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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> 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?
My garlic is under a foot of snow, so it's OK. I can't raise onions in the 
winter here; they rot when they thaw out in the spring. You might want to 
cover the garlic, but I've left mine uncovered and unmulched all winter 
before and it's done fine.

I've found that once the temps get below about 10 degrees, it all feels the 
same to me. The difference between 20 and 30 degrees is like night and day 
to me, but.10, 0, -10...I can't tell the difference. I just went out to give 
hay to the animals and bring up a load of wood, and I put on too many 
layers. It's 11 degrees, but I was sweating. Better than being cold, though; 
it takes me longer to warm up as I get older. Here's where hot flashes came 
in handy; last year I was walking around in a tee shirt saying "Is it hot in 
here?"

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA