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Temperatures rising

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It’s the strangest thing. Early Thursday morning it was -20 Celsius outside. That’s pretty darn cold. No more snow but what’s out there certainly wasn’t going to melt any time soon, or so I thought.

Now, it’s 1:30 in the morning and I’ve been watching the temperature rise throughout the day. It’s -9 Celsius. It looks like it’s going to be warmer over the next three or four days.

It probably won’t be warm enough to melt all that snow but it should be warm enough to get outside and clean up the driveway a bit better. The snow plows made a mess of the entrance to our driveway since one of our neighbors cars was parked in front of the neighbors house the night of the snow storm. When the street plows went by they had to miss the car and this left a wide path of snow in front of our driveway.

So, unless the plows come by again to move the snow over a bit more- hopefully when the neighbors car isn’t parked there, we still need to clean out the opening to our driveway a bit better. Oh, we did shovel. We can get in and out, but it’s still a mess that stretches about ten feet out into the roadway – thanks to the neighbors car.

How did everyone else do after the snow storms?






Crocus timelapse

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In the spring, crocus’ are one of the first flowers that I have the pleasure of seeing emerge. Sometimes they come up as early as Mid-March, often between melting patches of snow.

I have crocus’ planted in my lawn. Not in the high traffic areas, but in various places on my front and back lawn for a natural kind of look. It’s very nice when I can look outside and see the vibrant yellow and purple crocus flowers peeking out amid the grass as it too begins to turn the pretty green of spring.

Here’s a video of a crocus’ blooming. It’s a time lapse video of about 30 seconds. Enjoy!

Propogating Eucalyptus

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Did you know that if you are lucky enough to live in a zone warm enough to grow lovely scented Eucalyptus that you can propagate them easily by simply taking a cutting of a new twiggy growth and placing it in a glass of water, or in a light weight potting mix to root?

It can take four to six weeks for new roots to begin to show.

The best time to collect clippings from a Eucalyptus would be Spring or Early summer when new growth is semi-mature.

The best method is to dip the cut end in some rooting hormone to encourage rooting and then place it in a light weight potting mix to root.

Good luck!

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