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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:44 pm
We'll see how accurate Accuweather is.......a low of 5F sounds good for your area. Accuweather has a low of 14F for me!
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:49 pm
Wow.....I should have not commented on our 30 day low forecast of 14F......30 min later they changed it to 7F. Still warm........watch it drop again.
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:21 am
The "threatened" December arctic blast didn't happen...yet.
Yippeeeee.
Thermocube in leaf-bag protection for 2 Washies hasn't kicked on at all
(since I pulled the flimsy plastic-only protection apart and added the leaf-filled bags).
Now they're threatening real cold mid-January.
So far, better than last year!
Barb
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DesertZone
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by DesertZone » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:00 am
Barb,
You should try more yuccas. Your winter weather seems better than mine down here.
Looking at your weather sticker -3C and mine at -12C
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:36 am
These 3 y.rostrata out front are plenty.
H is determined to cover the entire property with landscape cloth and gravel so I can't plant anything else anywhere.
But have 2 Big Mommas to plant in a year or two.
try more yuccas
That'd trigger a new Ice Age.
Yeah, I noticed your temp too
Come north and warm up.
Barb
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:42 pm
Barb,
do you have a Yucca elata? These grow tall like palms and are the hardiest of all southwest trunked Yuccas. I don't protect mine....here it is the other day after a snow.
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by lucky1 » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:27 pm
do you have a Yucca elata? These grow tall like palms and are the hardiest of all southwest trunked Yuccas. I don't protect mine....here it is the other day after a snow.
I thought my funny-looking one with the strange trunk (in a pot) was an elata.
Nobody was firm on an ID.
I absolutely LOVE that yucca/snow pic!
...and since it looks like a palm
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just might try one
Barb
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:33 am
Hi Barb,
your unknown Yucca may be an elata.........plant it outside and if it gets huge it's an elata.......if it stays small it's probably a form of glauca or angustissima. If your's ever blooms we'll know if it's an elata since elata blooms are different from glauca/angustissima.
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by canadianplant » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:23 am
Hey Barb, hope you dont mind me posting this here. Its env. canadas 3 month outlook. Not to bad
Jan feb march temp
Precipitation
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:15 am
your unknown Yucca may be an elata.........plant it outside and if it gets huge it's an elata.......if it stays small it's probably a form of glauca or angustissima. If your's ever blooms we'll know if it's an elata since elata blooms are different from glauca/angustissima.
Hey, Tim, discovered some internet photos that may help.
Will post a new yucca topic.
Jesse, thanks for getting us back to weather topic
so it's more or less normal cold.
Barb
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canadianplant
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by canadianplant » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:15 am
For your area it seems relatively normal. According to the map, Im on the cusp of warmer then average, which is pretty much what ive seen.
I could use more snow though, I barely have 2 inches...
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:05 pm
Careful what you wish for, Jesse.
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DesertZone
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by DesertZone » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:16 pm
Love that pic! Looks like Santa.
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:11 am
You're not worried about heavy snow breaking monkey puzzle's branches, Tim?
Re the butterfly bush, nice that you had it trained to a standard.
I have several old ones that each March I hack off right to the ground because they bloom only on new wood.
So you oughta get a fabulous flower show this summer!
Barb
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by hardyjim » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:22 am
Man,you B-bush must have been huge!
Mine made it through winter intact but the drought kept it the same size!
Y.Elata is beautiful,MP too!
Love the snow pics.
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canadianplant
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by canadianplant » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:37 am
Tim - Just to let you know, you have triple the amount of snow I do....
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by hardyjim » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:52 am
canadianplant wrote:Tim - Just to let you know, you have triple the amount of snow I do....
His will be gone in a few days though
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Cameron_z6a_N.S.
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by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:47 pm
January 2013 has been an unexpected hell in my area
Temps have hit -12 C (10 F) several times, and this current cold snap will likely be 100+ hours below freezing. It was -15 C (5 F) last night. Some plants in my yard are still barely protected! Normally Halifax receives this kind of weather for a week or two at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb, and that is the coldest time of the year. I'm hoping that we get all of the cold temps out of the way now instead!
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by hardyjim » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:15 am
In regard to the longer days,we have been gaining time(later sunsets) for a while
but tomorrow marks the first morning that the sun actually comes up earlier(1 min),the
day-length will slowly but surely start to increase now-in about 6weeks the sun
here actually gets strong enough to melt snow quickly even when it is below 32F.
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by canadianplant » Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:37 am
Same here jim. Im about 60 days away from that (end of feb usually). im already planning for the.spring
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:14 pm
That's not winter, Tim.
Called "Fall"
You lucky duck.
Barb
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:14 pm
looks like 2 mild winters in a row for us!
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by DesertZone » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:31 pm
Looks Alien.
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:27 am
The MP does look like there is an alien under that snow!
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by marceli » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:59 pm
Another cold week or more with subzero temps ahead. It supposed to be warmer
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