Good morning gardeners. I guess climate is a big factor with the thermostat settings. My pellet stove keeps the house relatively warm enough for me but it's set to no more than 68F in the sunroom. The rest of the house will remain about 62 to 63F which is plenty warm for me. I set the thermostat on my base board heaters to 56F overnight. It rarely gets that low with the pellet stove running. I run humidifiers to keep the humidity level up so the dry air doesn't cause any colds or sinus infections. I'm accustomed to the cooler temps and start sweating at 70F. The furnace hasn't kicked on for heat in 3 days now. It only has come on to heat hot water. We're getting quite the layer of ice here now. It's so thick it looks like a layer of snow but it's really accumulated sleet. Fornately it's not sticking to the power lines yet. I checked Jungs website out and they actually have a nice selection of seed potatoes. I'll be ordering some very shortly. I'm thinking of planting a 10 foot row of white and another 10 foot row of red potatoes with leeks and carrots in between. I've not been disappointed by any of my previous purchases from them so I'm excited to see how well these do compared with the sorry lot of seed potatoes I got from Gurneys last year. I wanted to give a shout out to our friends in Texas and Tennessee. Apparently this storm has been especially unkind for them. Best of luck with that.
My thermostat is set to 70 degrees. It's currently 80 degrees in my living room....as I look outside at the frozen tundra in my backyard. I am SO HAPPY I had this wood burning fireplace built into my home.
Mine used to be that way too but I've live in the South for far too long now. Thinned my blood considerably. I would be a right PITA if our house was 56 degrees at night. Mama doesn't like the cold but I can tolerate heat & high temps all day long.
