remembering winter and are you prepared

[addy1]

I hope we get winter this year, the apples do better with some cold, so do a lot of the plants. I enjoy the cold and the slowing down of all the yard care.

 

[sissy]

Thats the main reason I did not want to go to much farther south to much yard work all year round and then summers are steamy hot .Give me a change of seasons anytime .

 

[j.w]

I'd like to have a bunch of snow this winter but don't like when temps get into the minus ranges........rather the coldest would be at around 30F or so mixed in w/ a bunch of nice 50 - 60F's and less rain,more sunshine.........boy am I dreaming :wave:

 

[sissy]

DREAM ON JW :razz:

 

[callingcolleen1]

Hey dreaming is good... I'll win the lottery, buy the house next door and knock it down to extend the yard so Poppy can run and bark better, make my old house all new again, and add more ponds ....

 

[callingcolleen1]

Hey Sissy, don't you leave most of your fish outside for winter? I know you bring some stuff inside....
And JW you leave your fish & stuff out? CE, refresh my memory, you leave yours out too right?

 

[sissy]

Yep leave mine out .It never really gets that cold here and when it does that is not until January or Febuary and last for a week sometimes .Most times we get around 20 degrees .But don't care for that temp .We get snow but that usually only last for a day or two .I live 15 minutes from the North Carolina border so get there weather more than VA weather .Most race car fans know this area because of the Martinsville Speedway .

 

[j.w]

Mine stay out too and we might just get a bit of ice now and then but usually only a day or so at a time then it melts and we go back to rain. I just leave a couple bubbling up water tubes and a small aquarium air pump to keep holes in the ice and keep a bit of movement going. Also I leave the waterfall running. Started doing that last year and will see how it goes this year. Some say the movement of the falls might make it too cold in there for the fish but they seem to not mind and all survived last winter so hope it will be ok this year too. I don't have a filter, just do water changes once in awhile and free rain fills. Skim the bottom now and then from debris and so far so good.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Must be nice guys! Such mild winters, how lucky is that!!

 

[addy1]

Mine stay outside too.............man I would hate trying to catch them. If I had to haul them inside there would be no pond.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes, taking everything apart is hard on the fish, plants, and kills lots of the natural eco system, like snails, leeches, water striders, dragonfly larva, and good bacteria, you start all over again each spring, trying to get it all balanced all over again! Ug! It took me years to get all the little "pond critters" going just right!! . Not ripping apart the whole pond ever unless I have to change the liner!!!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Journey across the Antarctic! Tempertures of minus 70 to minus 80 c average!!!! Cold enough to damage Lung Tissue!! The Coldest Journey begins! Some guy from Peace River Alberta is going to be part of a team that crosses the dark cold Antarctic! Going to follow the story, just heard about it on the CBC News! Now are THEY going to be PREPARED! they have to be, cause they said no one can go in there to SAVE them if something goes wrong!!!

 

[j.w]

Sounds like fun......................NOT!!! I would have to have my wood stove stuffed full and glowing red hot to watch that show or it will give me the shivers
Wonder if we can watch it here in the U.S?

 

[callingcolleen1]

Probally, just goggle it, something should show, I will goggle later cause I want to follow it....they have to wear special breathing masks cause it's too darn cold to breath! They have been talking all morning on the cbc news about. Lord forbid something go wrong, cause no one can rescue them! Too dangerous! Who do they call? They spent months just preparing to go! What is minis 80 Celsius in Fahrenheit? Going to look that up too!

 

[Fishylove]

It's -22 F