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Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
. According to the thermometer on the
> porch it was 5 degrees. We often get that at night, but for the next few 
> days, that might be the high for the day. That's  life in the frozen 
> north...we usually get at least one blast of that each winter. My house is 
> actually warmer than usual because I turned on the main furnace to add a 
> little heat to the basement so the pipes won't freeze (they are insulated, 
> but don't have heat tape...good to maybe 20 degrees)..


Brrr...I'm glad I don't live in Pennsylvania!
It should be single digits here in the morning...the forcast is for 
about 9 degrees officially for tomorrow and 7 for Friday morning.  We 
can count on it being 5-6 degrees colder, so I'll be around 0-3 degrees 
over the next few days.  Should I cover the garlic and onions in my 
raised beds?  It will be okay, won't it?

--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge