Cabin...Fever - Page 3

akaRach · February 14, 2015

Haha my growlights are up and humming away as well, it's killing me!! I will go ahead and start some herbs I think, why not!

As for flowers, I'm going to be doing some poppies, calendula, cosmos, marigolds and probably a bunch of others that escape me right now. Oh and always sunflowers. I"m trying for a wild flower type of mix, will save seeds and perhaps use the flower at the end of the season in soaps

I was hoping to see some monarch butterflies around our milkweed last year, but no luck.

Worth1 · February 14, 2015

I have plants that are starting to put out leaves if they dont die back I am going to be ticked I didn't plant tomatoes.

Worth

AlittleSalt · February 15, 2015

At my house, there is usually a TV turned on to AccuWeather. I use it as company. It is part of my personal therapy. Living with 24/7 extreme pain makes you learn to do things differently.

Yesterday, AccuWeather, was reporting that over 100 million people are being affected by the bad weather in the general NE area. I remember as a young child growing up in the 1970s, I watched the news and weather every night. I wondered how you all could live in areas where wind chills were around -60? I got a bad misconception of the Canadian boarder as being this line where the land suddenly became a frozen permafrost. I was just a child.

This year, in my neck of the woods, things are not typical or normal here. I've been attempting to remove pics and videos from my wife's Galaxy Tab 3. Last year was more typical. All kinds of snow and ice pics from February last year. The ice was so bad here that the only way we could have gotten down our quarter mile driveway would have been to push the car by hand. I remember telling my wife that I wished we had an old junker-car that she could get in so I could swirl her around on the ice

like in a protective sleigh.
There is one thing in life I've found that everyone has to do, and that is you have to learn to deal with whatever you have little control over. Like the disease I live with, you have to learn not only its limitations, but how far you can push it. Most importantly, don't give up...just don't. Depression can and will become a worse symptom than the pain.

The weather here has been more like April/May. Geese flying north, plants blooming, a few trees setting buds and leaves, etc. That is part of why I've been posting pictures. Yet, I know you all are living with horrible winter weather. I wish it would stop. The pics are not meant to rub-it-in. They are meant for the exact opposite.

Robert (AlittleSalt)

Dutch · February 15, 2015

Hi Robert (AlittleSalt). I don't view anything that been said in this thread as "rubbing-it-in" although it was nice of you to clarify that for others. I enjoy the light hearted posts by Linda, Peebee and others. This thread is kind of a therapy for me up here in the frozen north. Thanks for your contributions to it. By all means, everyone keep posting on.
Dutch

bower · February 15, 2015

I know the cabin fever all too well, and usually count on a solid month in February with so much snow everywhere, you feel shut in even when you get out. It isn't worth it to drive to town even when the roads are clear, where you have to creep around the towering snowbanks on every side and can't see whether traffic is coming or not.

This usually makes February feel like the longest month in the year, and I do appreciate that some clever person made it a few days shorter than the rest!

We still get some winter weather in March, but there's a sense of victory over the big Feb that buoys us up with optimism anyway.

Boston and other continental NE have been in the news here as well, for the big whallop of snow you've been getting. The west of the island got a fair bit of snow from the same systems, but here on the Avalon nearly all of them turned to rain - up until this week I only had to shovel once or twice for a mere hour.... But the past week has put us right on track for the february snow load. Crazy heavy stuff I might add... I spent 4 1/2 hours one day, hefting the heaviest kind of snow slabs, and maybe cleared a half of the lane... too much, I give up!

Any way we're half way through february already... and yes, the forecast is full of more to come, but we can't complain. (Unless it continues into June, in which case, you'll hear me howling all the way down south!)

Garf · February 15, 2015

Miami Winter:

Dutch · February 15, 2015

Garf, Looks like the west coast has the same weather as you do.

But look!

Miami should be okay and the super freeze should miss you.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...reeze/42234565
Dutch

Rairdog · February 15, 2015

High was only 32 here. It got to 84 in the GH so I tended seedlings, cleaned old roots from AP beds and just soaked up some vitamin S. I resisted the temptation to start toms.

akaRach · February 15, 2015

I tap a few trees here for maple syrup and I just love doing it.

When syrup season starts, there is usually so much snow on the ground I have to snow shoe up to the trees. By the time the season ends, spring has arrived! It's so amazing.

