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• JustinDervaes

  

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  April 7, 2009 7:21:56 AM PDT

  Hi Freedom Gardeners,

   

  New topic here about the weather since we are all at the mercy of mother nature  (unless you grow entirely in a greenhouse).  

   

  Weather means more to us than the average person, so the question is:

   

  How is the weather in your neck of the woods?   

   

  We are in a drought here in SoCal.  Extremely fluctuations is the norm this year: 80+ degrees yesterday and rain forecasted tonight.

   

  Stay cool (or warm),

  Justin

• GabrielleMarsden

  
   

  April 7, 2009 7:38:58 AM PDT

  There's snow on the ground here in Pittsburgh but it's fine. Sure to melt quickly.
• desertwoman

  
   

  April 7, 2009 7:52:26 AM PDT

  Santa Fe, NM is having those same extreme fluctuations this year. Today we will be 10 degrees above normal at around 70; a few days ago we were 15 degrees below normal at 45. Nighttime lows have been 18-20 degrees! Yikes!! That's 10 degrees below normal, as well. Drought continues. Our normal year to date precipitation is 2.5 inches. We are at .5 inches This is significant where normal annual precip is 14 inches.
  Winds, though normal in spring, are fierce this year. It's just plain weird this season.
  
  
• Jan

  
   

  April 7, 2009 7:57:02 AM PDT

  We were on the edge of being in a drought. With the recent rain we are right at our normal rainfall.. The high is 33 degrees today. Tonight low of 20. I have everything covered praying it will all make it through.
• grrlscout

  
   

  April 7, 2009 8:03:47 AM PDT

  Phoenix has been experiencing high winds the past week or so. Sheltering the young plants from it has been my main mission of late.
  
  Over the past 48 hours, the wind has finally died down, and the bugs are starting to show up.
  
  We haven't had any rain several weeks, but that's par for the course. It's been sunny, with highs in the upper 70s, and lows in the 50s.

   

  Today it's supposed to get up to 93! Then tomorrow drop down to the 60s and get windy again. Very erratic.

   

  Some rain is forecast for Saturday - keeping my fingers crossed!

• Jan

  
   

  April 7, 2009 8:11:15 AM PDT

  Also having snow flurries right now here in KY!
• stacymckenna

  
   

  April 7, 2009 9:23:07 AM PDT

  I'm "just around the corner" from the Dervaes (by about 10-15 miles), but the difference between Sunland and Pasadena is some influence off the high desert that gives us more severe winds and slightly more extreme temps. The forecast yesterday predicted 81, with today being 65 and 40% chance of thunderstorms, with temps continuing to drop to a high of 59 by Friday. Today has broken clear and bright and cloudless...and not too nippy. I'll believe this "impending precipitation" when I see it. Until then, I'm watering my garden daily already and sometimes the potted plants and more leafy greens are pretty darn wilted looking by the time I get around again. I long for the days when it used to be easy to predict what to wear in the morning!!! But thank goodness for my greywater system - we'd have spent so much more water keeping our trees healthy without it, given this drought and the LADWP price hikes on water supplies to encourage conservation...
• mecar

  
   

  April 7, 2009 6:22:22 PM PDT

  We have some snow on the ground here. It snowed about 2 inches on Sunday...what a long, grueling winter it's been! Luckily, though, all of our cool weather tiny seedlings in the garden (lettuce, spinach, radish, wheat, arugula) fared well. And the garlic says, "Snow? What snow?" ;) Come on spring!!!
• andrea

  
   

  April 7, 2009 6:58:59 PM PDT

  70 on Sunday, 35 today and snowing. Normal for Ohio

• AndyPandy4

  

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  April 7, 2009 7:11:28 PM PDT

  Between 38 - 58 is normal for Metro Detroit this time of year. We've been below normal and got hit with about 3" of snow yesterday. We'll be down into the 20s tonight, but it's supposed to warm up to the low 50s over the next week. I'm just hoping for some sun! Andrea
• LoreninOR

