They keep saying this, but we haven’t had a hard winter here in North Carolina for almost a decade. I’d like some serious cold to kill off the insects and vermin, not to mention some rain.
For the rest of the month, western MD is 50-60s.
The birds who normally bug out in late September are still here.
My goats, the deer, the horses and cattle all have hardly what I would call “winter coats”.
The squirrels are hardly touching the obscene amount of walnuts in my yard.
[damn their eyes, now I have to rake them up]
Three days ago, I saw honeybees flying around.
I’m not seeing the usual invasion of Wolf Spiders roaming the house.
In fact, my back porch Orb Weaver is still throwing webs on the warmer days, since there are still some moths flitting around.
Weather forecasts are okay but I trust the critters who have to prepare for and survive brutal winters.
So I’m thinking *nope*.
Almost forgot...the bikers are still zipping around, too.
:)
“They keep saying this, but we haven’t had a hard winter here in North Carolina for almost a decade.”
Shhhh! You’re gonna jinx it!
Had the AC on today.
“I’d like some serious cold to kill off the insects and vermin, not to mention some rain.”
Who are you calling vermin??
P.S. It’s been relatively warm here, too. We have cool-season lawn grasses here and they have managed to grow, a little, most all winter recent years, even with the occasional 0F night thrown in.