What is your weather like ... today

[Angel]

woke up to 7F no above freezing till monday so far.

new de icer keeping a giant hole in the pond.

 

[j.w]

I am ashamed to say I am cold here at 29f as a bunch of you are living in igloo weather now w/temps wayyyyyyyyyyyyy lower than little ole me

 

[callingcolleen1]

23 Fahrenheit (-5 Celsius) and it feels like a really nice day as long as there is no wind and I'm standing in full sun.
Fish all fine and I unplugged the 1500 watt heater today.
Me outside in a black T Shirt with the fish just now.

 

[Lisak1]

We are finally above zero for the first time in days! The dogs are wandering around the back yard like it's a day at the beach - they can't believe their feet aren't freezing on contact! Still barely into the double digits, but better than it's been, that's for sure.

 

[JamieB]

1F worried about our bees, nothing we can do, but sure worried about them. We have never had a winter this cold since we started.

Not worried about the ponds they will do just fine.

Addy, if you loose bees, my uncle is a bee keeper down in Texas. If you loose too many, you might be able to get some from him. I don’t know if he sells any of his swarms, but he’s got to do something with his new queens, so I imagine selling some would be an option.

 

[Lisak1]

@addy1 did you see this sad story in the news:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wild-hill-honey-vandalism-sioux-city-iowa-bees-killed/

 

[addy1]

people here wrap their hives up with blankets in winter...

NORMALLY here we don't wrap them, as it warms them too much over our wimpy winters. This winter it would have helped for these few weeks of cold but then need to unwrap as then they get to warm.

We have some snow coming then even a colder cold smack then what we just had. Frigid this year. Pond is really iced over. It was 1f this am.
I will probably lose some plants that have struggled at teen temps.

 

[callingcolleen1]

NORMALLY here we don't wrap them, as it warms them too much over our wimpy winters. This winter it would have helped for these few weeks of cold but then need to unwrap as then they get to warm.

We have some snow coming then even a colder cold smack then what we just had. Frigid this year. Pond is really iced over. It was 1f this am.
I will probably lose some plants that have struggled at teen temps.

wow that's pretty darn cold for you guys down there. Never realized it was so bad but just listening to the weather reports from down sourh,
I hear 92 percent of America is BELOW FREEZING!!!

 

[BarbO]

It was so nice today and there for a while the sun was shining so bright and it felt like spring. So happy that the Canadian Arctic. Cold front left Canada.... Wonder where it went. He he he...

It is right here with us Colleen. We are to get 10" of snow tonight! And below 32 temps for days, so it won't melt until next week. What is happening this year????

 

[CountryEscape]

I'm baaaaaaack! So sorry for my very long time away! Just lazy, that's all I can say! I think I needed to have a break, but I'm ready to talk ponds again.
We have been in arctic cold here in south central Illinois, too! Water hydrant by the barn froze up, but not the pump (heat lamps in pump house on top of well), so got heat tape to warm it up and voila, had running water again this morning. Horses were happy with as much water as they wanted again all day long. Had been chopping ice and fishing out the chunks, but that doesn't work when you can't replenish the water supply. Water tank heater in now.
Ponds each have small pumps about 2' below the surface shooting water towards the surface, keeping opening in the ice until about 3 days ago and below 0F temps for 3 nights in a row. UGH! Still running, and moving water, and there is small opening on the ice "cone". Kinda neat! Bog on koi pond still running under the ice, goldfish pond bog was filtering water over the edge with the ice, so had to shut it down.
Puppies in house, other dogs in heater dog kennel. All other outside animals here have shelter, cats have my homemade large insulated tote to stay warm ... and they use it!
Hello to everyone! Catch me up on what I've missed!
Patti

 

[addy1]

Welcome back Patti! Snowing here!

 

[callingcolleen1]

I was gone too for a while, had lots on my plate, my mom got sick and went to hospital and then had to find good retirement home for her and fixed up her old apoartment and sold that. Then my dad died and I had to arrange everything with no help from 4 other siblings. Just like my mom, when she got sick I had to do pretty much everything myself, moved her myself, fixed up her old place myself, sold it with no help from other siblings. Then the one crazy vegan sister, not the one that was pregnant at 51, the other equally crazy vegan made so much trouble for me at hospital and retirement home, trying to force my mother to be vegan. She was so out of control they had to call security on her at hospital and old folks home. Had to get a court order to force her to behave! Then I suspect that she took large amounts of my mothers money before she went into hospital to buy worthless junk stock, and lost half the money. Good thing I fixed up her condo and sold that at a good price just so I could afford to get my mom into a nice retirement home. It was so much stress that for a while my heart was beating so hard. My brother was equally stressed out and sick so he was not able to help but at least he was not causing me so much stress like the crazy vegan sisters...
That was one heck of a stressed out year for me. But I am still alive and that God for getting me though everything. I swear at times I had a Angel watching out for me!

 

[BarbO]

I was gone too for a while, had lots on my plate, my mom got sick and went to hospital and then had to find good retirement home for her and fixed up her old apoartment and sold that. Then my dad died and I had to arrange everything with no help from 4 other siblings. Just like my mom, when she got sick I had to do pretty much everything myself, moved her myself, fixed up her old place myself, sold it with no help from other siblings. Then the one crazy vegan sister, not the one that was pregnant at 51, the other equally crazy vegan made so much trouble for me at hospital and retirement home, trying to force my mother to be vegan. She was so out of control they had to call security on her at hospital and old folks home. Had to get a court order to force her to behave! Then I suspect that she took large amounts of my mothers money before she went into hospital to buy worthless junk stock, and lost half the money. Good thing I fixed up her condo and sold that at a good price just so I could afford to get my mom into a nice retirement home. It was so much stress that for a while my heart was beating so hard. My brother was equally stressed out and sick so he was not able to help but at least he was not causing me so much stress like the crazy vegan sisters...
That was one heck of a stressed out year for me. But I am still alive and that God for getting me though everything. I swear at times I had a Angel watching out for me!

You are such a good daughter Colleen, besides being a good pond keeper and gardener and wife. I admire you.

 

[BarbO]

A few days ago just ice, now 8" of snow!

 

[BarbO]