  
   

  April 7, 2009 8:44:37 PM PDT

  Its been sunny last few days in the Willamette Valley with temps in the 70's, forcast is for continued dry with temps in the hi 50's or low 60's for the next few days. what a difference just few weeks makes, Just a week ago we had 36F and sleet and cold rain. We are hoping that winter has finally lost its grip!!
• stacymckenna

  
   

  April 7, 2009 9:18:31 PM PDT

  And now it's wet out! Yay, water falling out of the sky!!!
• JustinDervaes

  

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  April 12, 2009 5:27:23 AM PDT

  We got about 1/8th inch from that "storm".
• cosmicgardener

  
   

  April 12, 2009 6:20:27 AM PDT

  windy and cold out here on the kansas prairie. my freedom seeded set out cole crops are hanging in there but no doubt looking forward to sunnier spring days. me, too. hoppy easter freedom gardeners!
• Malcolm

  
   

  April 12, 2009 6:57:30 AM PDT

  It's fairly normal for this time of year here for the most part (where normal is widely varying temperatures - 70F highs and 32F lows in the same week), though it has been windier than usual this last week or so. We did have hail in the thunderstorm last week, which was unusual.
• MaryinAZ

  

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  April 12, 2009 7:11:44 AM PDT

  Well the weather here has been ok. I did sweat it last night as it is not uncommon to have a sudden snow storm for Easter, even in April! but we only got some much needed rain, about .7 of an inch. which will probably be the last rain we'll see before monsoon in July. The high for my yard yesterday was about 42 but it was 46 when I checked at 6 this morning. So hopefully spring is really here and now things will really get down to business.
• kittyfreud

  
   

  April 12, 2009 7:53:15 AM PDT

  We've been in a cycle of one nice day, one cold and rainy day for a while now, because this is what spring is in Indiana. It's going to be a nice day today, with highs in the high 50s, but we still can't really plant for another month. Chances are, tomorrow or the next day will be cold again.
• Aliska

  
   

  April 12, 2009 8:47:24 AM PDT

  Ah, the weather. Rain was forecast for several days this week. It got cloudy, windy and then blew right past, again. The cloudy weather was great for working in the garden and getting the last of my plantings planted. I guess the system saved it's 1/8th of an inch for So. Cal.
• BeeLady

  
   

  April 12, 2009 11:56:51 AM PDT

  Its spring here in Arkansas....torrential rains and wind followed by sunny, dry and pleasant yesterday and currently about 2 inches on the ground and more rain falling! We try not to complain as long as there are no tornados, but I think my seeds will drown.
  
• BeeLady

  
   

  April 12, 2009 11:56:52 AM PDT

  Its spring here in Arkansas....torrential rains and wind followed by sunny, dry and pleasant yesterday and currently about 2 inches on the ground and more rain falling! We try not to complain as long as there are no tornados, but I think my seeds will drown.
  
• jedthrow

  
   

  April 12, 2009 12:13:14 PM PDT

  lots of rain in e okrahoma,was wantin to put in transplats today but.............
• Dunappy

  
   

  April 12, 2009 12:37:49 PM PDT

  The mountains of Northwest New Mexico are cold windy and snowing off and on for the weekend. Grr
  
• jedthrow

  
   

  April 12, 2009 12:46:22 PM PDT

  mom used to say if it rained on easter ,it would rain 6 more sundays in a row,sure hope not[its my only day off] anyone else ever heard of that?
• oscardougal

  
   

  April 12, 2009 4:04:11 PM PDT

  I don't think it could rain any harder! It's been below average cool almost every day this spring, a few warm days but not much. We've finally gotten the snow pack we will need for the summer, but I could really go for a few more of those nice sunny days we had last week.
  Everything just seems slow this year-didn't get snow in the mtns. till late, "spring" showed up late, its still cold-well cold for here.
• oscardougal

  
   

  April 12, 2009 4:04:36 PM PDT

  Oh yeah and chance of snow Monday-Tuesday!