See that the Northeast is going to become Winter Wonderland!

applebacon · 2017-02-09T19:55:27.542Z

Never in my life have I heard a snow forecast measured in cm’s…

alan · 2017-02-09T20:32:57.294Z

applebacon:

Never in my life have I heard a snow forecast measured in cm’s…

Which is a tribute to the stubborn and arrogant stupidity of Americans. We will convert to metrics about the time we stop minting pennies.

applebacon · 2017-02-09T20:38:02.559Z

Yeah we should have let England beat us back in the 1770s & 1780s…

jocelyn · 2017-02-09T20:50:06.892Z

I’m in Canada, dear, and we are metric up here.

alan · 2017-02-09T21:08:15.744Z

applebacon:

Yeah we should have let England beat us back in the 1770s & 1780s…

What? Where do you think we got our archaic system of measurements?

Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal based measuring system for the U.S. in 1790.

http://www.us-metric.org/a-chronology-of-the-metric-system/

Here you go- study up. There will be a quiz next class.

BobVance · 2017-02-09T21:10:23.643Z

BobVance:

Earlier today, the forecast was 5-8". Now it is 1-3" overnight and 8-12" tomorrow…

The total ended up being a bit over 12". Lots of work to clear the driveway using a corded blower…

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It was also pretty cold, with the blowing wind. But in my old age I’ve gotten better at preparing for the elements:

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applebacon · 2017-02-09T22:56:15.112Z

Make way for the king…

JustAnne4 · 2017-02-09T23:33:49.225Z

jocelyn:

I’ll bake when I get home, incase the power goes out tomorrow, we’ll at least have bread.

When we face power outage I’m looking at getting the laundry done and the computers backed up.

JustAnne4 · 2017-02-09T23:38:25.230Z

alan:

Then we had a mild March that led to an early spring followed by another crazy single night of 17F when J. plums were in full bloom

I was wondering if anything like this has been tried?

Or other spray-on measures?

alan · 2017-02-10T00:19:17.528Z

Certainly peaked my curiosity, but I can’t find any research based corroboration. I would think that if it worked commercial growers would be all over it. It would require a quart to protect a single tree, so it would be expensive just to find out if it works.

tonyOmahaz5 · 2017-02-10T12:07:59.822Z

Bob,

You looked cool. You need a bigger snow blower that shot the snow 30 feet out. LOL.

Tony

mamuang · 2017-02-10T12:16:11.238Z

John,
Heard that the Cape got hit badly (again) yesterday. Hope you did not lose electricity. We only got about 13" and did not lose any power.

Stay safe and warm.

Johnthecook · 2017-02-10T13:10:23.881Z

No we are at the bridge and almost never lose power. Good amount of snow.

mrsg47 · 2017-02-10T18:44:03.658Z

We easily got a foot of snow in Newport. I re-wired all of my tree cages before the snowfall, so the rabbits cannot gnaw on tree bark. Hate that!

danCO · 2017-02-10T18:51:12.969Z

Woke up to 65 and Sunny here near Denver. Going to be in the mid 70’s today…Crazy weather for sure. I’m really hating this unpredictable weather

Seriously though, I’m hoping my trees stay alseep until spring. We could easily snap back to single digits and that would be bad for any trees coming out of dormancy too early.

jocelyn · 2017-02-10T19:06:20.638Z

Not too bad for a storm here, mostly overnight, and Hubby did get a snow day out of it. I baked something new for supper, and played with a grafting knife. had a great time.

Chikn · 2017-02-11T05:28:57.147Z

Don’t hate the gnawing, hate the gnawers!!

Chikn · 2017-02-11T05:31:20.838Z

jocelyn:

played with a grafting knife.

Not on the old man!!

jocelyn · 2017-02-11T11:05:22.702Z

No, I don’t think I’ll topwork him just yet, I’m kinda used to the variety he is already.
Mind you, he grows these thorns on his face, rather prickly by Monday mornings, huge grin.

alan · 2017-02-11T11:44:05.739Z

foothillsgrower5a:

Seriously though, I’m hoping my trees stay alseep until spring. We could easily snap back to single digits and that would be bad for any trees coming out of dormancy too early.

This is the most urgent concern of every grower in the country where weather can drop well below freezing after bloom. It is a drama that unfolds from winter right into mid-spring in much of the country- anywhere not next to a big body of water that doesn’t freeze.

Now we may have entered an era of especially erratic weather- not simply a gradual warming, unfortunately, but wide unpredictable swings.

Here in NY we are generally having a crazy mild winter like last year. Last year didn’t turn out so well.