It’s still cold around here. new England is weird! LOL!
In before the ping. LOL Speaking of cold, I’ve been researching small wood stoves that could be set up in case of emergency to knock the chill off the basement and/or heat the green house when we get it.
Looking at some of the neat marine stoves that can also be used for cooking. One even has an additional stackable unit to add an oven.
We have 2 fireplaces upstairs, but worry that the basement plumbing might freeze, since the water closet for the whole house is on the walk-out end of the basement, and faces in a Northerly direction.
Here in Sydney Maine...it’s been cool but I work a perennial farm (we supply the big retailers up here) the plants look GREAT but its been kinda grey... with a few days sunny and nice. I wouldn’t say it’s been cold but rather a good winter with snow cover and a nice wet Spring. Personally I put some nice Cardinal flowers between my conical evergreens and a few bleeding hearts in a big ceramic bowl on the corner of our porch(porches) that face the road....chestnuts are rooted from seed in two good spots... I have to say i have access to things most do not and I am a novice but learning from a couple that have been living off of their 100 acre tract of land and been selling their perennials since 82’......Zone 4 perennials. The couple are vegetarians and grow all their own chow...3 wells / to be blunt they are self supportive with food/timber/water etc... and great people in general....I lucked out crossing their path 2 years ago....no droughts this year huh?
The bad news is had a borer in the peach tree. No peaches this year. BikerTrash sad!
The good news is I found his hole and pumped poison into his stupid face with a hypo until he turned to jelly and oozed out...tree recovering nicely.
Yes, hardly making it to 60, and thus have not planted anything (butternut squash and tomatoes) that are growing in cups. Ground is cold. But they say Tues-Thurs going from 70 to 84, then down to 65. Thank God.