Re: Blowing in the wind...

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>
>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> We finally got some snow. 10 cm today.
>>>>>>>> There's is supposed to be another storm coming on Tuesday into
>>>>>>>> Wednesday which will change from snow to freezing rain to rain
>>>>>>>> as the temperature rises during the week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Will report back on the weather next weekend.
>>>>>>> I bet there will be some. Right now, right here it just managed
>>>>>>> to get above zero degrees. So people are most likely skating
>>>>>>> along all over the motorway - free at last. Gits.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> We got 30 cm of snow yesterday.
>>>>>> It's supposed to be cold next week. Like the high is -14C :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Was it then? Cold?
>>>>>
>>>>> Here there is currently a lot of air in the air over on the west
>>>>> coast (from the North Sea). The Norwegians have been getting it
>>>>> pretty bad. I don't feel it much being well away from the west
>>>>> coast. And also not going outside.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It was warm again this week like around 10C.
>>>> It happens whenever the big outdoor festival is on and people come
>>>> from all over the world to skate on the canal.
>>>
>>> So, the temperature is mostly due to body heat? And who holds a
>>> festival in the middle of winter - snow-and-ice sport freaks?
>>>
>> 
>> I guess. It was so warm that all the ice sculptures melted and the 
>> outdoor events were cancelled.
>> It was -28C with the windchill this morning. And next week it's going
>> to be positive double digits. 
>> The weather is bipolar, I tell you...
> 
> it won't stop being below zero at night around here, and I'm good and
> tired of it. How am I ever going to get started on my water feature in
> the garden when the ground keeps freezing. To say noting about putting
> potatoes down. Also too wind!
> 

Use potato bags. You can start them in the house.
Planting potatoes is back-breaking labour.
With the bags you can dump them out at the end of the season to get the 
taters.

Season 3 of waiting for the water feature. I can hardly wait to see out 
it ends.