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Looks Like A White Christmas Ahead
It was a ghost town at the Horticulture Center today. Dr. Gredler (above) was in for his daily dose of painting tasks. Here, he's putting a fresh coat on our cucumber supports. We use short-vining...
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Friday = Slush
Today has been mostly rainy which turned our slushy 3" of snow from last night to mega-slush. Above are Dick H.'s tracks from plowing our Horticulture Center parking lot this morning (thanks Dick!)....
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Calm After The Storm
Yesterday afternoon got nasty in this area with wet, blowing snow, high winds and ultimately, 5-6" of accumulation over the slush from the morning round of sleet. We actually got lucky as heavier...
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A Winter Wonderland
The Holiday Lights Show (HLS) was truly a Winter Wonderland last night with all of the snow. Oddly enough, for the first eleven of the sixteen years of history for this event, it was actually called...
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Closure Begins
The 2012 Holiday Lights Show (HLS) ended last night with a healthy crowd of 600 or so attendees. It was a nice night with plenty of snow still on the ground. We're still finalizing attendance numbers...
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A Trio Of Sick Days (UGH)
Although the above is just an illustration (thank you internet), it is sure how I felt over the past three days (Wednesday thru Friday). I'm rarely sick and this snuck up on me after the holidays. For...
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Back In Action
While I'm not quite at 100% recovery from my cold (day 5), it was nice to be back at work. It really was the "welcome back" looks like the one above from Dick H. that made me feel missed. It sounds...
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A Winter Warm-Up
Today was quite mild with temperatures ultimately in the mid 30 degrees F. It was a nice day for a walk and some fresh air. My tour of the gardens was my first of the year and while I thought things...
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Catalogs Galore
I'm tackling my pile of catalogs daily and it's like shoveling in a snowstorm as more and more arrive each day! If you were to stack all my 2013 seed and plant catalogs, I think I would have a 5' tall...
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Thursdays continue to see a nice turnout of volunteers and the warm temperatures certainly helped. The high today was close to 40 degrees F although we may have some cold rain on the way both today...
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April In January
Today was very productive for me in terms of seed ordering. I don't mind rainy days at my desk although I would have preferred some snow instead of the 40 degrees F temperatures that have arrived...
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Back To Being Chilly
Today was a reminder of what the temperatures should really be like in January. Although it was sunny all day, the highs were only in the 20 degrees F with this morning being quite chilly for the...
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A True "Ornamental Edible"
Today I was ordering more seeds both for the gardens and the Spring Plant Sale (May 11th and 12th). There are many offerings in the plant sale that we ultimately use in the gardens so I order extra...
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Seed Ordering Peak
Today was very quiet at the Horticulture Center. The blog title for today is very appropriate for two reasons. I'm currently at the peak of seed ordering and have probably ordered more than half of...
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Fast-Paced Thursday
We had another solid day of volunteer efforts out in the gardens and in the Horticulture Center. Unfortunately Larry was sick and the cold & flu season hasn't left the RBG staff unscathed, myself...
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9.2 Inches To Go!
I've impressed myself with steady progress through our catalogs this winter, particularly over the past week or so. Granted, I'm reading about three of them at home every night (much to the chagrin of...
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Calendar Fodder Of Interest
It was a frigid start to the day and needless to say, no one was out in the gardens working today! Tomorrow looks even colder although a warm up is inevitable. Of course it was mostly inside work...
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The Inside is So Delightful...
This morning was quite cold and made me wish we had more insulating snow cover (around the gardens and my drafty house!). There is a chance of snow later in the week but these frigid temperatures...
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A "Sunny" Day?
Today was not sunny at all. It was cloudy, cold (not frigid like the past two days though...) with light snow. Of course my blog title refers to the garden art project seen directly above. These...
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Volunteer Power!
The wind chill this morning was well below zero degrees F but it warmed up to around 20 degrees F by the afternoon. We had a nice turnout of volunteers that worked both inside and outside throughout...
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