Reni Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I don't mind cool (even cold) weather - and prefer it to hot weather.....but give me a 55-60 degree autumn day with some warm sunshine anyday over this crap. Vibes to M Chris' botanical family. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Miss Chris -- I am so sorry for your (and everyone's) gardens. What a disaster. Any bushes or trees that have begun flowering here are looking poorly. I remember a few years ago we had a weather below freezing in May and all the foliage on trees/bushes and the flowers just went dead. They did not really recover that year; everything was just droopy. Looking out my window, we've got a good two inches on the ground and its still snowing, but the wind seems to be dissapating some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 yeah, it is still snowing out here....but the wind has died down.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
candyfloss1214 Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Because my vocation is to care for botanical life, I have fought a depressed state for the past two weeks. It is unnerving to go out into my garden. For realz. Two weeks ago, this magnolia was covered in bright green leaves: One of my favorite hosta varieties, June, which looked like this: Now looks like this: Repeat these pictures hundreds of times, and that is the story of my garden.I have no frame of reference for this kind of damage. The picture your hostas hurts my heart. I'm soooo sorry. My husband had a Chicago to Kansas City flight this morning at 9. He's still sitting on the plane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Thanks for the well wishes. Obviously I am not the only gardener weeping over her garden. A weeks worth of night temperatures of 15 degrees happened all over the midwest in areas that had enjoyed 6 weeks of warm weather. My concern is mostly for the woody trees and shrubs. In the winter the stem and branch tissue is filled with anti freeze to keep the branches from freezing and dying back. Once the leaf pushing sap has risen and filled the branches, extreme branch dieback occurs. In conifers particularly the entire plant can die. I realize none of this is as important as a talk radio host saying ignorant shit, but fuck those dudes. When was the last time they made any oxygen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I realize none of this is as important as a talk radio host saying ignorant shit, but fuck those dudes. When was the last time they made any oxygen? all those fuckers ever do is inhale it in ever-increasing amounts to fuel their ranting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 well Sean Hannity said that liberals should stop breathing - maybe that would help? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 well Sean Hannity said that liberals should stop breathing - maybe that would help? The trees have no preference. Liberal or conservative carbon dioxide. It's all the same to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blindgonzo Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 It snowed here for about the last three days, although it hasn't been too bad temperature wise. It warmed up this afternoon, and hopefully there will be sunny skies tomorrow! *on a sidenote, reading everyone's posts just reminded me that I really don't understand why 'fahrenheit' is used as opposed to 'celsius'. It just seems very logical to me to have a unit where 0 is the basis from which everything is measured. I don't know...I'm not trying to push any 'wacky' ideas onto people, just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 it's raining like a bitch outside and the wind is blowing very hard. I wore my rain pants and jacket this morning. everyone else got soaked. what is this, a fashion show? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borracho Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 it's all because of ManBearPig... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 It snowed here for about the last three days, although it hasn't been too bad temperature wise. It warmed up this afternoon, and hopefully there will be sunny skies tomorrow! *on a sidenote, reading everyone's posts just reminded me that I really don't understand why 'fahrenheit' is used as opposed to 'celsius'. It just seems very logical to me to have a unit where 0 is the basis from which everything is measured. I don't know...I'm not trying to push any 'wacky' ideas onto people, just curious. Because the USA is not down with the metrics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clouds of Fluff Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Because my vocation is to care for botanical life, I have fought a depressed state for the past two weeks. It is unnerving to go out into my garden. For realz. Two weeks ago, this magnolia was covered in bright green leaves: One of my favorite hosta varieties, June, which looked like this: Now looks like this: Repeat these pictures hundreds of times, and that is the story of my garden.I have no frame of reference for this kind of damage. Awww. This has been depressing. I'm worried about the apple orchards around here now. I haven't heard how they are faring with all this... The iris still look okay...do you think they'll make it? Between the cold and wind our magnolia didn't stand a chance. A little sun today though. That's something. {{{spring vibes all}}} Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 This is the kind of shit that makes me long for a job somewhere warm come May. It never ceases to amaze me just how much I despise winter. That's what I did. Goodbye Detroit, Hello Southern Cali. .. . . but I do miss my Pistons, Lions, Redwings, & Tigers.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 You miss the Lions? For realz? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 You miss the Lions? For realz?At least Detroit has an NFL team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 if you call what you got there a "team" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 if you call what you got there a "team" Whoa, now ... I'm a lifelong Bears fan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 ooooh okay then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clouds of Fluff Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Severe thunderstorms in front of snow for tomorrow. wtf? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 And those poor Cleveland Indians. They move the series to Milwaukee and they still get snow!Well that's kind of what you get for going to Milwaukee to escape the snow. (tho, as noted, they at least had the benefit of a roof) The cold is definitely getting kind of old. I'm ready for some springtime, tho I still think the most annoying part of cold streaks like this is the inevitable snarky "So much for global warming!" comments people keep making, which seems to have replaced the ever-popular "Cold enough for ya?" as the empty small-talk phrase of choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 hey, don't you have like a baby to take care of....? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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