A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall I HATE winter!!

I know a lot of you like the "Pretty" snow, but after I take pics of what it did to my lovely little ornamental plumb tree you will understand my anger.
First off if anyone believes in Global warming I have a bridge in brooklyn to sell them
The dumb weather guys said yeaterday a trace to maybe one to 2 inches. HA Try 6 to 8 if not more.
it snowed all afternoon and night, And being that it was like 33 degrees well the snow is HEAVY. It was all sticking to the trees last night, This morning I turned on the light and its so think and heavy so many trees are weighted dwon with it, then I saw my plumb. one big limb laying on the driveway and the other one weighted down on the lawn . I did not think it was split till I went out side to clear it off.
the back limb is split. Theres no hope for it. I am so sad. No I am so fed up. ITs only november,
Rant over I guess, but my point about global warming was that people think they can predict weather with computer maps way in the future and they cant even predict whats happening the same day in their own town. Like I said it looks pretty. On a christmas card!

Ohhhhhhhhhhh Nooooo,, I can only imagine how that upset you,,
So sorry,,,, is there no way at all the tree can be saved?? can you "wrap" the trunk some kind of way or extra mulch the soil around the base * trying to think of ways to reserve what's left *
sorry I don't know know much about that particular tree,, but I do know how it hurts when weather can destroy fav plants/trees ,,,,,,
maybe the roots are established enough it will come back okay in the spring??

I'm glad you are here with us and have found us to be a comfortable community to be able rant,,,, we're here for ya,,

I hate winter too.--so sorry about your plum tree--I completely understand what you are going thru---

We have been having a VERY hard time getting trees to grow in this x-field we bought here---a year agio we spent a small fortune on a Purple ash tree. it was doing very well.----in the last week or so, a deer came and stripped off the barka nd then broke it off aopbvut 1 foor fromt the ground. It then proceeded to one of my red bud trees and rubbed some bark off of it. Not full yet, it went on to my raised garden,and tried some of my asperagus fonds----trampleling as it went---

I am sorry about your plum tree, Kim. Even in places without harsh winters we lose trees to natural disasters all of the time. It is sad to watch happen. We keep on plugging away. I'm glad you are here too.

Sorry Guys.. Did not mean to sound like such a grouch. I had a good cry over that tree.
I think I may be able to save one of the limbs, I have the snow off the driveway and the sun is coming out so I am feeling a bit better. IT was a bit of a shock first thing in the am.
I will take pics of the snow all over the trees.. Yeah.. its pretty. Sorry again!

Those of us who don't see much snow forget how hard it can be when it snows everyday and a lot. We think it's fun because it melts in a day or 2 and we get to stay home from work and school.

Don't cry over your tree. Crying makes wrinkles, which causes me to cry looking in the mirror, which causes more wrinkles and so on.

thanks for the reminder, Sheri.

kim, i'm sorry about your tree and we are glad to have you. and you know what? I HATE WINTER TOO and every year older i get, the more i hate it!

Jiffy, you hit the nail on the head. Every year it gets worse.
OK as soon as I can figure out the pic thing again.. I will put them up.

You're Right Kim,,,,,,, The pictures are Pretty!!!!!!!!! the second picture is like a post card!!!!! And I'm Like Jiffy tooo,, I can't take the cold,,the older I get and it doesn't get near as cold here any everywhere else,,,*Counting that as a Blessing* But still,, My skin is getting thinner by the day,,,,,


The tree on the left of the house in your second picture ... the Plum tree??

Yes angel thats the poor Plum. I need to cut that really broken branch off. ITs split, but the back half may be savable. I am hoping it stays dry to day, I am going to try to wrap the split with burlap and duct tape. Desperate I know, But I have a pin cherry in the back off that deck that lost a huge limb in 04 from a terrible ice storm.. IT broke and split. and All I did was saw off the limb. ITs still alive today.
So I am praying my little plumb might hang on. ITs so darling in the spring, with delicate tiny pale pink flowers and the dark purply leaves~

ing the TLC you give it will thank you in the spring,, those are beautiful blooms they give,,, It looks like it's mature enough that it will be okay,,

Those are beautiful pictures, Kim. I hope the plum can be saved. Like everyone else, the older I get the less I like the cold.

Kim--wondeful pictures. I am so sorry about your plum tree--I hope it makes it for you.

Don't get mad at me but as horrible a time that you're having I must say that those pictures are beautiful and your house looks great.

cool but nice here today. No snow. No rain.

It is snowing here right now. It is pretty and I don't have to drive in it today so I don't mind. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Woke up to about an inch or so of snow this morning. It's sunny now though.

It was just enough to make everything look super white when I woke up. It's bitterly cold though thanks to that darn arctic air.

Jess, mom said that same thing this morning. That it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. :wink:

I LOVE WInter. We've just had some flurries last Monday so far.

It is bitterly cold here too. Was -4 when I got up this morning!

And I am feeling a little down because it is only supposed to get into the low 60s here today.

it's 49 right now here ..... brrrrrrr

We would be very happy to see 60s or 49 for that matter But I live in MN so have to expect it. It is pretty out there right now though.

I do a wee bit of bragging in winter when I have good weather by comparison to most. But I try soooo hard to keep quiet in summer when all I really want to do is whine about the heat. I don't like whiners, especially if it is me doing the whining.

me either, which is why it try not to complain about the weather too much here. but the humidity is really the kicker here. year around.

That humidity would KILL me. I think I'll suck it up with the cold weather. I mean it gets very humid here in the summer too. But I couldn't stand it year round. I would melt. Am I whining?

we can whine all we want too but weathers gonna happen.

yea it's gonna happen, sheri---but Gee I sure wish the reallly bad stuff would NOT happen---

We've had way over 3 inches of rain in the last 2 days. I didn't look this morning but yesterday afternoon my rain gauge, that Patunia gave me, had 3 inches in it and it rained again all night. I know I'll regret saying this in the summer but I'm ready for a break from the rain.

Where is Kim??? I haven't seen her, I know she was going to pottery class,, But I forgot what days she said,,,
Ohhhhh Kim........ Are you snowed under??

Yes
I wanna see the pottery.........

Meeeeeee too!

There was a lady pottery maker on HGTV last nite.. Oh I liked watching her imagination go wild.

Of course my house isnt like those..
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I'd like to try a pottery class.

Windy and very cold here today. 64 degrees yesterday. Freezing today.

it was freezing here yesterday. close to that now, but was up in the 50's this afternoon. by sunday were warming back up in the 70's! wha-hoo!
took a peek at the gardent today. basil, marigolds, butterfly weed, tomatillos, peppers - frozen. my lettuce is looking though!

One of my schools is freezing all the time the other is burning up. I can't decide which I like best.

I pick the freezing one---you can always dress warmer---but if it is hot what ya gonna do??? but be hot----

The thing is my hands get so cold that I can't write or type. It's hard to do either wearing mittens.

yes I guess you do have a point---

I have been known to sit here at my computer with my blue nitrile gloves on. They do a little to keep my hands warm and I can still type.