Winter Blues

There is snow on the ground and the cold has set in...record cold.....everywhere.....so much for global warming...not that I believe it anyway. I had fallen for the "we are responsible for the environment" movement sometime back. I have to admit I was not informed, a tree hugger type. Beginning to notice that the climate was changing and we were in a warming period for many years because the frost date was moving forward. I was planting in zone 6 in mid April with no frost after that. Last year was different, and perhaps a few before that. It was cool all year over most of the country and very wet. Winter has been much colder, much earlier than before. We had snow by Thanksgiving and a white Christmas. I expected this winter to be colder and snowier than usual, but near to normal or above normal snowfall, and sure enough predictions are just that.

I don't wish to debate global warming, as climate will present itself the way it is and this year will be one for the records. I thought it ironic that God may have stepped in and made a cold year/winter in the midst of the Global Warming Debate, He does have a sense of humor you know...

All I know is that it is a few weeks until I will plop some onion seeds in a box of dirt and try to grow them. I also want to try some early annuals like pansies for once. I have the best of intentions of doing just that then realize that in late February it is already too late. So growers, (not the professional ones, you already know) start some early seeds of cauliflower, broccoli, onions and don't forget the flowers! There is plenty of time. This year will be one I plant lots of varieties of vegetables!!, but then I always say that....get out the seed catalogs...