We had one of our most severe winters on record in 2008/2009, then a cold
Dec 2009, then Jan/ Feb 2010 was the warmest on record. The ping-pong back
and forth has been sorta tough to work with. Most folks here waited a long
time in early 2010 before they were willing to let out a sigh of
relief. But with the end of February in sight and the bulk of our winter
behind us now, most folks are getting out there and taking advantage of the
warm, dry conditions. Happily. Even as we're still sorta looking
over our shoulders wondering if we're still acting a tad too early. Of
course the grouchiest of us are still suspicious, and I've heard mutterings
about "nah, it'll be a cool blighty summer". I guess we'll see. I
myself was grateful to have good soil conditions to work with, so early in the
year.
Kathryn Kerby
Frog Chorus Farm Snohomish, WA
In a message dated 2/26/2010 10:09:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
rgsherr AT gmail.com writes:
Interesting weather patterns. Here on Cape Breton Island at
the northern end of Nova Scotia in Canada we're having one of our
milder winters. Almost no snow and with the exception of one week of
colder temperatures mostly just around freezing day and night. Lots
of wind though. You guys to the south just must not live right.
:)
Richard
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Deb Taft
<growbd AT aol.com> wrote: > > > Here in Westchester
County, just north of NYC, we have about 18 inches of > snow in just a
little over 24 hours. It's still snowing, though the sky > seems
to be lightening a bit. We haven't yet had the winds they
promised. > My long driveway has 4 large trees across it and I
keep hearing the crack > and crash of other trees in the woods.
Fortunately vehicles are safe so far > and, while we have lost
power 3 times, it's up and running now. > We've had a few good snow
storms this winter but this is the biggest yet. > It's going to
take several days to dig out. > Thanks for thinking about us,
Carla! > Warmly in spite of the cold, > Deb > Sleepy Hollow
NY > > > > -----Original Message----- > From:
cjmaness AT juno.com <cjmaness AT juno.com> > To:
market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 12:41
pm > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] onion plants and How is it going in
the > Northeast ? > > Jay, > I know what you mean.
This time last year we were busy planting. I ordered > my > onions
to come a week later than they did last year, but who knew? I ordered >
late last fall and never dreamed I'd be worried about holding onions.
This > is > our 8Th year of growing and we've never been this late
before. If anything > it > seems like every year we've planted a
little earlier. Not this year! But, > the > people in the
northeast do have it so much worse! > My ground is not frozen, just too
wet to do anything. > Carla > Perkins, OK > >
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