Good lord! I can't image those conditions let alone consider driving them Allen! So I guess our -0.7 celcius pales in comparison. You're one serious Canuck 😆
The snow is a memory now with 12C (54F) today and rain, lots of it at times, but not enough to cancel our supper BBQ.
I'm assuming "being plugged in" is in reference to an engine block heater? All I need here is enough wiper fluid to clean the windshield while driving.

Cheers, Barrie.

I would even take the rain if I could get the 12*C. You are lucky as we will not see much relief from -20*C lows for another week.

I will be thinking of you when I go out to shovel snow this PM. 😥

Allen

"I will be thinking of you when I go out to shovel snow this PM"

Not a flake to be seen Allen. Yesterdays rain took of that thankfully since my lower back won't take much of that.
Go easy when shoveling! Maybe you have the light fluffy snow and not the heavy wet stuff.
Cheers, Barrie.

We do get the light stuff. But it isn't fluffy, It's wind packed. 😐

At least it's not heavy and wet. 🙂

Allen

Snow is snow...its the cold that sucks...I see Edmonton @ almost -30C..??..

Our temps have dipped to night-time lows of around -8C-10C...It may be the breaking point to fire up my palm house heaters...

It isn't even winter yet??

PalmettomanZ6-Ajax, On

The -28*C was an anomaly. For some reason a pocket of cold air was sitting over the international airport. Now the temperature at the airport is back to 'normal'.

I'm glad that you don't get winter yet. We usually get winter in mid November.

Allen

I never heat my greenhouse (coldframe) and all the plants are fine. I have some Haas Avocado trees that seem fine for the past few years, and they're likely the most tender plants I have aside from a Key lime which is also fine. They'll defoliate if temps drop below -5c in there, so kinda rare.
This season has seen a one night low of -2.5c but the few others have just been under the frost point.

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie, did you get your avocado from seed? Reason I ask, I was at my wife's Grandmother's today and she gave me a seed and asked if I could use it.
So I took it hoping I can give her an avocado in the future.

Kansas ... yes the three avocado plants I have are all from seed. I really need to pot them up into larger 5 gallon pots as they're currently in 2 gallon pots and are at least 5 feet tall, so they'd be quite root bound. I have a few days off now so I'll head down to the greenhouse and sort that out ASAP.
I never expected them to last for as long as they have, especially since I don't heat the greenhouse and they're at the mercy of the temperature gods. Last year we had a low of -7.9c (18f) and many leaves dropped (not all) and some tender tip growth died back. Once spring was in full swing, they rebounded quickly.

Cheers, Barrie.