This entire week, low temperatures of the day have hovered around 30 degrees. Managed to get all my plants inside somehow. The 5 gallon Lowe's buckets with handles are easy to move around but the big containers for the limes was a hassle.

Still highs in the upper 40's, lows are lower 20's. The weather folks are up in the air about possible winter precip on Friday. Maybe a little snow, sleet or freezing rain... or none of the above. We will be right on the edge of a temp gradient and it depends on whether it moves a bit north or south of us which will determine what we get. Doesn't matter to me. I had no plans to go anywhere anyway but the generator is at the ready in case some freezing rain causes power outtages again.

45° for the high today, well below average. Gloomy. Not a fan.

Decent shot at rain tomorrow, but much warmer at 58°. Friday looks cloudy and cold, 47°, more gloom and doom. Saturday, sunny and 52°, okay, that’s doable.

Ah, the 50's, or as we say in celsius land, "double digits". Great gardening weather for the cool stuff.
No prospect of that here any time soon. Freezing fog this morning, a little snowshower just at dusk, otherwise hovering around the freezing mark or just above, night and day, not much precip, no snow on the ground still. We had a couple sunny rays today in the mix but ... well it's not a sunny place except in summer. Short days to boot.
Mid 30's forecast for the week, and that's plenty mild for the time of year, I'm happy if there's nothing to stop me getting around.

cold and WINDY for days. loving it.

Snow. Not a lot, but snow and sticking. Streets are hushed, very quiet out. Nice.

Almost all the 1½" of snow has melted here, but just from the sunshine, as it is not warming up here! Not supposed to get over freezing today, but it is very bright today. That snow down south is coming up here Friday into Saturday, but it is supposed to fizzle out some, for this area. Early next week it is supposed to warm up to around average - around 40° - before cooling off again.

Daytime 60s, nights 40s, sunny and windy. It will be 50s/30s next week.

Perfect weather for digging up weeds at the community garden. I agreed to be the coordinator for part of the garden a couple months ago, and the plots that have been given up look like they are no longer usable because of all the Bermuda grass. I've dealt with BG at many other garden plots, and got rid of it within a season, but it's so rampant here and these are not after all, my plots, so who knows if they will be maintained once I clear it? Anyway, months of entertainment if I choose to do it! It's pleasant to be outside working for a few hours every afternoon. I will schedule a work day (work PARTY!) soon so that others can pitch in.

My partner has also been helping to mulch the paths around my garden plot. I do this every year, as a bulwark against neighboring weedy plots. I rake up the old mulch (compost it if it has turned to soil, reuse it if still woody), put down cardboard or a few layers of newspaper, then 2-4 inches of mulch. The weeds have already started coming up in the paths, so mulching now enables me to spend time more effectively -- rather than pulling/scraping thousand of tiny weeds every day!

We have some sleet going on right now. The back porch is pretty slick like there's also been from freezing rain. Temp was 32 at 6:30 this morning and now at 7:45 it's 33.

Edited to add: By golly, at 8:15 it started snowing! Large lazy flakes drifting down.

We're getting a few flakes here this morning too @GoDawgs and temperatures similar to yours.
What can I say, it's prettier than sleet!
Wooden surfaces are terrible for the icy slick... be careful if you go out!

Healthy amount of rain overnight. Low 40s. Cold. Sky getting a little brighter, there’s hope.

Meanwhile, 300 miles to our north the scene is slightly different. Wife’s brother’s place this morning.

bower wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:33 am We're getting a few flakes here this morning too @GoDawgs and temperatures similar to yours.
What can I say, it's prettier than sleet!
Wooden surfaces are terrible for the icy slick... be careful if you go out!

Right you are! I cleared off the back steps but then realized that the crunchy stuff I removed was better footing than the cleared wet, slightly slick wooden steps! The side porch steps and front ones can wait.

Well, we did get a little something. There were a few flakes this morning and then it turned to a fine sleet and a bit of freezing rain. It was enough to glaze over my car but nothing to throw a monkey wrench into anybody's gears here.


This is a bit of ice on one of the camellias. They are saying there might be more flurries tonight. Temp has been hovering between 32-33 degrees all day.

I hope the camellias don't mind, @GoDawgs !

Yea, we should have a name for that 1/4 inch crusty layer, like maybe doormat snow. I've learned to love it - I absolutely hate slippery surfaces, not like some who make a game of it. Do not like falling, not a bit.
But those 'shorter than your slippers' crusty snows are better than a pair of cleats.

Only got a scant inch of snow overnight - coating the car and the walks by 8 am, but it was melted by noon. Wasn't much over freezing, but very sunny, to melt it. Supposed to get to avg Sunday, and a little over avg Monday, before dropping down to about 10 below average for a few days. I'll get out tomorrow to get some things done.

after a relative break from winter storms, we have one coming in.
4 to 12 inches possible between now and tuesday. just depends on
terrain, wind direction, and where you at. we have had about 90 inches
to date. some shrinkage during a brief december thaw. still enough out
there to keep the snowbilers, and businesses happy. tractor is dieseled up.
highs have been in the teens or low to mid 20s. lows have been in the single
digits much of the time.


keith

A couple of thundery showers today, only 4mm/0.16 inch in the gauge after a high of just on 30C/85F. Humid at times.

I seriously hate you Southern gardeners right now! Highs here are so close to zero so the wind chills are substantially BELOW zero! I feel sorry for human or beast out in this.

@habitat-gardener I know what you mean by having to deal with abandoned plots! I was Site Leader for my Community Gardens program for one year, and that was enough. Getting others to help wasn't an option. We were expected to deal with our plots ourselves, and some of the gardeners would use their plots then leave us to clean up after them. The coordinators didn't choose to enforce the rules evenly and human nature is the same across cultures. You have my sympathy. I refuse to clean up after people half my age with families that could help, that I felt were taking advantage. At least it sounds like you're having fun! I miss the space but I don't miss the BS that went with it.

Got to 44° here today, with no sun, and the wind finally died down, so I went out planted some green onion seeds, to come up in the spring. I also planted some shallot hybrid créme brulée seeds, from S&S this year. I made 4 almost 8' trenches, for the 4 varieties, and made about a half cup of soil mix and 50 or so seeds, and mixed them well, to sprinkle into each trench, to distribute them easily. That was all I did out there, as the next 3 days are getting cold again - about 9° cooler than average, before it warms up any. But then, it is winter.

pepperhead212 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:33 pm Got to 44° here today, with no sun, and the wind finally died down, so I went out planted some green onion seeds, to come up in the spring....

So did I, only I planted them in a market pack (6-pack size without cells). It felt good to start something. First planting of the season!

@JayneR13, you have my deepest sympathies. We had a heatwave of 49 today.

****** running away very quickly to avoid the incoming snowball******

JayneR13 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:04 am ...@habitat-gardener I know what you mean by having to deal with abandoned plots! I was Site Leader for my Community Gardens program for one year, and that was enough. Getting others to help wasn't an option. We were expected to deal with our plots ourselves, and some of the gardeners would use their plots then leave us to clean up after them. The coordinators didn't choose to enforce the rules evenly and human nature is the same across cultures. You have my sympathy. I refuse to clean up after people half my age with families that could help, that I felt were taking advantage. At least it sounds like you're having fun! I miss the space but I don't miss the BS that went with it.

People do show up for work parties here, so I'm hopeful.

It has been so windy here! I was planning to cover one of the plots with cardboard because it had 3' high grasses last year, but even the cardboard that was weighted down with 2x4s had blown away! I may have to haul more mulch to cover it, or maybe wait until the work party.

It's amazing how quickly a plot that was tended reverts to weeds!