What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

LOL. Not a chance. Never stopped the critters before. It means the hearty ones survive.

 

[akroberts1085]

I spent the day inside watching the rain fall.

 

[jerryse]

Stayed above zero overnight. High of 22 and some sun. It will be warm enough for ice melt to work. Need to put some out.

 

[CedarLane]

A woman out here brought her horses into her house, HER HOUSE. I'm sorry, as long as they're well fed, moving, have warm water and out of the wind, maybe a coat on, they're fine.
She will never get 5 days worth of horse wee out of her hardwood floors.

Story from my dad and his siblings says that his mother did the same thing during one extreme cold snap...the horses weren't the only animals she brought in. (This would have been 60-70 years ago.)

 

[CedarLane]

Same goes for people.... Living in the South has thinned my blood. (Figuratively, not literally...) I don't tolerate the cold as easily as I did living in the snow belt. This morning I watched a very fat, fluffy 7-month old doeling shiver and shake because of the cold. It was about - 5 below with the wind chill. Poor girl.... And yet I know there are lots of goats up North that would take that temperature like a champ and barely notice it. It's all relative to what you are used to....

After spending 4 years in the south during my college years, I really struggled to readjust to the winters in Michigan!

 

[Sueby]

Misty of Chincoteague was housed in the kitchen when the island became flooded and the family had to evacuate. She was expecting her first foal at the time.

Hey, the house is still standing!
https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/saving-misty-of-chincoteagues-home/

I loved that book as a child!

Everything is an icy mess out there, at least there is a couple inches of snow under it so I can walk on it. All the latches to the chicken doors were frozen, as were the car doors & the doors to the house. I put out leaves for the girls to walk on & threw scratch out to get them outside & moving, put some shavings & a pile of leaves in the enclosed run for fun & sent DH to get a flock block in his travels. We won't be above freezing till Mon with the possibility of snow on Fri.

ice on top of snow = ok
snow on top of ice = noooo ok

 

[saysfaa]

What color flowers would you recommend for along the front of a small white house? About as simple of a house as is possible, a little bit of medium-gray colored trim (only on small steps to the door), black roof. Nothing else to coordinate with.

 

[WthrLady]

Geraniums, red things.

What color flowers would you recommend for along the front of a small white house? About as simple of a house as is possible, a little bit of medium-gray colored trim (only on small steps to the door), black roof. Nothing else to coordinate with.

 

[Sally PB]

What color flowers would you recommend for along the front of a small white house? About as simple of a house as is possible, a little bit of medium-gray colored trim (only on small steps to the door), black roof. Nothing else to coordinate with.

Red. Blue. Purple. Pink. A rainbow of color. Anything will go well with the neutral white/grey/black.

 

[WthrLady]

A huge mix of yellow daisies, red poppies, geraniums, blue larkspur, hollyhock... GO WILD.