More snow!!

Minnesota Mato · May 4, 2013

Here in minnesota we are use to snow, but not in may! I am sitting on 120 tomato plants and about a 100 pepper plants that are about two weeks away from being ready to set out like most years. The problem is we just got 12 inches of snow!!! I have never seen anything like it. Thunder snow is not my friend! I sit and stare at my plants because if I look out the window I become depressed.

RebelRidin · May 4, 2013

I feel for you. We haven't been hit with late snow but late freezes and two months with temps running 8 to 10 degrees below normal is depressing too.

To all who are getting late starts this year I am hoping for late frosts this fall!

Dak · May 4, 2013

I can't imagine, 12 inches of snow? I wish there was some way to send some of that water over here. I get scared whenever I see a neighbor talking to someone in a well drilling truck.

leshachikha · May 4, 2013

Oh, I really, really feel for you... I went to college in MN and I love the place, but every year it felt like spring would never arrive. Didn't garden back then, so I can't even imagine that horrible waiting feeling combined with having a bunch of plants yearning to get outside!

rxkeith · May 4, 2013

same boat here.

we didn't get 12 inches, but we got some thursday and friday. we still have 2 ft of snow on the ground in spots. can't plant the fruit trees or blueberries i picked up yesterday, from the conservation district. had to bury them in a snow bank. brambles and asparagus are coming soon too. tomatoes and peppers never go out till june here due to weather and temperature. the frustrating part is i can't do any ground prepping on account of the snow. its all hurry up and wait. not much you can do about the situation so don't stay too depressed about it. i have my moments, but i try to limit it otherwise i would be depressed for a long time. say, the snow will melt, and summer will come. repeat as often as necessary.

hang in there

keith

spacetogrow · May 4, 2013

Our area missed the snow accumulations but we had frozen rain this morning. Grrr.

Hope we get consistent Spring weather soon!

May 4, 2013	#1
Minnesota Mato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: minnesota Posts: 175	More snow!! Here in minnesota we are use to snow, but not in may! I am sitting on 120 tomato plants and about a 100 pepper plants that are about two weeks away from being ready to set out like most years. The problem is we just got 12 inches of snow!!! I have never seen anything like it. Thunder snow is not my friend! I sit and stare at my plants because if I look out the window I become depressed.

May 4, 2013	#2
RebelRidin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Posts: 993	I feel for you. We haven't been hit with late snow but late freezes and two months with temps running 8 to 10 degrees below normal is depressing too. To all who are getting late starts this year I am hoping for late frosts this fall! __________________ George _____________________________ "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure." Thomas Jefferson, 1787

May 4, 2013	#3
Dak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Posts: 494	I can't imagine, 12 inches of snow? I wish there was some way to send some of that water over here. I get scared whenever I see a neighbor talking to someone in a well drilling truck.

May 4, 2013	#4
leshachikha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 23	Oh, I really, really feel for you... I went to college in MN and I love the place, but every year it felt like spring would never arrive. Didn't garden back then, so I can't even imagine that horrible waiting feeling combined with having a bunch of plants yearning to get outside!

May 4, 2013	#5
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	same boat here. we didn't get 12 inches, but we got some thursday and friday. we still have 2 ft of snow on the ground in spots. can't plant the fruit trees or blueberries i picked up yesterday, from the conservation district. had to bury them in a snow bank. brambles and asparagus are coming soon too. tomatoes and peppers never go out till june here due to weather and temperature. the frustrating part is i can't do any ground prepping on account of the snow. its all hurry up and wait. not much you can do about the situation so don't stay too depressed about it. i have my moments, but i try to limit it otherwise i would be depressed for a long time. say, the snow will melt, and summer will come. repeat as often as necessary. hang in there keith

May 4, 2013	#6
spacetogrow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: MN zone 4 Posts: 359	Our area missed the snow accumulations but we had frozen rain this morning. Grrr. Hope we get consistent Spring weather soon!