it looks like it is crying, doesn't it?īy 7:00 am I stood in the kitchen with my coffee in my hand, stareing through the window looked to see if the furnace was perhaps on, and that due to the insanely cold weather, that for some strange meteorological reason, there was no steam emerging from the exhaust. I didn't real defeated, just a little 'done with it'.īy sunrise, the entire greenhouse what covered in frost - never a good sign, as usually the glass is clear near the ridge. I was not about to run out and start hauling tender tropicals through -5º F weather as that would surely kill them, even in the short run to the warmer house. I mean, I am a realist, or a fatalist - regardless, I just turned and started to make my coffee, and then watched the weather for a bit, ignoring the facts since - well, there just isn't much I could do about it at this point. Single pane glass, tender plants and -5º just isn't a good mix. This morning, I awoke to temperatures which made the morning national news ( -6º without windchill), and when I looked out at the greenhouse at 5:00 am in the dark, I could see that it was completely white with frost - never a good sign.Īt 5:15 am, it didn't look good. Why they always happen on the coldest night of the year is beyond me, but for what ever reason, the heater always blows up during an epic blizzard, glass breaks during an ice storm or it just plain runs out of fuel during an arctic vortex, as it did for us last year. TO anyone who lives in a cold climate with a greenhouse, as freeze is inevitable.
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