Well, the cold seems to have finally moved off of the area. But we had some brutal cold. We had cold that froze plants, yes I lost quite a few of my potted plants. Such is life. I’m sure I’m not the only one that lost plants. Even now, there are still small patches of ice left around. Most of the the patches are in area that are in shade or in the corners of roof lines. So, not much of it left.
Even after we began warming you could find ice spots in the shaded areas of the walk paths. It could make for some interesting walks. Since some areas are shady most or all of the day, due to trees on both sides. Some of those areas stayed wet, and or icy depending. It actually took quite a few days for the ice to finally melt and the water to dry out.
But here we are on the other side of the cold for us, we are finally warming up. And by warming up I am talking about it was mid 60’s today, and we’re due to make high 70’s with possible 80’s later this week. But we don’t really have any rain in the forecast.
Well, we may have lucked out with the cold leaving us, but other parts of the US have not. Part of the south, including areas like New Orleans. New Orleans got below freezing. Parts of Florida got so cold iguanas had to be rescued. Some areas of Tennessee have been without power because of the cold, the snow, accidents, and power lines down. Even North Carolina got snow, about 18 inches of snow.
But as I said, here in central Texas we are warming up. Where I have lost quite a few potted plants, I am sure that a lot of garden businesses will be more than happy to help replenish our gardens with new plants. Right now they haven’t begun replenishing their stock, so there’s not much available to buy, but I’m sure that will change quickly.
One other thing about the warm up, I’m sure we will return to allergy season. We’ve had just what cedar likes, a good cold, hard freeze, days of below freezing weather, and now we are on track for 70’s and 80’s. I’m sure cedar season will be coming in hard and heavy.