[Ag-eq] Cold

[dogwood farm]

On 1/7/18, dogwood farm <dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tracy and Jody,
>
> Here just east of Richmond, VA, it was minus 6 on my front porch this
> morning when we went to feed the cats, dogs and the goat.  Then of
> course we had to bring in all the water buckets and containers, loosen
> the blocks of ice in them and fill them back up with hot water.  I am
> so glad we are going to get a warm spell even though it will be
> raining most of the time.  The only problem will be not really knowing
> what will be on the other side of the warm spell.  Our luck, it will
> be sleet and freezing rain and we will lose power.  I really feel bad
> for those who lost power with the storm that went up the coast.  We
> only got 8 inches of snow, but Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Norfolk
> had about 12 inches and a lot of power loss.  Those areas are just not
> equipped for that kind of snow, water yes, snow, no.
>
> Susan
> dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com
>
> On 1/7/18, Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> It's really cold here.  The weather said it would drop below 0 last
>> night,
>> and during the day it's been around 8.  I don't remember it getting this
>> cold since I've lived here, some 30 years, though I've only paid close
>> attention since I've had a garden, and especially since I've had a fig
>> tree,
>> which is only maybe 10 years.  My current fig tree is supposed to survive
>> in
>> Chicago, which is pretty cold, so we'll see.  I hope my hydrangea and
>> asparagus make it, too.
>>
>> I'm in hibernate mode-don't want to do much except stay inside, sit
>> around,
>> and eat.  But it's supposed to warm up above freezing next week, so
>> hopefully I can get out and get moving.  Not that I don't get out some
>> now;
>> it's just hard to get started.
>>
>> How are the rest of you getting on?  Too bad we can't all go visit Jewel,
>> and get some summer.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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