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We had snow yesterday after the Great Melt Off had cleared every vestige of snow and the plants in my garden started budding. I wonder if they will come back.

Little Current wrote:

Some plants are hardy enough to survive some snow and cold.

True, but many do not when their buds get frozen. :(

The snow fox wrote:

*prays over plants*

I hear you. We all do at least some of that this time of the year. I wish winter would stop coming back.

Had not heard that song in ages. Old Lee Moore, if I recall correctly. Not sure if that is the correct spelling.

How's the garden doing?

Rhododendrons don't grow in Northern Ontario too good. Wonder how far South you have to go to see them growing nicely enough to be blooming.

When I was in Vancouver, they were like weeds. I do miss them. Here in Ontario, there are plants that just are not hardy enough to survive our winters.

Pick the right plants that will survive our winters, they canlook just as good as those that have to be planted every year. Some roses are like that some years. Depends on the winter and what you do to protect them.

Little Current wrote:

Pick the right plants that will survive our winters, they canlook just as good as those that have to be planted every year. Some roses are like that some years. Depends on the winter and what you do to protect them.

Indeed, it's what you do to protect them. I have a regimen to protect my roses that I put in practice every Fall.

The snow fox wrote:

I would like to have a greenhouse one day.

I've almost talked my husband to build me a small greenhouse to replace the cold frames that I have been using.

Agawa Bay wrote:

Even a small greenhouse or even a temporary one would help. Some things just need that extra length of time to grow. Taking the plants inside and starting them out just takes up so much space that just does not exist. I envy your cold frames.

They are nice, but with a greenhouse, I can have fresh herbs and vegetables year round for cooking.

Little Current wrote:

Sure got cold the past couple days. A greenhouse would be nice right now. My yard is too small for a greenhouse, but maybe a greenhouse and shed combination might work. A sunroom would be nice too.

This week began in the high 80's and so far today it's in the 40's and raining. We needed the rain, but the cold just make it miserable.

Agawa Bay wrote:

Warming up nicely now. Summer seems to be starting finally.

Probably maybe. It is said of the weather where I live, if you don'y like the weather, stick around for a day and it will change. Also we have two seasons...Winter and road construction.

Agawa Bay wrote:

Seems like it was not that long ago that it was still cold out. Now we are in a heat wave. Maybe not exactly, but it is pretty hot out.

IKR! We've been having temps in the 90's the past couple of days and no rain.