Planting Time?

February 11th isn't an odd time for snow...even here, but this winter is a bit odd in that it is cold almost all of the time. We are not getting the "warm spells" in between the cold.

And wet. We are living on an island in a swamp right now. Squishy ground everywhere...when it isn't frozen hard.

We are supposed tp be planting stuff now for our spring gardens...I am ready for spring temps.

UPDATE. March 1: We had a total of nearly a foot of snow in February...A FOOT!!! We don't get a foot of snow here. What the heck was that? ANd here on March 1, no springy-looking beautiful blue skies, just a cold rain and a threat of it changing to snow before it leaves us.

Winter Weather

I am looking back on my notes from last winter - used for things like success/failure of plantings, time referencing (like..."oh yeah, I remember that 80 degree February day") and such. This time last year, at my location on this planet, we were experiencing regularly days of 70 or higher. And, due to that, I was already sticking seeds, and transplants into the ground for my spring garden.

This year, a different story. It seems since the mid-portion of September 2009, that we have had nothing but a steady cool and wet. I can't remember a past time with this many days of 10 degrees or even 20 degrees, or more, below the "normal" expected temperature.

Right now, we should be about 60 to 61 degrees for daytime highs. It has been struggling most days to get 40 degrees. And the nights - cold. Temps in the mid to low 20's regularly, and that is cold...for here anyway.

So, my spring plantings are not happening yet. And the weather forecast looks like it may not happen for the foreseeable future. Snow and cold in the immediate forecast followed by the extended outlook for the spring months of below normal temps and above average precipitation.

I wish it'd save some of this for July and August.