Water Restored
9 Feb 2026 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveAccording to the water company's webpage, they needed to run two tests, 24 hours apart. It proves that there are no anomalies. With water restored, showers dishes and laundry were the order of the day. The indoor plants got a good drink too.
The morning started with a temperature of - 16 or -17 F. According to the US Dept of Agriculture, that would put us as a zone 5A instead of 6B. Zones are for choosing varieties of perennials that can withstand the cold temperatures. I won't know for 10 or more weeks if my trees withstood the bitter cold. My concern is for the Chicago Fig and the Pomegranate. The persimmon may already be a loss. The grower mistook the Zone 9 for a 6. I had plans to remove it anyway. If the willow in the pot survives, it'll go in there instead. Other concerns are a grape vine, an elderberry, and a clove currant that live outdoors in pots. It was a very dry autumn; they may already have been dead.
USDA zones have nothing to do with average last frost dates. My average last frost is May 3rd. We have had last frost dates as early as mid February and as late as June 5th. My planting schedule revolves around the last frost date. Plants like onions and leeks have already been started indoors. The leeks are up and doing well. More stuff was going to get planted last weekend but with the water situation, it's been put off.
An El Nino may be brewing which will greatly affect the growing season. Time will tell. It could affect rainfall and temperature. I've learned to dread them. Tonight I will look at how to set up another rain collection on a corner of the garage, linking two rain barrels. A trip to the hardware store is happening soon. The stove I want is on sale. I might as well make a parts list, getting everything at once.
Climate change will affect an awful lot this week. With this morning's low of -17 F heading up to 55 F tomorrow as a high. That's a big temperature swing. It's set to rain on top of 12" of snow that is still on the ground. It's going to be a mess. Before that starts, I hope to get at more branch cleanup in the yard.
The morning started with a temperature of - 16 or -17 F. According to the US Dept of Agriculture, that would put us as a zone 5A instead of 6B. Zones are for choosing varieties of perennials that can withstand the cold temperatures. I won't know for 10 or more weeks if my trees withstood the bitter cold. My concern is for the Chicago Fig and the Pomegranate. The persimmon may already be a loss. The grower mistook the Zone 9 for a 6. I had plans to remove it anyway. If the willow in the pot survives, it'll go in there instead. Other concerns are a grape vine, an elderberry, and a clove currant that live outdoors in pots. It was a very dry autumn; they may already have been dead.
USDA zones have nothing to do with average last frost dates. My average last frost is May 3rd. We have had last frost dates as early as mid February and as late as June 5th. My planting schedule revolves around the last frost date. Plants like onions and leeks have already been started indoors. The leeks are up and doing well. More stuff was going to get planted last weekend but with the water situation, it's been put off.
An El Nino may be brewing which will greatly affect the growing season. Time will tell. It could affect rainfall and temperature. I've learned to dread them. Tonight I will look at how to set up another rain collection on a corner of the garage, linking two rain barrels. A trip to the hardware store is happening soon. The stove I want is on sale. I might as well make a parts list, getting everything at once.
Climate change will affect an awful lot this week. With this morning's low of -17 F heading up to 55 F tomorrow as a high. That's a big temperature swing. It's set to rain on top of 12" of snow that is still on the ground. It's going to be a mess. Before that starts, I hope to get at more branch cleanup in the yard.
