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what zone are you in, Josef?

That palm looks great ! I'll be uncovering my palms in another 1.5 months...

Hey Chris I've recently started researching citrus, and there are several "hardy" varieties: - Citrus reticulata "Changsha" (changsha mandarin) - Citrus sulcata (sanbokan grapefruit) - Cirtus taiwanica (nanshodaidai) - Citrus ichangensis (ichang papeda) - Poncirus trifoliata (tri...

Bill, I'm always nervous when reading your cold weather/snow posts, because I know there's a good chance that it will be heading my way

Merry Xmas from NS !!

apparently edmonton was -54 C today with the windchill

-7 C / 20 F here right now, forecasting -9 C for monday and tuesday

Halifax so far:

-3 C / 26.6 F (TODAY)

It's supposed to be around -5 C (23 F) on tuesday , but will hopefully warm up to 9 C (48 F) on thursday.

I woke up this morning to around 10 cm of snow! but they are saying thursday is supposed to be 10 degrees and rainy, so hopefully that will wash it away!

-8, ouch! Right now its around 12 degrees and rainy , although next wednesday its supposed to go down to -5 !!

nice pics Bill ! we've also been experiencing a warmer/rainy November in Nova Scotia (a little further north of you)

Great reply, Dr. Francko. It's reassuring to see an inventor of a product standing behind it and actually taking the time to talk to the consumers about it. I'll be trying Freeze-Pruf next year for sure!

nice find!!

great pics !

Has anyone had any experience with this? I'm thinking about ordering some (from http://www.liquidfence.com/FreezePruf.html ), but I'd like to hear about people's experiences (if any) with it before I do. If it does protect up to the extra 9 F, then it could be quite beneficial to my palms. Thanks! C...

nice work!

welcome to the forum, Wayne! where are you located in nfld? I'm in Halifax.

welcome! thats quite a list!

welcome to the forum Tom!

hopefully they will live

congrats!

Here in Halifax it's been a winter of huge temp. differences, from around +15 C before to -15 today and a predicted -18 C tomorrow Still though, -43 C is QUITE COLD

welcome to the forum, Heidi! nice pics!

Up to date - Dec. 17th/08
lowest overnight temp ~ -11 C
Bedford (Halifax), Nova Scotia
Zone 6a/6b

This winter has been fairly inconsistent. A big snowfall early on, but since then we have had temperatures in the mid teens, even yesterday it was around 7 or 8.

Cameron.

thanks for the link! and barb I already have a digital camera Maybe I will post some pics of some reptiles tomorrow

Can anyone provide me with some links on how to germinate palm/cycad seeds? Luckily I have a spare reptile incubator so atleast that's one thing out of the way

Why is there no "For Sale" forum? Are people supposed to post anything they have for sale in the "OT" or the "Wanted" section? I know people aren't going to have much for sale in the winter, but I'm just wondering


Cameron.

No car right now but hopefully by June I'll have a 2002 Audi a4 3.0 Quattro!

Ok thanks alot for all of the help :D I live in Bedford actually (if you remember where that is, zone 6a/6b) and on a bit of a hill. The downside to this is that during the winter it is maybe 1 degree C cooler than beside the water, but the upside is that during the summer I don't have the wind from...

I just wanted to say hi to everyone on here, it seems like a great forum. I live in Halifax zone 6 a (but am originally from Ontario). Currently I grow some carnivorous plants, some bromeliads, a ponytail palm, a bunch of cacti, an orchid, etc, inside. Outside I have some kind of opuntia and a y. re...