It really helps to get me past that time of the season where I just can't wait for the snow to melt. A watched pot never boils and nor does the snow seem to melt, lol.

rxkeith · February 15, 2015

we are getting the arctic blast here. mornings have been starting off below zero, and not getting much above single digits. a winter storm ripped through yesterday. not a lot of snow, but high winds made visibility iffy at times. sunny today, but still brrrrrrrr. took a long walk with my son, and was glad to get back in the house for some hot tea, and warming up by the wood stove.

keith

MrsTwigg · February 15, 2015

The lower Eastern Shore of MD has dodged the worst of the winter weather that's been hitting those further north, in New England. But I just looked at the forecast and it appears my area is supposed to get up to ten inches of snow tomorrow night! This is a huge amount for us here; it's more than we usually see, cumulatively, all winter. I also can never remember it being so cold.

However, for Valentine's Day my husband made a stand for my new fluorescent grow light. Best gift ever!

A good thing, too--my peppers are germinating about a week before I'd expected them to. I really, REALLY am dying to start the tomatoes, but alas it's a couple weeks too soon.

I have a feeling that there will be a lot of overly-ambitious seed starting efforts underway soon, for those of us in the frozen north desperately looking to beat cabin fever. Myself included. I am trying to sit on my hands right now, because it's SO EASY to buy just a few more seed packets of peppers, eggplant--and yes, tomatoes--online. I have the space now, right? LOL I hope we all thaw out soon, before I end up needing to go back to Home Depot for ANOTHER grow light.

Zana · February 15, 2015

Was -38C here with the windchill early this morning....and his niblets decided that he HAD to GO for a pee! Needless to say getting up that early on a Sunday morning wasn't my idea of fun...let alone leaving a warm bed to take a frisky Westie out for a walk first thing.

Well as soon as we got off the front porch, the blast of cold wind caught us both. He started hopping from one foot to another...on 3 legs.....was almost hilarious. He made the fastest pitstop I've seen all winter...no rolling in the snow, no extra stops to check pee-mail...but wouldn't poop. He turned around and headed for the house! He then proceeded to burrow under the blankets of my bed and stay there for the next 3 hours. LOL

It is now gone 9pm and he didn't ask to go out again all day. I just had to drag him out about half an hour ago. And this time he didn't want to go out....I literally had to drag him. It was a repeat of this morning....speed whiz.

So when a feisty Westie who LOVES to play in the snow doesn't want to go out, you know it is cold! Even the dogs get cabin fever. A friend of mine said that the plastic flap of her dog door cracked in the cold yesterday. And her dogs don't want to go out either.

Father'sDaughter · February 16, 2015

I celebrated our latest blizzard by starting pepper seeds today. Now I just need to hope the snow melts by the time they're ready to go out at the start of June.

February 15, 2015	#34
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Hi Robert (AlittleSalt). I don't view anything that been said in this thread as "rubbing-it-in" although it was nice of you to clarify that for others. I enjoy the light hearted posts by Linda, Peebee and others. This thread is kind of a therapy for me up here in the frozen north. Thanks for your contributions to it. By all means, everyone keep posting on. Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries. Last edited by Dutch; February 15, 2015 at 11:02 AM. Reason: Grammer as usual

February 15, 2015	#37
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Garf, Looks like the west coast has the same weather as you do. But look! Miami should be okay and the super freeze should miss you. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...reeze/42234565 Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries.

February 15, 2015	#41
MrsTwigg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Maryland Posts: 47	The lower Eastern Shore of MD has dodged the worst of the winter weather that's been hitting those further north, in New England. But I just looked at the forecast and it appears my area is supposed to get up to ten inches of snow tomorrow night! This is a huge amount for us here; it's more than we usually see, cumulatively, all winter. I also can never remember it being so cold. However, for Valentine's Day my husband made a stand for my new fluorescent grow light. Best gift ever! A good thing, too--my peppers are germinating about a week before I'd expected them to. I really, REALLY am dying to start the tomatoes, but alas it's a couple weeks too soon. I have a feeling that there will be a lot of overly-ambitious seed starting efforts underway soon, for those of us in the frozen north desperately looking to beat cabin fever. Myself included. I am trying to sit on my hands right now, because it's SO EASY to buy just a few more seed packets of peppers, eggplant--and yes, tomatoes--online. I have the space now, right? LOL I hope we all thaw out soon, before I end up needing to go back to Home Depot for ANOTHER grow light. Last edited by MrsTwigg; February 15, 2015 at 10:18 PM. Reason: grammar, etc

