A touch of frost

[Maggi Young]

SECOND life? You mean there is more to an existence than the SRGC? NOW you tell me!!

[tonyg]

Maggi - Little girls DO still play with the cardboard cut out dolls!!  Although today they are 'press-out' rather than cut-out.  Amy got TWO sets for Christmas.
And you're not the only one who can remember playing with them (you stereotyper you) ..... OK so Dad was worried at the time but Mum knew I'd turn out alright

[Olga Bondareva]

Keeps snowing. And frost. Hurray, it is a right winter!

[Maggi Young]

Now, then Olga, is this one REALLY your baby?
That is a wonderful long-needled pine, can you tell me what it is? i think of those types of pine as being more tender, I am not expecting to see them in snowy Russia!

[Thomas Huber]

Snow is already gone in Germany - from -11° to +7° in two days
Time to change the winter-avatar to summer-avatar!

Olga, your son became very slender since the last photo! 
How old is he?

[Olga Bondareva]

Thomas,  We say "yeast grown". He is 11.

Maggi, yes, he is.  Strong young man pushing me from computer to go skiing.

Pine is probably P. ponderosa. It is about 50 years old and every year it gives a harvest of big cones. It withstanded -42 in 1972, two weeks of -25 without snow in 2003 and -40 last year.   Some else long-needled pines like P. strobus feel good here.

[Olga Bondareva]

Whole pine.

[Maggi Young]

Your son is right, Olga, take him skiing!

The whole pine is handsome. We find the types of Pinus strobus grow very well here and many are used for windbreaks that are good to look at as well as sturdy. We grow some dwarf cultivars which are in pots and very hardy and aslo drought resistant. Wonderful plants.

[snowdropman]

Time to change the winter-avatar to summer-avatar!

Thomas - that's much better!

[Maggi Young]

Quote from: Thomas Huber on Today at 01:29:57 PM
Time to change the winter-avatar to summer-avatar!

Quote from Chris:
Thomas - that's much better!

Tsk. tsk.tsk.

[Susan Band]

Spring like here today, Thermometer was reading 18C earlier and is now at 10C with the sun setting. This is a good summers day for us, normal for June. Can't believe it is clear but doesn't look as if there will be a frost tonight, will still make sure my seedlings are tucked in for the night.
Susan

[snowdropman]

Spring like here today, Thermometer was reading 18C earlier and is now at 10C with the sun setting.

Susan, no 18C here in the south but, with no wind to speak of, warm enough for it to be very pleasant working out in the garden - the snowdrops liked it too because, for the second day in a row they have opened their flowers.

Forecast to stay this way into next week.

[Paddy Tobin]

Yes, It's lovely to be able to get out into the garden in comfort, no biting wind and no drenching rain. But...those photographs from Olga are beautiful.

Paddy

[johngennard]

Fantastic photos Olga,I think we now have your Spring though not Susan's Summer.We could only manage 11 degrees but with no wind and some sunshine it was enough to open the tomisinianus and aconites and bed of half open G.Magnet looked rather nice too.

[Susan Band]

A lovely meadow of crocus and Eranthis, I never realised the eranthis would do so well in the grass. Will have to try and get them established in my grass, they do well elsewhere. They have opened up here today, but no sign of any crocus yet.