It hit -12 last night here in the SW corner of Wisconsin. The bad winds they predicted never hit for some reason; there’s not a single twig or branch down in the yard, and I didn’t hear any wind last night - and we have a lot of trees that make a lot of noise if it’s windy.
So, only 4” of snow, so a little drifting, but nothing I can’t handle with a shovel and Beau will use the skid steer to plow us out after the temps get above Zero again - which may be tomorrow.
All animals are safe and sound and snoozing it off. Sunny, today, but it’s still -7 at 9:30am-ish. Bird feeders are at capacity, for sure!
Wind is howling here. Took truck & 3 gas cans to fill them up. Cans were sitting on the tailgate and a gust of wind grabbed one of the caps/funnels and blew it away. I found one part down at the end of the gas pumps, another part at the end of the gas pumps next to me and someone had run over it, and the third part out where cars were driving. I managed to put it all together, even with the smooshed part, so the can won’t leak on the way home.
In the meanwhile, I dropped my cell phone and it looked okay when I picked it up, but the screen is cracked down in one corner which is a bummer - it still seems to be working fine.
Praying the power stays on, but I realistically expect to lose it. It was 30° a half hour ago, now down to 23° so temp dropping dramatically. I did get a heat light on in the well house this morning.
Sitting in dad’s room at rehab (mom just left - finally convinced her to do shifts) - wish I had brought my seed catalogs with me. I have gotten my nieces and little nephew the two books that you recommended for Christmas and in addition to that, I am getting them some seeds to go with it. They won’t have the seeds by Christmas, but that’s okay.
The Pinetree Gardens catalog had collections of six seeds for kids and I looked at the ideas they had and came up with my own. I don’t have the actual names for some but I’ll describe what I came up with:
Thumbelina carrots - round, great for snacking
‘Rattlesnake’ green beans
Yum Yum snacking peppers - small & sweet
Sugar snap peas - variety is very sweet, good snacks
Miniature pumpkins that will grow on a trellis (one niece has limited garden space)
Teddy Bear sunflowers - the true dwarf ones
I tried to pick very edible, snackable veggies, a flower & a pumpkin. The little guy who will pick/eat tomatoes green, ripe, or rotten should like the peppers & carrots for sure.
I have grown Teddy Bear sunflowers & they are adorable. Thought about a full size pumpkin for the girls, but I’ll let their mom deal with that - the small ones are cute for decorating & the girls are very artistic.
Boy, do seed package costs add up in a hurry! :-)