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Post by lucky1 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:38 am

Still waiting for the first snow here in Crackton
So are we Paul.

I should've been dreading COLD, not the snow.
Not a flake landed.

Barometer's almost on TILT: "very dry" :|

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Post by DesertZone » Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:18 pm

A week or so ago. All melted.

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Post by TimMAz6 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:51 pm

Hi Aaron.....your yard looks like it has a LOT OF WIND! Any plant which survives your yard is hardy in my opinion. 8)
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Post by lucky1 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:48 pm

Aaron, wow, haven't seen a shot from that angle before.
You've done so much to define the outdoor spaces...very very nice.

Obviously a labour of love.

Yup, can imagine the wind howling there.
But the open skies are worth it.

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Post by marceli » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:48 am

I'm surprised we haven't had any snow, yet. Not that I miss it! :lol:
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:56 am

I'm surprised we haven't had any snow, yet. Not that I miss it!
We're bare ground too.
And I love it.

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:02 am

DesertZone wrote:A week or so ago. All melted.

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Aaron, what a picture! Love it! Thanks for a gardening work you have been doing there! Beatiful!
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Post by DesertZone » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:15 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron.....your yard looks like it has a LOT OF WIND! Any plant which survives your yard is hardy in my opinion. 8)
It does in the winter and spring, hard too keep branches on the trees from all growing on one side. :lol: The wind has caused a death or here in the garden. Because of the protection in town, somethings grow there that I can't seem too grow out here. Like pumpas grass. :x
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Post by DesertZone » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:19 am

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, wow, haven't seen a shot from that angle before.
You've done so much to define the outdoor spaces...very very nice.

Obviously a labour of love.

Yup, can imagine the wind howling there.
But the open skies are worth it.

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Yes...a labor of love. I wonder how the next owner will love it. :lol:

Thanks, it's been a lot of fun. :D
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Post by DesertZone » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:20 am

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:
Aaron, what a picture! Love it! Thanks for a gardening work you have been doing there! Beatiful!
Very nice of you, thanks! :D
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Nov 26, 2013 2:54 pm

wonder how the next owner will love it.
Is your place for sale?
Or did you mean in 50 years or so? :lol:

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Post by DesertZone » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:08 pm

lucky1 wrote:
wonder how the next owner will love it.
Is your place for sale?
Or did you mean in 50 years or so? :lol:

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50 years or so. :lol:
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Post by seedscanada » Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:08 am

We got down to 31f but snowed all night and we have heavy but fluffy 1.5 inches of snow... a few towns south of us have 4 inches.

Here:
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Goji Berry holding on to some green leaves:
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Arbutus unedo
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Yucca gloriosa variegata
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Sequoiadendron and tiki
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Sabal minor pics
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The Edith Bogue;
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Yucca glauca hybrid
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Yucca elata from above
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Bamboo weighed down by the snow
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Yucca elata, again
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Post by Paul Ont » Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:52 am

We got some last night too, not quite as much as Adam shows, but close.

My place in Sydenham got NAILED though, snow day for those lucky bunch.

You can see my Miscanthus bent to the ground in this one:

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And to the right here you, of course, see a lovely Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue' all wrapped up for a zone 4 winter!

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Post by lucky1 » Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:21 am

Ugh, looks heavy and close to melting. :D

Adam how long has that Goji been in the ground?

Thanks for the pics, guys.

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Post by teebee » Wed Nov 27, 2013 2:43 pm

Usually I'm in the snow belt. Glad to see I only have a scuff of snow vs. Adam. But Adam will have the last laugh when his palm huts come down 3-4 weeks before mine and go up 3-4 weeks after mine...

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Post by seedscanada » Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:43 pm

Tim, that might be true.
Barb, the gojis have been in ground now three years, flowered but no fruit yet. Getting quite tqll and woody.
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:21 pm

gojis have been in ground now three years,
Could it be you need 2 to get fruit?
I'll watch its development with interest.

