The first week of December has come and gone. So too has "global warming" - ha!
The mild winter of 2006 was one for the record books, but it too is history. No such luck this year...
My trusty weather station has logged each frigid day from December 1st through December 7th and recorded a low of 6.4 degrees F on 12/06/07 @ 7:30 AM and the highest temp of the first 7 days was back on 12/03/07 @ 2:10 PM with a sizzling high of 34.2 degrees!
Today, 12/08/07, was somewhat tropical with a high of 38.7 @ 1:30 PM -- strange how after getting accustomed to a mean daily temp of 19 degrees it can feel "warm" at 38 degrees! Ah, but that's life in New England for you.
As of today, the gardens are asleep under a blanket of sleet & snow. Even dirt needs its beauty rest. Not much can be done outdoors anymore. The time spent at home is divided between reading up in the recent flurry of seed catalogs mailed to me, reading gardening books, cooking with the crock pot and keeping the fire going in the wood stove.
I'm already planning to break new ground in the spring. Simple strips of rotor-tilled rows will be made where the lawn mower once cat grass. Beans of every size and color will be grown next season.
The 2007 season focused on heirloom tomatoes. It was fun but not too productive. I saved some varieties of seed but haven't yet found the best type of tomato for here. 2008 will be Beans & squash.
I guess this isn't much of a post for the blog. But at least I got to ramble off some thoughts and weather data. Nothing really special for photos either, but at least this is something to look back on when December 2008 rolls around.
:)
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