I’m SO confused! What’s with the weather? In the past three weeks we have gone from dangerously cold, icy, snowy weather that is unusual for December in this area, to weeks of monotonous, leaden gray, to bright sunshine and fifty degrees. January usually has a warm spot toward the end of the month, but this is early, and is projected to be around for a while.
\nMother Nature must be taking a vacation, because it seems that no one is minding the store.
\nA member of my herb group who lives in this area wrote to say that her thoughts had turned to planting because the weather was so warm. Of course, anything planted outside prior to the end of April is likely to be killed off in the final freeze. Generally, May 15th is our “safe” planting day for half hardy plants and annuals.<\/p>\n
\nDuring the waiting of the past few days, my daughter-in-law commented that she thought the odd weather was due in part to the change of the magnetic poles. I know that scientists are anticipating this event. I don’t believe they have enough data to determine how often it’s happened in the past, but they know it’s occurred many times.
\nMy first question would be “Why does it happen?” The second question would be “Does it happen regularly?” Followed by “How long does it take?” Then I’d want to know if it does have an effect on the weather and what happens to birds who migrate. Will our growing zones change?
\nI can see I have a lot of surfing to do on-line. If you know the answers, I’d be happy to arrange for you to be a guest blogger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m SO confused! What’s with the weather? In the past three weeks we have gone from dangerously cold, icy, snowy weather that is unusual for December in this area, to weeks of monotonous, leaden gray, to bright sunshine and fifty … Continue reading