pertain to you. Kale grows here like a weed and I do an entire bed of different varieties now. Everything in that bed goes to the chickens. Spinach grows well, but many varieties tend to bolt. I can never seem to get brocc established before something goes awry with it. Most of your mixed salad lettuce varieties grow well here. Most root veggies end up stunted for me. Either my soil isn't loose enough or too wet. I've tried carrots, sweet potatoes, and beets and they've all ended up poor. Sweet potatoes definitely prefer a warm climo. I may try them again, but do them in a raised fabric pot so they can be warmer and drier. Then at the end up the year I can just dump them out to harvest them. I've gotten more into fruit trees/vines lately and most of the garden beds are literally for the birds.

Rain up to your fanny, but the sfc low slides south of NNE. So it's a cold rain until the CAA and then it mixes out. Still many days to go with that, but the airmass sucks.