Warmest winter on record my frozen ass
I find this article so hard to believe. On at least three mornings in January, I ran outside to warm up the car with wet hair and had chunks break off of my head. Our gas bill for January was almost $400, as compared to December’s $120. Now November and December, maybe those months set the curve because I had windows open in the house the week after Thanksgiving and if I hadn’t had the flu I would have taken my chances with getting my garlic in the ground then (six weeks late). It would have made it, too.
Sure, it was in the 70s earlier in the week. We woke up yesterday to a couple of inches of ice with a coating of heavy, wet snow. More snow forecast for the next several days with a total accumulation up to 8″–typical spring in Ohio. Maybe we’ll retire to the Northwest or the Southwest. But knowing us, we’ll find some good reason to move to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or Minnesota.
"Grass is the cheapest plant to install and the most expensive to maintain."
~Pat Howell
March 17th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Make it the Pacific Northwest!!!
I’m actually envious. I’ve learned to appreciate the blessings of a temperate climate with regards to gardening, but I really love icy cold weather. I might get tired of it if I lived where you are, but where I am it never lasts long enough.
But soon, soon you will be enjoying lots of warm weather!
March 19th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Hah, I hear ya. We have psychotic weather here in Colorado, too. I vote for the Southwest…
I’ll tutor you in the finer nuances of red and green chili.
March 19th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
This has been the coldest, most snowy winter I have seen since I moved here. And I have it on good authority that you had to go back a good many years to see anything even remotely similar.
However, today I was thinking about tilling. For a moment. The snakes will be out soon …