Looks like you've selected a good spot for it...probably grow there but not here.

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Post by seedscanada » Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:49 am

Barb. I have at.least four gojis

Hope they. Aren't all the same sex
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Post by sidpook » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:00 am

No snow here but I hafta' share this.....Always a fear of mine!!! Stay warm and safe everyone!!!!

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Post by Beny » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:08 am

HA...nice one.....we ve got our real first snowstorm here, the winter storm Boreas you ve got too Mike, but you have rain, and we ve got both here. Now we have about 6 inches of snow at the ground :( ....

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Post by sidpook » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:54 am

Beny wrote:HA...nice one.....we ve got our real first snowstorm here, the winter storm Boreas you ve got too Mike, but you have rain, and we ve got both here. Now we have about 6 inches of snow at the ground :( ....

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Ugh! Good luck withthat! I am NOT looking forward to this winter...already way too cold for November
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:46 am

Good one, Mike! :lol: :lol:

We'll have some spare cold for you starting Monday when an Arctic outflow hits us.
This one'll be bad, from early reports.

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. friends!

As you sit down to that turkey dinner, remember "once on the lips, forever on the hips". :bootyshake: :mrgreen:

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Post by sidpook » Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:35 am

lucky1 wrote:Good one, Mike! :lol: :lol:

We'll have some spare cold for you starting Monday when an Arctic outflow hits us.
This one'll be bad, from early reports.

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. friends!

As you sit down to that turkey dinner, remember "once on the lips, forever on the hips". :bootyshake: :mrgreen:

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Ugh, no thanks we do not want it!!!! Thanks for the holiday wishes
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Nov 28, 2013 3:38 pm

no thanks we do not want it
OK, I'll have your turkey. :lol:

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Post by sidpook » Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:43 am

lucky1 wrote:
no thanks we do not want it
OK, I'll have your turkey. :lol:

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I'm still full
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:48 am

sidpook wrote:I'm still full
Turkey? Whiskey?
Hey?

Never had a luck cooking this bird. Definitely it's not a Central Asia nomads food choice. Horse meat is more delicious!
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Post by andym » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:51 pm

Hey Igor... what crazy weather you are having...freezing recently and now 9C/48F at 3 am... positively tropical :lol:
No snow for me yet either. Lowest temp so far is -3.5C. Abutilons still flowering as are the Hebes. Musas browned off and Tetrapanax leaves sulking. No seriously cold weather expected until a week Saturday. One of our sensationalist papers the Daily Express has forecast a three month freeze :roll: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/445766 ... ree-months
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Ski resorts haven't opened this early in 25 years!

Post by seedscanada » Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:16 pm

In Southern Ontario and Western New York more than half a dozen ski resorts are opening today or tomorrow. It has been 25 years or more since a November opening day.

Igor and Andy, looks like the winter you had last year, we have this year?
We are talking about skiing tomorrow!
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Post by sidpook » Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:32 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:
sidpook wrote:I'm still full
Turkey? Whiskey?
Hey?

Never had a luck cooking this bird. Definitely it's not a Central Asia nomads food choice. Horse meat is more delicious!
Hey Igor,
I have had horse meat in Eastern europe, but I prefer turkey for thanksgiving. Do you all eat alot of deer (venison) and (rabbit) in your region? We hunt and munch on both hre, love it!

