{"id":2180,"date":"2009-12-27T20:33:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T01:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2010-09-26T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T18:25:29","slug":"it-was-a-green-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2009\/12\/27\/it-was-a-green-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"It was a green Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Well, for the first time in a few years we had a green Christmas here in Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>I think in the time I&#8217;ve lived in Toronto (about 25 years now) we&#8217;ve had more green Christmas&#8217; than white ones, but for the last few years we&#8217;ve had lots of snow at Christmas.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It actually rained quite a bit on Christmas day and the following day.  Kind of nice to have the mild weather &#8211; at least we didn&#8217;t get the freezing rain and ice storms that so many people in the US seemed to have during the holiday!<\/p>\n<p>Did you have a green, icy or white Christmas in your area?<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Normally in the winter time I hope for a good snow cover for my garden as the harsh winter winds and low temperatures are hard on the plants if they don&#8217;t have some snow cover to insulate them &#8230; but as of right now it&#8217;s fairly mild out and the garden and lawn got lots of moisture with all that rain!<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully when it starts to get really cold here again we&#8217;ll get some snow.  Yeah &#8230; I think I&#8217;m wishing for some snow &#8211; odd I know!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my regular readers and new visitors.  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