Sunday, February 6, 2011

snow in Texas again and gardening

Yep, we got snow here again.
We woke on the 4th to a beautiful blanket of snow on the ground, and it was still snowing.
In all we got about 5 inches.
The kids had so much fun.
Their Daddy even constructed a makeshift sled to pull them on with the 3-wheeler. Boy they thought that was the greatest!!
Yesterday it started to warm up and started melting the snow. Now it's all gone except for a little in the shady areas. It didn't last long, but the kids had a good time any way.
I know i so need to post pictures. I will put it on my to do list for this week or weekend.

So how is gardening going here with our last cold snap and snow?
Well i think i may have been a little to quick to say it was time to plant here.
Yes we did plant some things, and yes we always do at this time of year.
Except this year seems to be different.
I just walked over to the garden to see how the things fared through the snow.
The onions look ok, little droopy, but should pull through fine.
The little broccoli, and cabbage plants though look like they were froze!
The greens we had in from fall time also looks like they may have been froze this time.
Though the collard greens may pull through.
We will have to replant the broccoli and cabbage plants.
Looks like this year planting may have to be a little later.
Seems like every year can be different that way.
I know last Feb. we had snow on the 12th, so we had to wait for that to melt and our garden to dry a little before planting the potatoes which usually is done on Feb. 14th.

So that's how our gardening looks for now. Got to take one day at a time. Never know what one day from the next will be like here in Texas!!

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