I’m semi glad there’s still some snow and too moist to spring clean the garden. Don’t have the okay from the doc to do anything too strenuous yet. Hence the tiny bucket of dirt -.- multiple small trips. I would be getting very itchy looking at the nice weather and pile of shit to do haha.

It snowed a good 5cm/2” last nigh, but most will melt as it gets above freezing during the day.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is it normal to have snow at this time of the year? Here, the flowers are blooming, the trees are putting out new growth, and the birds have returned from their winter habitats.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A post of mine from Last year

View looked basically the same this morning, and that’s less than a year ago haha.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haha, that fluffy snow is fun.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Except for shoveling it, yeah. Can’t use the electric leaf blower on it -.-

Great to pelt the kids with

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

100%, our last frost is ~May 25. So it’ll snow on and off, it’ll be jacket weather in the morning and shorts in the afternoon.

It’s also extremely common for us to have no snow at times during winter, we have a rather unique weather phenomenon called Chinook (Fohn) winds.

A strong föhn wind can make snow one foot (30 cm) deep almost vanish in one day.[6] The snow partly sublimates[7] and partly melts and evaporates in the dry wind. Chinook winds have been observed to raise winter temperature, often from below −20 °C (−4 °F) to as high as 10–20 °C (50–68 °F) for a few hours or days, then temperatures plummet to their base levels.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Interesting! How long is your growing season? I moved from an area where plants grew nearly all year round to a place where it's too cold 6 months out a year, and I've had quite a few casualties, sadly. I'm having to relearn what they need during the seasons, and when to do what.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Calgary.

It’s easier to just say June-July-Aug, there is absolutely stuff that just can’t be grown without starting early or using season extenders.

Tomatoes and peppers have to go in as established plants.