PNW, SADS alert!

boffer 3/10/2011, 11:32 am

Better take those full-spectrum lights you have for your plants and sit in front of them yourself! What a gloomy looking forecast Mad

Lavender Debs 3/10/2011, 11:36 am

I KNOW! I put bonnets on box 3 and 2, not for late frost but to protect from drowning. At least there is bright sun "breaks" every hour on the hour....for about 3 minutes.

Wreanne05 3/10/2011, 11:53 am

I hear you and from the extended forecast nothing yet on the horizon to give us something to look forward to. I have some seeds in now (peas and beans) outside but nothing I have to worry about wind wise. The pounding rain kept us up last night and we almost always lose power when the winds come. At least I took advantage on the weekend and got some outside prep done.

**Furbalsmom** 3/10/2011, 1:31 pm

Pretty dismal out. Rain, clouds, wind, phooey. Where are my sunbreaks?

Still messing around and haven't gotten my peas planted yet. Sad

At least here, where it just does not warm up much, once they get going, they will produce for quite a while.

Also need to get my broccoli and cauliflower seedlings outside, those babies have had more than enough time indoors.

Hoping for sunny

soon.

quiltbea 3/10/2011, 1:39 pm

The brother of my son-in-law was a professional diver. Inspected ships, other underwater doings. He lived in Seattle for about two years.
He got so tired of the rain and gray, he came back to Maine to see blue skies and sunshine again. He said he'd rather earn less money but see sunshine.

I don't know how you folks handle it. Too many dismal, snowy, gray days and I feel blue. Sunshine is what keeps me going. A few days of gray and snow here and I'm wilted. At least the sun comes out the next few days after that.

Edited to add: Of course on the plus side, you get to plant sooner and have a longer growing season. I guess it equals out in the end.

I hope there's a breakthrough of good Old Sol for you guys this week.
hugs,

Wreanne05 3/10/2011, 1:56 pm

Awww but when the sun does come out, it is one of the most gorgeous places to live. I love the oceans, the mountains, trees, and green so it works for me. I love the city and country, I get both. My kids can run and play out in the woods and the next week be shopping in Pike Place and going to any number of theaters.

"Seattle"
The bluest sky you've ever seen, in Seattle.
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle.
Like a beautiful child
Growing up, free and wild.
Full of hopes and full of fears,
Full of laughter, full of tears,
Full of dreams to last a year
In Seattle.

Thank you Perry Como. Laughing

Lavender Debs 3/10/2011, 2:08 pm

quiltbea wrote:snip...I don't know how you folks handle it. Too many dismal, snowy, gray days and I feel blue. Sunshine is what keeps me going. A few days of gray and snow here and I'm wilted. At least the sun comes out the next few days after that.

We make a quick trip to Eastern Washington where the sun is usually shining. Once we dry out and kill the fungus, we come back home.

Debs…..Inviting ya all to the Washington Rain Festival (January 1 to December 31) where the motto is, “We don’t tan, we rust”

**walshevak** 3/10/2011, 4:42 pm

Wreanne05 wrote:Awww but when the sun does come out, it is one of the most gorgeous places to live. I love the oceans, the mountains, trees, and green so it works for me. I love the city and country, I get both. My kids can run and play out in the woods and the next week be shopping in Pike Place and going to any number of theaters.

"Seattle"
The bluest sky you've ever seen, in Seattle.
And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle.
Like a beautiful child
Growing up, free and wild.
Full of hopes and full of fears,
Full of laughter, full of tears,
Full of dreams to last a year
In Seattle.

Thank you Perry Como.

"Here Come The Brides" TV series Loved that show.

madnicmom 3/10/2011, 4:58 pm

[quote="Lavender Debs"]

quiltbea wrote:
Debs…..Inviting ya all to the Washington Rain Festival (January 1 to December 31) where the motto is, “We don’t tan, we rust”

Sorry but I cracked up laughing at this box with your motto. My 3yr old is on a "Cars" kick. I've seen the movie 10 times in the past 10 days. When I read, "we rust" I was thinking. "rust-eze"

lol!

