2nd SETBACK: HEAVY, WET SNOW

dokutaaguriin · May 24, 2007

Extreme gardening....
The last dump of snow was mild compared to this one. I had about 6-10 inches of snow in the yard. Needless to say that at 4:50 am I was so worried that something happened to the greenhouse heaters that I woke up and checked them. They were still on and everything looked okay.HOWEVER, my trees were bending under the weight. I returned at 5:30 to knock the snow off all my trees. Some had a coating of ice on thembut I think I only lost a few branches due to the wieght of the snow. My Swedish Columnar Aspens looked more like a weeping aspen!!!!
Jeff who is looking forward to some warm temperatures on the weekend!

Worth1 · May 24, 2007

BURRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

Good luck

sirtanon · May 25, 2007

Wow! I really miss the snows I used to get back in Chicago.

Send some of that down my way. Our high was 101 today!

mresseguie · May 25, 2007

Yup, I know that look. It reminds me of Minnesota while I was growing up.

Nice looking greenhouse.

Lilypon · May 28, 2007

Ouch not nice........no snow here but frost danced around the edge of town.

Jeff I'll be contacting you in the fall re: seeds.

clay199 · June 3, 2007

Jeff, Which side of the city you live on?

I am hope things are better now, I have 350 plants in the ground and that kind of snow would kill me.

dokutaaguriin · June 3, 2007

Things have perked up considerable. We have had a stretch of very warm weather 26-30C and my tomatoes in the greenhouse are just now starting to look like they should...no more locked up nutrients for me!!!(lol) I have finally planted and transplanted the rest of the garden (edamame- soy beans, eggplants, bush beans, Japanese long green onions, and the rest of the outdoor tomatoes).
I am north of Calgary.
350 plants...post some pictures of all those plants and, of course, later on the haul of ripe tomatoes.
Jeff

May 24, 2007	#1
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	2nd SETBACK: HEAVY, WET SNOW Extreme gardening.... The last dump of snow was mild compared to this one. I had about 6-10 inches of snow in the yard. Needless to say that at 4:50 am I was so worried that something happened to the greenhouse heaters that I woke up and checked them. They were still on and everything looked okay.HOWEVER, my trees were bending under the weight. I returned at 5:30 to knock the snow off all my trees. Some had a coating of ice on thembut I think I only lost a few branches due to the wieght of the snow. My Swedish Columnar Aspens looked more like a weeping aspen!!!! Jeff who is looking forward to some warm temperatures on the weekend!

May 25, 2007	#3
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	Wow! I really miss the snows I used to get back in Chicago. Send some of that down my way. Our high was 101 today! __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

May 25, 2007	#4
mresseguie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 159	Yup, I know that look. It reminds me of Minnesota while I was growing up. Nice looking greenhouse. __________________ Learning to speak tomato! Got compost?

May 28, 2007	#5
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Ouch not nice........no snow here but frost danced around the edge of town. Jeff I'll be contacting you in the fall re: seeds. __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler

May 24, 2007	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	BURRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! Good luck

June 3, 2007	#6
clay199 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beyond Hope, British Columbia Posts: 201	Jeff, Which side of the city you live on? I am hope things are better now, I have 350 plants in the ground and that kind of snow would kill me.