Nov 12, 2014

Our First Snow Is Coming!

Our First Snow Is Coming!
Here's hoping for a snow day out of it! And only 4 degrees Saturday night! Brrr.... I already put the red heat lamp in the coop.

7 Day Forecast

For More Weather Information:

Boise, ID Local Forecast Office

TONIGHT

Increasing
Clouds

Low: 17 °F

THURSDAY

Snow

High: 32 °F

THURSDAY
NIGHT

Snow

Low: 30 °F

FRIDAY

Freezing Rain
Likely

High: 41 °F

FRIDAY
NIGHT

Chance
Rain/Snow

Low: 15 °F

SATURDAY

Mostly
Sunny

High: 28 °F

SATURDAY
NIGHT

Mostly
Clear

Low: 4 °F

SUNDAY

Sunny

High: 23 °F

SUNDAY
NIGHT

Partly
Cloudy

Low: 12 °F

Detailed Forecast

TonightIncreasing clouds, with a low around 17. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph after midnight.
ThursdaySnow, mainly after 11am. High near 32. Southeast wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Thursday NightSnow. Low around 30. East southeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
FridayRain likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Friday NightA chance of rain before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Nov 9, 2014

Prepping For The Polar Plunge, Last Fall Bouquet

Prepping For The Polar Plunge-
We've had unusually warm weather the last week or so. Not any more! The forecast is 36 tonite with 40 mph winds, and a high of 49 tomorrow. BIG cold front blasting thru. It was 65 yesterday :) Bye, bye fall. Dropping 20 degrees or more means prepping the garden/yard/chickens. In the 30's/20's forecast later thru the week. Leaves are still falling so we're waiting til more come down to rake.

So here's a few things we did and are finishing up-

Washed both cars, wiped down insides, put the winter gear in- blanket, scrapers, etc.

Dave put up the chicken sun room yesterday, ready for another winter of cold, wet, snow and/or other icky weather. Wish we'd had it up last Sat. for the 1 1/4" rain!

recycled, removable sun room

perch inside and fresh pine shavings

The girls aren't sure what to think of the sun room?

Got the water heater, light and heat lamp installed in the coop.

I tied up all the new berry canes so they will stay upright thru the cold.

Took down our fun garden wall art on the back of the house. Everything freezes and clangs in the wind and cold. Off to the garage, so no breakage.

Cleaned off my garden work bench and covered with heavy plastic for the winter. Tools/pots went into the garage.

Geraniums brought inside to winter over. I figure if the Swedes can do it, I can do it!

Put out lots of bird food, harvested the last f the garden parsley. Covered the herb box in 5" of leaves.

The rest is just getting out the last of the cold weather gear- gloves, hats, coats.

With all the prep I never had time to try a new recipe I found- Glazed Apple Crumb Muffins Looks yummy!

Yarrow x 2, lavender, gazania

Last Fall Bouquet-
I walked around yesterday and got the last of the flowers, all gone now....

"staghorns" on sumac tree

Are you ready for winter???

Nov 5, 2014

Bye Bye Garden & Happy Chickens

Bye Bye Garden & Happy Chickens-

After record-breaking rain (over 1 1/4" Sat.) we had blue skies and cold weather Sunday. Perfect for ripping out our veggie garden. Everything went into the compost pile except the herbs and green tomatoes, happily inside...