Ok, I need to get a life. Sorry for off topic post!

sheslostit 3/10/2011, 7:12 pm

wow so happy i live in the South...sunshine year round...i would prob have to take melatonin if i live in the nw lol

boffer 3/10/2011, 8:51 pm

When the thermometer hits 70*, my wife starts complaining about the heat! I'm stuck here!

middlemamma 3/10/2011, 11:11 pm

We haven't seen the sun in awhile here either. I am in that "Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho" category. We have rain foretasted for several more days as well and we have had rain for the last 3.

Sad

I am ready for the sunshine too!

acara 3/11/2011, 6:40 am

Definately know what yr talking about.

Spent about six weeks/yr in the shipyards up there while in the service & now make quite a few trips up there to our local facility in Auburn.

Since 1987, I've only seen Mt Ranier(sp?), and the Sun, once.

I used to think "what a horribly gloomy place to live" (since I'm used to FL) ....but with my current condition, it's looking like a wonderful place to be a vampire gardener ....LOL Very Happy

ander217 3/11/2011, 7:48 am

Well, now, it's been pretty rainy here in Swampeast Missouri, too.

Last week we heard there was an old fella' walking around with a bunch of animals askin' if anyone knew where he could find some gopher wood. affraid

dixie 3/11/2011, 9:54 am

Well, if you can't get out & garden, make a visit to the gallery section here. That will boost your spirits. Such lovely gardens. Last year was my first SFG & was mainly concerned with getting started & having a good harvest, this year I'll be doing more with the paths & making it more attractive. I got lots of good ideas from the gallery.

You guys can grow 2 things that I can think of right off that I would love to grow: Delphiniums & lavender. It is just too hot & humid here, but I winter-sowed some lavender AGAIN this year.

boffer 3/11/2011, 1:35 pm

ander217 wrote:Last week we heard there was an old fella' walking around with a bunch of animals askin' if anyone knew where he could find some gopher wood.

I REMEMBERED! cheers

You told that joke last year, and I had to Google gopher wood!

ander217 3/13/2011, 7:33 am

boffer wrote:I REMEMBERED! You told that joke last year,

They say the first sign of senility is the tendency to repeat one's self.

They say the first sign of senility is the tendency to repeat one's self.

**camprn** 3/13/2011, 10:00 am

ander217 wrote:
boffer wrote:I REMEMBERED! You told that joke last year,

They say the first sign of senility is the tendency to repeat one's self.

They say the first sign of senility is the tendency to repeat one's self.

**Furbalsmom** 3/16/2011, 3:13 am

I know, I know, I don't know how to make this show up right, but the next ten days poooooooooooooooop

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Wreanne05 3/18/2011, 12:32 pm

My local forecast on Weather Underground is reporting cloudy but dry days on Sat & Sun. I do so hope this is true. I have boxes, I have bags of peat moss, vermiculite, and compost, all of it just waiting to get set up. My girls and I are just chomping at the bit to get out in the yard and dirt.

Oh and the local nursery told me their strawberry plants came in on Tuesday, yay!

**Furbalsmom** 3/18/2011, 4:13 pm

Durn, we just had a sunbreak and I missed getting outside to do anything. Now it is raining cats and dogs and ducks PNW, SADS alert! 225728

middlemamma 3/19/2011, 1:23 pm

I woke up to 3 inches of snow this morning.
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Megan 3/19/2011, 1:24 pm

Better than no snow... it insulates.

quiltbea 3/19/2011, 8:14 pm

But too much snow delays starting our gardens.
Ugh.

Old Hippie 3/19/2011, 8:32 pm

Oh mamma< I feel your pain. It probably won't last long but it is getting late for you to be getting snow. We can still get more yet, although I am hoping we don't. We still have soooo much.

Gwynn

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