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Alchris

I used spray foam to assemble and crack fill my palm shelter. My wife stood in the doorway until I had stripped off the clothes that had foam on them. Either they stayed outside until the foam hardened or I stayed outside.

Allen

Alchris

Kansas; Fresh manure will burn your plants if you add too much. If your grandfather has a manure pile that is at least 4 months old help yourself and add it as if it is compost. Most people prefer well rotted manure because it has little smell. If you don't mind the smell, fresher manure is stronger...

Alchris

Thanks for the link Mo.

Beautiful pictures.

Allen

Alchris

They are looking good Barry.

I still have not taken the cover off of mine.

Allen

Alchris

Our new record for rain in January is 19 mm. There is no new record for most rain any day in January as the city centre only got 4.5mm. The west end, where a TV station is located, got 7.5mm and we got about the same.

That doesn't seem like much but it translated into over 1/2 inch of ice.

Allen

Alchris

Today it got up to 3*C and rained gently most of the day. As a result, parking lots, side streets and sidewalks are glare ice as the ground temperature is well below freezing. The main streets are wet with nice sized puddles as the storm drains are mostly covered with packed snow and ice. While out ...

Alchris

It has been bright and sunny all week. I wore a t shirt on Saturday & Sunday as the sun was so warm. Today it was a sweater under my parka with tuque, scarf and heavy gloves. I tried to shovel the skiff of snow but the wind drove me back inside. With the windchill the temp was in the low -40s*C....

Alchris

Winter is back. It was -26*C this morning which is quite a change from 10*C on Sunday

Allen

Alchris

The one that started dying on me this winter is an old Radio Shack system.

Allen

Alchris

Now that is a plant that I would like to get seed from.

Do you think that you can resist and let it go to seed?

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Alchris

She is one cute little girl.

Obviously her looks came from her mother.

Congratulations

Allen

Alchris

Hey Paul. Accuweather sent 7 *C your way yesterday. I hope that you got it. (We only got to 9*C.)

Allen

Alchris

I am enjoying it. But the Ice Carnival sure isn't. We just got back from it. Only one sculpture was recognizable with the rest melting away or falling down. The ice castle is starting to collapse and the maze is roped off.

This is the second year that warm weather has affected the carnival.

Allen

Alchris

I hope that they are wrong. Otherwise it will be very cold here in February and March.

Allen

Alchris

But not so cold in Edmonton. 9*C yesterday and Accuweather is forecasting 16*C for today and 18*C for tomorrow. I'll believe that when I see it.

But I am not complaining!

Allen

Alchris

So Far it is off for Edmonton. We have been averaging 10*C above average high temperatures with yesterday's high of 9*C being 18*C above average. If we actually get close to the forecast high for today and tomorrow ( 16 & 18*C) even the warm winds will not be able to evaporate the moisture as th...

Alchris

The problem with heating cables is that they cannot get wet, lay on the ground or contact themselves. They are designed to be taped to grounded, rigid copper pipe and can short out quite easily.

Allen

Alchris

So far I can't tell what happened with all of the outside plants as they are buried in the snow.

I did lose a Musa violaecea (sp) that I had in the front window during the xmas freeze. We had covered over the vent with stuff when the xmas tree was put up.

Allen

Alchris

That sucks to lose a nice sized yucca.

Allen

Alchris

I would put a quilt over top of the structure and cover it with clear plastic to keep the quilt from getting wet once you get more snow. Once it gets back up to about -10*C outside you can remove the quilt and plastic and keep them dry until it gets cold again. Last year I used 2 x 30 ft cables insi...

Alchris

They do look good. Congrats.

Allen

Alchris

I hope that the trunk isn't damaged.

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Alchris

I used to make sure that the tires on my vehicles were changed every 5 years. I had a truck that didn't travel 10,000 km per year and a convertible that seldom made 5,000 km per year. They would weather check before the tread wore out. Now our vehicle travels over 20,000 km/yr and the tread wears do...

Alchris

I hope that none of your palms or bananas die. The same goes for Wes and the others in the lower mainland and the islands.

It has been warm here; only below -30* C on 2 days.

Allen

Alchris

Edmonton city centre zone 3a. Temperature on Dec. 21/08 -31.1* C (NE Edmonton temperature was 2 or 3* colder). Until winter 2007/2008 Edmonton city centre minimum temperature over the previous 10 years put our zone at a USDA zone 5a. Then we hit -36* C (officially) last winter. City centre ''officia...

Alchris

We now have over 10,000 signatures on a petition to change 97 St. to Heroes Boulevard. This street is one of the main roads going north from downtown and continues out of town to CFB Namao.

The city is considering the petition now.

Allen

Alchris

Thanks Barry;

I'll ask you to send me one in the spring. It is a little too late to get it now as temperatures are below freezing overnight.

Allen

Alchris

I had a long summer; too busy in the day to read or post and too exhausted in the evening. I gave up trying to maintain a lawn free yard. The city and some of my neighbors make no effort to control their weeds and I could no longer keep up. I had my 9 yr old grandson for 2 months and his little brot...

Alchris

Wow. Have you gotten any fruit yet?

I decided to use the greenhouse to germinate ornamental grasses for the yard and didn't plant more papaya.

All of the existing papayas died on me.

I should have room to try germinating again this winter in the basement.

Allen

Alchris

I got 4 to germinate. They all died before the 3 leaf stage. I still haven't figured out for sure what caused their deaths. The banana pulp idea was a bust. I ended up with some really foul smelling banana wine(?). No I didn't taste it. I started some Musa Violacea in January and had about 15 germin...

Alchris

If he was from western Canada; he would have been drunk; he wouldn't have run anywhere; but he probably would have peed on the officers leg or shoes.

Allen

Alchris

I would have agreed with you until last winter. We have been a Zone 5a for the past 5 years with less rain than normal. Last winter Zone 3a came back with a blast. This summer has been cooler and wetter than recent years.

I am waiting for next winter.

Allen

Alchris

Congratulations on getting them over the border without an import permit.

Maybe they are being less unreasonable now.

Allen

Alchris

YES!!

Now we can talk about hime behind his back.

Enjoy the trip.

Allen

Alchris

that is a beautiful flower. You are so lucky being able to grow that plant oan others on the Island

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Alchris

Very Nice.

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Alchris

So far we have some of your heat as well as someone else's moisture. This will be the 3rd day in a row that it is over 30*C.

I am thankful that I have an electric chainsaw. I am going to need it to cut down some of the weeds.

Allen

Alchris

Barb; We had 60 Km gusts since I put it up. They were from the west where it is the most protected and didn't even dislodge the roof vent which I had left up. :oops: A strong North West wind, once the leaves have fallen from the plum trees, will be a good test. Wes; If I get decent germination on th...

Alchris

I have put the greenhouse to work. After taping a silver tarp to the south facing roof and wall to keep most of the sun and heat out, I set up about 30 seed trays to germinate ornamental grasses. The seed trays contain about 1400 cells of Buffalo Grass, Prairie Dropseed, Blue Gramma as well as small...

Alchris

Thanks for the Heads up.

Allen

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