[Ag-eq] My poor greenhouse

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Tracy:

sorry to hear about your greenhouse.

This is a crazy winter everywhere.  We've had no winter here; it was 80 degrees
today and they say it will reach 90 over the weekend.  The flies are going to
be terrible this summer.

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:

> We had a big ice storm last week, and, despite our efforts, heavy ice and
> snow built up on my little greenhouse tent and smashed it.  I thought at
> first it was only a couple poles that got broken, but, when I made it
> through the drifts to check more thoroughly, I found most of the support
> poles are broken.  I still can't get inside to make a complete inspection,
> because there's a huge block of ice sitting on one end, too heavy for me to
> move.
> It's kinda sad.  At least it's only the little greenhouse, and not our roof.
> We're in for another big storm tomorrow, with more wet snow.  Gack.
>
> A really nice summersweet shrub fell over some during the last storm, and
> some of the tips of its branches are stuck in the ice drifts.  I was hoping
> the ice would melt enough for me to set it free, but, with more on the way,
> I think I'll have to prune it loose and cut my losses.  It's a tough rascal,
> though.  When it was young, the roofers dropped some heavy thing on it, and
> it came back stronger than ever.
> This is sure a rough winter.  I feel like I'm back in Minnesota, though I
> hear they have it even worse.
> Tracy
>
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