Snow Snow and More Snow we have been having a real Chicago Winter this year! With so much snow it has been really hard for me to keep up with the site but worry not I will be back on track soon…

In the means time you may have noticed a lot of Todays Weather Posts that is because I am using this site as my scrapbook and part of the things that I want to include is a daily weather history so hence the posts.

Here is a little something to cheer you up and let you know that the weather will soon be changing and there are good days ahead to look forward to.

A shot of one of my favorite areas at my woodland garden good for sitting and reflecting on a balmy afternoon. It is used quite frequently especially if it is one of those weekends when I have a fairly large amount of old beer to consume before it goes bad!

It is a good area and so far the neighbors don’t ever complain they just hang out by the pool! Oh the one on the left is Peep and the one on the right is Bully! It’s so nice to have good neighbors especially ones who are quiet.

Okay so enough of the dreams of futures past. I will be getting back into the swing of things here in a couple of weeks once the weather starts to stabilize.

Low : -2 °F
High: 10 °F
Precipitation: N

Conditions: Wind out of the west south west 8 mph sunny and clear.

Low : 7 °F
High: 16 °F
Precipitation: 1 inch of snow

Conditions: Wind out of the west south west 11 mph light snow mostly cloudy.

Low : 10 °F
High: 30 °F
Precipitation: 3.00 inches of snow

Conditions: Wind out of the west south west 9 mph light snow mostly sunny.

Low : 10 °F
High: 28 °F
Precipitation: 1.00 inch of snow

Conditions: Wind out of the south 8 mph light snow overcast.

Low : 3 °F

High: 10 °F

Precipitation: N/A

Conditions: Wind out of the west northwest 7 mph sky clear and sunny.

Low : -2 °F

High: 6 °F

Precipitation: N/A

Conditions: Wind out of the west northwest 15 mph sky clear to partly cloudy.

This is a great time to order your garden catalogs for spring. You can go online and fill out a catalog request for just about all the large seed companies and plant nurseries.  Over all most companied are quick to respond and you should start receiving the catalogs within two weeks..

Once your garden catalogs arrive you can place them in either expanding folders , a file cabinet,or even a large box like copier paper come in. The main point is to keep them all together in a place that it is convenient to get to.  Once you have accumulated a few you will want to start picking out the things you want to try and cutting out the pictures and description and paste them in your garden scrapbook under a heading like New Trials or This Years New Plants what ever makes sense to you. If you plan to order from the catalog be sure and keep the order form in a pocket page in your garden scrapbook and note next to the plants picture  which company you want to order from so you can get the order form out when you are ready. You will probably visit your local garden center in spring and you should bring your garden scrapbook with you as a handy reference of the new plants you want to try and see if they are available at the garden center.

This is a great way to spend some cold winter evenings and puts you in a great mood thinking about your upcoming spring garden. The nice thing is that when you have gleaned all the information from the garden catalogs you can place them in the recycle bin and have a nice neat selection for the upcoming season all tucked away in an orderly fashion in your garden scrapbook.

Low : 8 °F

High: 28 °F

Precipitation: no measurable accumulation.

Conditions: Light snow with wind out of the west 14 mph.

Low : 12 °F

High: 34°F

Precipitation: 0.07 inch of light snow

Conditions: Light snow with wind out of the south 12 mph.