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Hello to Everyone Up North!  :-)

Yep, I can definently identify with everyone who lives in a cold climate, 
whoa nelly!  We live in the middle of the valley floor and the wind is 
vicious more times than not.....normal winter temps hover between the teens 
and single digits until January when we have 2-3 "arctic" weeks when the 
temps usually hit 20-30 below zero and stay there.  Trucks have to be plugged 
in to be able to start the next day and thats IF they decide to cooperate.  
It's a "hurry the heck up!" experience to run outside and bring in some 
firewood during that time.  Winter runs 6-7 months out of the year here with 
snow not uncommon in April, May and June as well.  I live near Yellowstone at 
an elevation of 5,714 feet.

Bev......regarding the chicken situation, you see what the weather is like 
here.  We had a 10x12 insulated coop with 2 heat lamps.  Winter was hard on 
the chickens and when we lost most of them, it was during that arctic period 
that I mentioned above.

Rene'




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Hi Bev,

As I understand it, it is even warmer in the southern part of Georgia.  I
have a friend who moved from here to the Douglas area of Georgia.  His wife
is from there originally.

I remember him telling me about a time when it snowed in the northern part
of Georgia.  His wife convinced him they should go up for the weekend and
see it, quick before it melted.

A couple of years later, they were up here for Christmas and came out to the
farm for a visit.  She thought it was beautiful here.  We going to Winnipeg
for Xmas to see family so I asked them if they would like to stay here while
we were gone and they stayed here for about a week.

I don't mind winter but I would rather it wasn't quite so long.  One of the
things I really do envy is the longer gardening season(s) you have as you go
farther south.

I have really become more and more interested in gardening every year.  The
most gardening I do in the winter is to read through seed catalogues and
decide what to grow come spring.  Then late in the winter, I start my
bedding plants indoors.  It is always exciting to see stuff growing again.

I sent my seed order off  last week.

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hello from Montana -


>
>
> Right now, it is 26 F, wind is 10 mph, gusts to 18..wind chill in the
> teens.  Humidity is 65%, which is low..It was 84 this afternoon. This is
> normal for us.  We see single digits every year, and below zero single
> digits every 10 years or so.  It's been snowing all day, but not
> sticking...blowing hard though...
>
>   I just take comfort in knowing that I'm gardening while you guys are
> shoveling snow...hehe..I am planting potatoes (tomorrow), while you guys
> are playing with the snow chains <g>.
>