Is this winter driving you batty?
#31
But I did tie and wrap all my shrubs and trees with burlap, chicken wire and drainage conduits. I have one spot by the front door that I keep shoveling the snow back onto the stems of my climbing roses. The bunnies try to dig it out every night. I didn't want to have chicken wire at the front door but next fall, Ill make it part of my Christmas décor.
Funny how we love all these animals and want them around.....but they must learn NOT to eat everything. Ha!
MaryKatherine
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I am actually scared of what spring is going to be like with all the melting snow and ice where is it going to go. I heard on the news last week that in some places the ground is frozen 20 feet below the surface and they were not referring yo the artic. I am nervous about what kind of storms we are going to have if our winter was any kind of indication and last year we had way to many bad storms.
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I live in a new subdivision that drove all the animals out of the fields and into our yards. Last winter the rabbits ate a lot to the ground, Fortunately most of it suckered. My last neighbour finally agreed to fence so I only had the walkways between the house left. I put 4 foot chicken wire in. Mind you. I've had to dig to lower the snow level a couple of times so they couldn't go over. So far I'm ahead.
But I did tie and wrap all my shrubs and trees with burlap, chicken wire and drainage conduits. I have one spot by the front door that I keep shoveling the snow back onto the stems of my climbing roses. The bunnies try to dig it out every night. I didn't want to have chicken wire at the front door but next fall, Ill make it part of my Christmas décor.
Funny how we love all these animals and want them around.....but they must learn NOT to eat everything. Ha!
MaryKatherine
But I did tie and wrap all my shrubs and trees with burlap, chicken wire and drainage conduits. I have one spot by the front door that I keep shoveling the snow back onto the stems of my climbing roses. The bunnies try to dig it out every night. I didn't want to have chicken wire at the front door but next fall, Ill make it part of my Christmas décor.
Funny how we love all these animals and want them around.....but they must learn NOT to eat everything. Ha!
MaryKatherine
The chicken wire is what is used here. The bunnies can do a lot of damage. One year squirrels dug up all my hyacinth bulbs....thankfully it was just that one year. Moose eat the tips of my shrubs. They seem to like the climbing hydrangea and the rhoddies. DH puts on the burlap in the fall but it's early spring...when the burlap has been removed.....that the moose do the damage.
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Yep, I'm more than ready for SPRING! I feel your pain, Suze9395. DH doesn't have indoor hobbies either. Keeps dragging me off to cross-country ski or snowshoe...when I'd rather be in my cozy little sewing room. He's mentioned ice fishing more than once, but that's where I'm drawing the line. It's just TOO cold to sit on a bucket - on a frozen lake, staring at a little hole in the ice. Not going there.
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Spring must be around the corner if the birds have antlything to do with it. They were busy yesterday afternoon flying in and out of the birdhouse I have in my yard. Hsd funvsewing and eatching them in my warm dining room. Maybe they are aware of something that we aren't and spring is actually going to be here soon. Wishful thinking!
#37
They've changed their minds on global warming. Its now called Climate Change. I call it BULL!
Nope the winter hasn't bothered me a bit. I've a great hobby that keeps me busy. Good thing, because I've only been off the property 3 times since christmas. Opening the blinds and curtains and working with bright colors. The snow reflects so much beautiful natural light into the studio. I'm sure I'll miss that when its 100 degrees. It must be the snow that has caused me to paint all the furniture in my studio snow white. Just finishing up the last cabinet today. Very productive winter indeed! You can get alot done when you can't go places. Taking advantage of a bad situation, all is good!
Nope the winter hasn't bothered me a bit. I've a great hobby that keeps me busy. Good thing, because I've only been off the property 3 times since christmas. Opening the blinds and curtains and working with bright colors. The snow reflects so much beautiful natural light into the studio. I'm sure I'll miss that when its 100 degrees. It must be the snow that has caused me to paint all the furniture in my studio snow white. Just finishing up the last cabinet today. Very productive winter indeed! You can get alot done when you can't go places. Taking advantage of a bad situation, all is good!
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YES - I just saw something that said if you wanted to see four seasons in 2 days - come to Texas. I know we haven't had it as bad as everyone else but it just keeps going up then down. Saturday our high was 86 and Sunday our high was 25 and that was early in the am.
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I have an air-born mold allergy and whenever it rains or the snow is really heavy and wet, I have the same symptoms! Plus a sore throat and feel achy.
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