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Warm Spell Will Be Quelled
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The sweet breath of warmer spring like weather has been a treat! I've been able to walk to and from work quite comfortably and most of the ice on sidewalks and roadways has disappeared. Saw a Robin and heard him singing loudly in the top of a neighbour's tree yesterday morning on my way to work - a sure sign that good weather will soon stay with us for the long haul... But not quite yet! We've been scheduled for at least a week of cooler temperatures and possibly some light snow and strong winds which will bring back the wind chills and make it seem even colder than the recorded temperatures. The predictions aren't all gloom and doom though, following the spring equinox on March 21st temperatures will steadily climb back up to milder levels. It's even possible this will mark the end of the bouts with winter snow and ice for south western Ontario residents for another year! Transitioning between seasons always brings with it unsettled weather and wide ranges of temperatures and conditions. We'll take each day as it comes and try to enjoy each one for it's own special features!
Right now it's 9 C, that's almost 48 F for our US readers. It's raining lightly with wind out of the NW at 11 km/hr, the humidity is 100% and the Barometer is sitting at 100.87 kPa and it's rising. We may get a centimeter of snow overnight as temperatures dip and we'll be sitting around the freezing mark for the next 7 or so days.
My temporary work assignment has finished and tomorrow I'll be able to get out to take some photographs and document the "last gasps" of winter here in the garden. We may even find the odd specimen poking through the snow - if we're lucky! This time last year the snow was already gone, still a tad early for our area, though what's normal about weather anymore? I may also get the opportunity to get some shots together to demonstrate starting plants indoors for planting out in the garden once the chance of heavy frosts have passed. If I don't get to that tomorrow I'll make an effort to pull it together over the weekend. Than I'll take shots regularly to demonstrate how the tiny plants look as they begin to sprout and grow. It won't be long after that - 6 weeks or so and we'll be able to start sampling simple greens like spinach and baby romaine and leaf lettuces - just like the ones you get at the store called "mesclun mix". Here's one shot of Mesclun Mix sprouts that were planted in pots in the fall of 2005 and got a dusting of snow from an early but brief visit with winter weather in early November of that year.;
I called the shot "Chilled Mesclun"! We did get to eat these cool hardy specimens a few weeks later when they'd grown more - they were one of the last things we got to enjoy from the garden's bounty that season! It's quite likely we'll end up with a similar scenario this spring, these little plants can handle cool temperatures far better than handling the heat of summer so the earlier we get them sprouting the better for us AND them!
I'm looking forward to spring and to witnessing the awakening of our garden over the weeks to come and to sharing photos, stories and tips with MindSay readers and visitors from the Our Enchanted Garden Webzine as the season progresses!
The sweet breath of warmer spring like weather has been a treat! I've been able to walk to and from work quite comfortably and most of the ice on sidewalks and roadways has disappeared. Saw a Robin and heard him singing loudly in the top of a neighbour's tree yesterday morning on my way to work - a sure sign that good weather will soon stay with us for the long haul... But not quite yet! We've been scheduled for at least a week of cooler temperatures and possibly some light snow and strong winds which will bring back the wind chills and make it seem even colder than the recorded temperatures. The predictions aren't all gloom and doom though, following the spring equinox on March 21st temperatures will steadily climb back up to milder levels. It's even possible this will mark the end of the bouts with winter snow and ice for south western Ontario residents for another year! Transitioning between seasons always brings with it unsettled weather and wide ranges of temperatures and conditions. We'll take each day as it comes and try to enjoy each one for it's own special features!
Right now it's 9 C, that's almost 48 F for our US readers. It's raining lightly with wind out of the NW at 11 km/hr, the humidity is 100% and the Barometer is sitting at 100.87 kPa and it's rising. We may get a centimeter of snow overnight as temperatures dip and we'll be sitting around the freezing mark for the next 7 or so days.
My temporary work assignment has finished and tomorrow I'll be able to get out to take some photographs and document the "last gasps" of winter here in the garden. We may even find the odd specimen poking through the snow - if we're lucky! This time last year the snow was already gone, still a tad early for our area, though what's normal about weather anymore? I may also get the opportunity to get some shots together to demonstrate starting plants indoors for planting out in the garden once the chance of heavy frosts have passed. If I don't get to that tomorrow I'll make an effort to pull it together over the weekend. Than I'll take shots regularly to demonstrate how the tiny plants look as they begin to sprout and grow. It won't be long after that - 6 weeks or so and we'll be able to start sampling simple greens like spinach and baby romaine and leaf lettuces - just like the ones you get at the store called "mesclun mix". Here's one shot of Mesclun Mix sprouts that were planted in pots in the fall of 2005 and got a dusting of snow from an early but brief visit with winter weather in early November of that year.;
I called the shot "Chilled Mesclun"! We did get to eat these cool hardy specimens a few weeks later when they'd grown more - they were one of the last things we got to enjoy from the garden's bounty that season! It's quite likely we'll end up with a similar scenario this spring, these little plants can handle cool temperatures far better than handling the heat of summer so the earlier we get them sprouting the better for us AND them!
I'm looking forward to spring and to witnessing the awakening of our garden over the weeks to come and to sharing photos, stories and tips with MindSay readers and visitors from the Our Enchanted Garden Webzine as the season progresses!
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