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I love gardening,I can and do literally spend hours in my garden. I'ts truly therapy for me, I unwind, ponder things that are bothering me giving me a chance to work them out rationally in my head before I irrationally take off my husband's head and seriously, its so much cheaper than sitting on a therapist's couch. After the wreck of last winter (who would have thought that it would snow three times in one winter in South Texas, hell who would have thought it would snow in South Texas at all?) I had to start my garden all over again this year. I had really worked hard on it the previous year but tropical plants don't bode very well in the snow. So this past spring instead of giving up I dug in (well okay I dug up all the dead plants) and started all over again. Now with winter coming soon I will try desperately to save this garden from freezing this year (I'm dreaming of a balmy Christmas though) and wonder how exactly I am going to accomplish that, but I'm sure I will figure something out. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Old Man Winter Go Easy on My Garden This Year
Why does that hunters stool look like a portable potty? Why is it on my sidewalk? Damn men.
really don't know whats up with my grass but most of it has come back.
What I truly don't want to see this year (the snow, not the husband) .
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You have a lovely garden Islandgirl! I take it last year's snow was unusual for you? LOL All of my flowers are already gone for the year, so I'll have to enjoy yours.
Have you considered joining NV photographers? There are others who would love to see your pictures. Link
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#2 - Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:09 PM ESTOur area is calling for more deep snows, so that tent might be a good idea:)
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I'm in Virginia. We're not known for our snow, but every once in awhile we have a few blizzard-like years. I don't actually mind the snow. It's always cold -- I figure we might as well have snow to play in - LOL.
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I'm in Northern VA --about four hours from Norfolk. We do generally have some snow every year, but not like we've been having. We were snowed in for nearly a month last year. Our tractors weren't heavy duty enough to move the 6-8 foot drifts - LOL.
I had a friend in New Hampshire, and she'd get a foot of snow nearly every week. She recently moved to the coast of WA State to escape the snow ploughs - LOL:) She still has mountains, but usually more rain than snow.
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What a lovely yard/garden you have! I agree, you need to join our Newsvine Photographers group! I've clipped this to the Gardening Vine as well as the Newsvine Photographers group.
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#3 - Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:32 PM ESTIslandgirl, you can create bamboo and burlap potato sack protectors for you plants when the weather dips down. You want to create a mini-climate for the coldest part of the night until the sun comes out.
Wonderful gardens you have, I am jealous, it snowed here last night.
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#5 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:24 AM ESTfunny looking troll guarding the garden ??
pink flamingos ??
Koi pond??
swim up bar ??
if it freezes again, turn the sprinklers on. everything will get develop a layer of ice that will act as an insulator to the core of the plant. you will loose some foliage later but save the plant(s)
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#6 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:17 AM ESTfunny looking troll guarding the garden ??
pink flamingos ??
Nope that would be my next door neighbor though, complete with the goofy looking solar globes. Why can't they actually put in landscaping instead of this incredibly tacky crap?
turn the sprinklers on. everything will get develop a layer of ice that will act as an insulator to the core of the plant. you will loose some foliage later but save the plant(s)
I did that in the backyard last year with all my fruit trees because I was told that would only work for fruit trees?
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#7 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:25 AM ESTWell I like tacky lawn trolls, but would probably keep them in the back yard. If you can get a hold of some bales of hay, you can always put hay down over manicured plants, it insulates them from the snow. That and the burlap sacks Vlad's Dog recommended would work together well.
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#8 - Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:34 PM ESTI love your asperagus fern, coleus, and palm (?) varieties! You have a lovely garden!
(I'd sorta take some cold weather right now. It's been 80 and humid this week. A cold front is supposed to arrive Thanksgiving Day.)
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#9 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:13 PM ESTMust be nice... We've already had TOO MUCH snow & cold this year. LOL The plants are all dead. :(
I hate snow and cold... How I miss the warm weather....
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Hi :) islandgirl, I'm in Grand Prairie. Now the cold weather has arrived.
McSpocky, by "cold" I mean 40's and 50's. When there is even a chance of snow here, look out. The weathermen look like they're on crack they are so excited, people rush to the stores and buy everything they can think of, schools and businesses wrestle with whether to shut down...it's your basic mayem scenario :)
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Oh if you lived in Plano then you do know what the roads are like with even a hint of ice or snow. I am glad you are the coast now enjoying that balmy weather! Do you get to garden year-round?
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then you do know what the roads are like with even a hint of ice or snow
Know it, heck I was one of those mayhem causing drivers! LOL
I wish I could garden year round. Use to be fairly normal to do but these last five years have seen some really screwy weather. Plants just go into shock, 80's one day, 37 the next. Maybe I should just knit them all a sweater, LOL.
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#10 - Wed Dec 8, 2010 12:39 PM ESTKnow it, heck I was one of those mayhem causing drivers! LOL
Ha! Me too. As much as I complain, I can only stay inside for so long. I think many of us get stir crazy and just have to get out and well...just get out!
I wish I could garden year round. Use to be fairly normal to do but these last five years have seen some really screwy weather. Plants just go into shock, 80's one day, 37 the next. Maybe I should just knit them all a sweater, LOL.
So true. Here's hoping our plants can make it through this winter.
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