Seriously, what the fuck winter? Is
this some kind of early bad April Fool's joke? Cause no one's
laughing. I had finally put all my winter clothing away because it's been
well and truly spring and today I had to get some of it back out
because it's 48˚ out there. And turn the heater back on. Supposed to
get down to 39˚ tonight and 35˚ tomorrow night. All the plants have
been back outside for weeks, three plumerias planted in the ground,
and it will all jolly well stay outside and just deal with the cold.
Except the staghorns. I'll probably bring them in.
This little blast of winter did bring
us some much needed rain Saturday night but I don't know how much since I
haven't so much as stuck a pinky toe outside yet. Yesterday though I
finally went to the feed store and got bags of dirt, compost, and
mulch, 13 bags in all, half my allowance til the next time money gets
disbursed, and spread compost out in two of the flower beds and then
sprinkled zinnia seeds a fellow blogger sent me along with some
rudbeckia, cosmos, and gaillardia seeds that were from last spring
and never got used so we'll see what comes up. Then I piled up more
compost around the blueberries in an effort to revive them and added
another layer of mulch in the bed and then it was lunch time (we eat
lunch late, in fact we eat every meal late...10, 2 and 8) and then
the cold front was blowing in and it was overcast and after a quick
walk with the dog it was couch time and by evening my back had
decided it didn't like me hoisting around those heavy bags of compost
and mulch and I had a very uncomfortable night. Seems a bit better
today (Sunday). I guess this cold overcast windy day will give it more time to
recover.
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I finally ventured out yesterday
twice. Once to check the rain gauge which showed 1/4” - 3/8” of
rain and once to let the dog run around some and take care of
business because we were not going for a walk, not even the short
one. I spent Sunday on the couch reading and napping.
Not sure today's going to be much
different.
I think we are experiencing the third or is that fourth winter before actual spring but then the way things look by this weekend it could be pre summer for all I know. David never turns off the main heater until the end of April. He says it has been known to get cold arounf mid April sometimes here in the hill country.
ReplyDeleteQuite frankly I am thrilled with every last drop of rain and cooler temperatures. We're getting both too. I wish I could store up the coolness in my bones for the hot days I know are coming.
ReplyDeleteI usually don't mind these late cold fronts for the very reasons you mention but down in the 30s is just a bit much!
DeleteThe front definitely was up here. There were three inches of snow, and the ice pellet shaker is empty.
ReplyDeleteYep - me too! Put away all the winter stuff and this morning went digging around for sweatshirts and flannel pants. As for all the plants - I spoke encouragingly to each one - "suck it up! you'll be fine!".
ReplyDeleteAfter a spring like weekend, winter made a reappearance here, too. April fools indeed. Napping and reading sounds perfect.
ReplyDeleteSince retiring, our eating schedule moved to the right, a bunch. As the heat gets worse, we're going to have to get up earlier, eat earlier and go earlier. I am not looking forward to that, but it's life in the desert. Hope all the plants survived the winter reprise.
ReplyDeleteJust gazing at the seed racks here, bought very little so far
ReplyDeleteIt really is irritating, this cold. On the other hand, I'm not about to complain about a little rain. I noticed in the past week how many of the fields have been plowed now that the fields have dried out enough to get equipment in, and farther south, down around Port Lavaca, there are some bits of baby green already showing. Farming's so hard -- I hope they get just enough of everything they need, weather-wise.
ReplyDeletethe farmer who works the big field at the end of my street was plowing this past week. it's all freshly turned but he won't put his cotton in til later. I passed another field just the other day that is planted in corn and it was up about an inch. I hope it didn't freeze up in the Hill Country and ruin the peach crop. I don't usually mind these late cold fronts that stave off the heat a little longer but down in the 30s was just too much.
DeleteWe just had a deep freeze so I'm lucky I didn't drag all of my citrus trees out yet. Haven't planted anything either. Today though, it will be 70 so I'll be planting seeds. Glad you are having better weather. Hope all the tests are good. Ive done that too. Seems like my PVC's were normal for me. Donna@gather
ReplyDeleteWe had some snow flurries today. I didn't see them, but other folks did. What the heck NC!
ReplyDeleteLast night our furnace came on. I couldn't believe it. Winter is being a bastard.
ReplyDeleteWinter really doesn't seem to want to let go this year. It's become so cold here, although thank goodness no ice and snow.
ReplyDeleteI usually can tell what kind of winter it has been (and still is, damn it) by the array of outerwear on the hooks by the back door. So far, there is my rain coat (I put it away twice, only to have to haul it out again), my down parka, my down vest, assorted hats, earwarmers, mittens, gloves, you name it. And they are still out and will probably live there until June, at this rate.
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