Dump of Snow yesterday...wow

[lucky1]

Six inches total.

We went from no snow and thawing ground (and mud) to this:
Click pics to enlarge.

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Melting like crazy today:

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Nice one day winter

Barb

[TimMAz6]

thanks for the update Barb. You got a great view!

Your palms look great. I hope your Yuccas will pull through and THRIVE this summer.

Hey..............I think those footprints in the snow were created by the same animal that created mine.....................can you get a close-up view of those prints?

Your palm hut for your big Trachy looks tall enough for 1 more year............then your in trouble.............or should I say your Hubby will be in trouble!:sad2:

[lucky1]

footprints in the snow were created by the same animal that created mine

merely a giant condor

And if these 3 y. rostrata get wimpy, I'll put the Big Mamas there.
And add the Dasylirion wheeleri at each end behind the Washies.

Barb

[canadianplant]

Man do I ever misss the mountians! Thats a really nice veiw barb!

Just think, this snow will give a tiny bit of water to the water table.

Do you think you have enough plum suckers?

[TimMAz6]

good luck with Dasylirioin wheeleri..............Y. rostrata is 'way' hardier in my climate.

[lucky1]

Much nicer views of Canada's only desert, looking the other way

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Yes, finally, we have some moisture.
This 6 inches of snow on top of thawed ground will benefit, versus just running off the hill over frozen ground as it usually does.
Just hoping it snowed even more at the water reservoirs on the mountaintop.

Bureaucrats have been rubbing their hands with glee, knowing they can charge so much more for water when supply is low (the buggers)
Just announced in the newspaper that water rates are going up 18%.
Part of that will probably give them a bonus too...(don't get me started...)

A lot of fixed income people (seniors etc) aren't going to be able to afford to water the area's lovely 60+ year old shade trees.
The shade trees will eventually die, making the entire area hotter and hotter in summer.
And we're already semi-arid.

think you have enough plum suckers

Photo was the Flemish Beauty pear tree, Jesse.

Tim, dasylirion is less hardy than Y.rostrata???? Poop.

Barb

[igor.glukhovtsev]

Tim, dasylirion is less hardy than Y.rostrata???? Poop. Barb

In 3 zones I believe...

[canadianplant]

Much nicer views of Canada's only desert, looking the other way

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A lot of fixed income people (seniors etc) aren't going to be able to afford to water the area's lovely 60+ year old shade trees.
The shade trees will eventually die, making the entire area hotter and hotter in summer.
And we're already semi-arid.

think you have enough plum suckers

Photo was the Flemish Beauty pear tree, Jesse.


Barb

You are forgetting sothern alberta/southwest saskatchewan, and the arctic barb

Ah, I just read the url, it said plum tree.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Barb looks like you got about the same as us here. All melting with rain now. It`s good to build up the ground water for a little while. Is that pic looking towards Vernon?


John

[lucky1]

Yeah, John, roads were brutal late last night after a light rain fell at -1C

Is that pic looking towards Vernon?

The last pic I posted -- my back was to Vernon, my place is on that hill.
Understand you wouldn't recognize the shot...you arrive along a different road.

We sure do need the moisture...
Barb

[DesertZone]

What a wonderful view too have everyday.

Not long before all that snow melts and those palms and yuccas start growing again.

[lucky1]

Thanks Aaron, open spaces are good for the soul...
I get the heebie-jeebies visiting friends in subdivisions.

With the recent--and probably too early--return of songbirds (and robins), I'm so anxious to get outdoors and do something.
Anything...poke around in the soil, drag potted plants outside, plant some stuff, set up lawnchairs.

Cabin fever, probably.

Barb

[lucky1]

3 month prediction for BC:

The BC River Forecast Centre has "predicted that La Nina conditions are expected to continue for the next 3 months throughout most of British Columbia, resulting in cooler than normal and normal to wetter than normal conditions. However, La Nina is more likely to have a significant impact on the Western, Coastal portions of the Province than the Interior.

I don't mind the wetter part...

Barb

[canadianplant]

Thanks Aaron, open spaces are good for the soul...
I get the heebie-jeebies visiting friends in subdivisions.

With the recent--and probably too early--return of songbirds (and robins), I'm so anxious to get outdoors and do something.
Anything...poke around in the soil, drag potted plants outside, plant some stuff, set up lawnchairs.

Cabin fever, probably.

Barb

I already do weekly excusions outside to see how everything is doing. Im also starting my army of seedlings. Im already starting peppers

Cabin feaver indeed

[DesertZone]

Thanks Aaron, open spaces are good for the soul...
I get the heebie-jeebies visiting friends in subdivisions.

Barb

I get closto if the homes are stacked too close.

[lucky1]

Me too, Aaron!
Even when having to drive through our town, I can`t wait to get out of there.

Jesse, you`ve started peppers
Doubt you`ll be sticking those in the ground in 6 weeks

[canadianplant]

Me too, Aaron!
Even when having to drive through our town, I can`t wait to get out of there.

Jesse, you`ve started peppers
Doubt you`ll be sticking those in the ground in 6 weeks

yup. Im thinking 10 weeks, give or take. Even then, i havnt had luck with them, getting any size, heat or no heat, so im starting them way earlier.

[lucky1]

Starting them later is the trick, Jesse, 6 weeks before planting out (MID-MAY).
That's what I've always done, works every time.

Same with tomatoes and cukes.

All hot weather (and warm soil) loving.