I have a large leaf pile (30X8), and without thinking I dismantled it ahead of the cold wave (I want to do something in the cold season, plus the large bags of compost could be efficiently dragged through the snow). That bare ground got frozen down to -1F. I want to see if I have whacked something like squash vine borer, that was the deepest litter they can find in at least a square mile. It could be an IPM method. BTW, today is the ugliest 46F day ever. It has been called a snow day here, after the mixed stuff that fell overnight froze on contacting the frozen roads. it is also foggy, with a persistent drizzle and 400yds visibility. 60F tomorrow, and we will break records. it is still a much warmer than average winter.

Watch the dogs on ice,my hubby came home one day with an employee he said look here my yellow lab was out in the middle,fell thru ice.S on day around Christmas,I was baking.Something ket eating away Go look at pond so I stopped everythingwent looked sure enough my yellow lab fell thru ice just by luck somone was in hubbys office he helped me get her out. Pam, we got a windmill over in Lancaster pa from an amish guy that sells them,sevices them.

We're looking for a high around 0°F (-18°C) today. Right now it's -17°F (-27°C), windchill of -30°F (-34°C) and this is using the "new" downgraded windchill calculation. But I'm not going to complain since I noticed it's currently -35°F (-37°C), and that's air temp, not windchill, in some of the northern parts of the state. At least there's no wind up there to complicate things. Oh Dottie!! Phyllis!! I hope you're cuddled up and toasty warm! Don't venture outside today! Not a good day for building snowmen in your swimsuits! although why you'd want to put your swimsuit on a snowman, I'll never know! :)

Hi Debby - my BIL lives in Calgary. Brrrrr is right. I'm near Kingston ON but in between 3 weather patterns. Quite often we either get murdered with hard storms in the fall (gail force winds and rain) and the winter we seem to miss alot that hits along the St. Lawrence, Ottawa area and stuff from Toronto either blows north or south of us. Being new in this area, going by our new friends - we are kinda in a Bermuda Triangle. Sure gives us a false sense of security. Who can tell these days what's gonna hit! As for the weather - LOOKS like blowing snow from time to time. To busy indoors today to have any clue with the woodstove. Our home is built into a hillside with heavy insulation. It's toasty with the woodstove dying down - we bring it back up around 4:30 pm. Weird, weird, weird January weather here. We should be freezing our tails off right now. Pop over for tea or better yet Hot Toddies if anyone is cold. LOL. Cheers, Peggy