Hope all is well in your part of the world...send me you rcoordinates so I can check out your place on google earth and weather channels.... Happy Holidays, Igor
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:25 am

Mike, the nomad people in Kazakhstan prefer the horse, ship and cattle meat. Usually December is a month when Kazakh families slaught either one specially feed horse or cow which are a winter season food. In kazakh language it's called "sogim" - winter meat. Since I am not Kazakh but so called "Russian" - blue eyes, shaten hairs, our family is not a part of the nomad custom but I like buying and cooking the horse meat. Actually it is not a horse meat I had been buying in Italian traditional food stores in Toronto many years ago but something very special. As for hunting I'm not a fun neither of the hunting nor fishing. We have no rabbits in Kazakhstan but the bores, deers, wild goats and wild sheeps are the subjects of hunting in Kazakhstan.
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:36 am

Andy, Adam. Normally the winter starts in my area after December the 1st. And it STARTS... A lot of snow, some cold. But January is a realy winter month here. The coldest one. By the way Omaha, Nebraska has the same climate as my town has. We are might more snowy but absolutely windless...
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Post by lucky1 » Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:04 am

Interesting info, Igor! :D

We've joined the first snow bunch.
Just a skiff, photo bombed.

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Post by sidpook » Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:33 am

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Mike, the nomad people in Kazakhstan prefer the horse, ship and cattle meat. Usually December is a month when Kazakh families slaught either one specially feed horse or cow which are a winter season food. In kazakh language it's called "sogim" - winter meat. Since I am not Kazakh but so called "Russian" - blue eyes, shaten hairs, our family is not a part of the nomad custom but I like buying and cooking the horse meat. Actually it is not a horse meat I had been buying in Italian traditional food stores in Toronto many years ago but something very special. As for hunting I'm not a fun neither of the hunting nor fishing. We have no rabbits in Kazakhstan but the bores, deers, wild goats and wild sheeps are the subjects of hunting in Kazakhstan.
By the way I am at 43.189574,76.915704 ... 1027.648 m / 3371.548 feet

Yum wild boar liver pate too.... Thanks for the info , Igor !!
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Post by hasty22 » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:38 pm

Still waiting we might get snow tomorrow or Monday. It might be rain . High tomorrow Plus 4 C

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Post by lucky1 » Sat Nov 30, 2013 9:17 pm

Cute, Keith.
Let's hope some idiot doesn't come along and help himself to your presents. :wink:

Looks like you're all set for the cold that's coming.

Are you adding a light in your G'house for these dark gloomy days?

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We spent the day skiing today!

Post by seedscanada » Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:46 pm

Barb, congrats on the first snow.

We skiied today in London, Ontario. About 175km west of us here... I didnt know they got pummelled with snow (52cm) last weekend.
Unbelievable lake effect snow quantities in that area.
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It was nice to ski in November in Ontario at 3'c.
We skiied the woods, where there was still more than ten inches of powder, since it was opening day we made fresh tracks in the out-of-bounds... :) Way to teach my 5 year old on his first day, Adam!! Good times. Hope everyone that wants to, gets a chance to do the same this season.

Oh Keith, good palm wrap holiday disguises!
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Post by lucky1 » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:10 am

out-of-bounds.
...and we wonder how kids learn to ski "out of bounds" :lol: :lol: their parents take 'em there. :lol:

Glad you had fun Adam, and your temps are still nice and mild.

OK...we've got snow this a.m.
Bah humbug.
Brutal cold arrives tomorrow :cry:

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Post by hasty22 » Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:29 pm

Thanks Barb and Adam. I am ready for the cooler weather, not saying I want the cooler weather, the heated huts seem to be plenty warm even with only 5 C9 lights per hut. Also Barb I have a goji berry plant I got berries first year but not last year. It is still alive and i do not cover over winter. I do not know if you need two or more plants to pollinate.
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Post by lucky1 » Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:46 pm

Yeah, Keith, I don't want the cold either :lol:

I didn't see Goji berry plants when Art Knapps was having their close-out sale.
Ended up buying a "hardy kiwi".
Glad to hear it can survive in the Okanagan.
I'll look for one in Spring.

Even this Sask Mongolian Goji seed seller doesn't say whether you need one or two plants.
But your fruit set is likely proof one is enough.
http://www.saskgojipower.ca/gpage1.html

Get out the wool socks :wink: here comes the Arctic air...BRRRRR. :verycold:

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