February 15, 2015	#42
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Was -38C here with the windchill early this morning....and his niblets decided that he HAD to GO for a pee! Needless to say getting up that early on a Sunday morning wasn't my idea of fun...let alone leaving a warm bed to take a frisky Westie out for a walk first thing. Well as soon as we got off the front porch, the blast of cold wind caught us both. He started hopping from one foot to another...on 3 legs.....was almost hilarious. He made the fastest pitstop I've seen all winter...no rolling in the snow, no extra stops to check pee-mail...but wouldn't poop. He turned around and headed for the house! He then proceeded to burrow under the blankets of my bed and stay there for the next 3 hours. LOL It is now gone 9pm and he didn't ask to go out again all day. I just had to drag him out about half an hour ago. And this time he didn't want to go out....I literally had to drag him. It was a repeat of this morning....speed whiz. So when a feisty Westie who LOVES to play in the snow doesn't want to go out, you know it is cold! Even the dogs get cabin fever. A friend of mine said that the plastic flap of her dog door cracked in the cold yesterday. And her dogs don't want to go out either. __________________ Zana ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There is a fine line between genius and crazy. I like to use that line as a jump rope. ~Anonymous (but I totally agree with this! LOL) Forgive and Forget? I'm neither Jesus or nor do I have Alzheimers. ~ Anonymous Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer

February 14, 2015	#31
akaRach Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: South Ontario: Plant out date - May long weekend Posts: 32	Haha my growlights are up and humming away as well, it's killing me!! I will go ahead and start some herbs I think, why not! As for flowers, I'm going to be doing some poppies, calendula, cosmos, marigolds and probably a bunch of others that escape me right now. Oh and always sunflowers. I"m trying for a wild flower type of mix, will save seeds and perhaps use the flower at the end of the season in soaps I was hoping to see some monarch butterflies around our milkweed last year, but no luck.

February 14, 2015	#32
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have plants that are starting to put out leaves if they dont die back I am going to be ticked I didn't plant tomatoes. Worth

February 15, 2015	#33
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	At my house, there is usually a TV turned on to AccuWeather. I use it as company. It is part of my personal therapy. Living with 24/7 extreme pain makes you learn to do things differently. Yesterday, AccuWeather, was reporting that over 100 million people are being affected by the bad weather in the general NE area. I remember as a young child growing up in the 1970s, I watched the news and weather every night. I wondered how you all could live in areas where wind chills were around -60? I got a bad misconception of the Canadian boarder as being this line where the land suddenly became a frozen permafrost. I was just a child. This year, in my neck of the woods, things are not typical or normal here. I've been attempting to remove pics and videos from my wife's Galaxy Tab 3. Last year was more typical. All kinds of snow and ice pics from February last year. The ice was so bad here that the only way we could have gotten down our quarter mile driveway would have been to push the car by hand. I remember telling my wife that I wished we had an old junker-car that she could get in so I could swirl her around on the ice like in a protective sleigh. There is one thing in life I've found that everyone has to do, and that is you have to learn to deal with whatever you have little control over. Like the disease I live with, you have to learn not only its limitations, but how far you can push it. Most importantly, don't give up...just don't. Depression can and will become a worse symptom than the pain. The weather here has been more like April/May. Geese flying north, plants blooming, a few trees setting buds and leaves, etc. That is part of why I've been posting pictures. Yet, I know you all are living with horrible winter weather. I wish it would stop. The pics are not meant to rub-it-in. They are meant for the exact opposite. Robert (AlittleSalt)

February 15, 2015	#35
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	I know the cabin fever all too well, and usually count on a solid month in February with so much snow everywhere, you feel shut in even when you get out. It isn't worth it to drive to town even when the roads are clear, where you have to creep around the towering snowbanks on every side and can't see whether traffic is coming or not. This usually makes February feel like the longest month in the year, and I do appreciate that some clever person made it a few days shorter than the rest! We still get some winter weather in March, but there's a sense of victory over the big Feb that buoys us up with optimism anyway. Boston and other continental NE have been in the news here as well, for the big whallop of snow you've been getting. The west of the island got a fair bit of snow from the same systems, but here on the Avalon nearly all of them turned to rain - up until this week I only had to shovel once or twice for a mere hour.... But the past week has put us right on track for the february snow load. Crazy heavy stuff I might add... I spent 4 1/2 hours one day, hefting the heaviest kind of snow slabs, and maybe cleared a half of the lane... too much, I give up! Any way we're half way through february already... and yes, the forecast is full of more to come, but we can't complain. (Unless it continues into June, in which case, you'll hear me howling all the way down south!)

February 15, 2015	#38
Rairdog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2014 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 112	High was only 32 here. It got to 84 in the GH so I tended seedlings, cleaned old roots from AP beds and just soaked up some vitamin S. I resisted the temptation to start toms.

February 15, 2015	#40
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	we are getting the arctic blast here. mornings have been starting off below zero, and not getting much above single digits. a winter storm ripped through yesterday. not a lot of snow, but high winds made visibility iffy at times. sunny today, but still brrrrrrrr. took a long walk with my son, and was glad to get back in the house for some hot tea, and warming up by the wood stove. keith

February 16, 2015	#43
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I celebrated our latest blizzard by starting pepper seeds today. Now I just need to hope the snow melts by the time they're ready to go out at the start of June.