The Ravages of Winter in Spring TX!!

JOHN, It has become so darn political it is hard to know but I do know that we are not having a warming this year.  It is supposed to FREEZE here again this week.  I can't believe I have to cover the plants yet again.

ROBERT, I do think this is how Mother Nature works.  All these palm trees in our area were brought in here.  For the most part they are not native plants.

MELISSA, I love the analogy to the cycles of nature and the female body (lol).  I have heard and read the same things from MANY scientist!!

LYNDA, We do have a lot of questions about many things; global warming being one of the many. 

MELINA, It does sound complicated.  Personally I truly think these cycles have been going on as long as the earth has been going on. 

RAY, Thanks for stopping by!!

THESA, I think these palm trees are dead unless they came back from the base and that will be a very long time as they are not a fast growing tree.  In all truthfulness I don't think they are native to our area.  I'm sure we will bring them back in again though.  We have been here 14 years and this was a first and from talking to other people it goes way back from that.  I did some research and found it got down to 5 degrees in 1940 so I guess it could be worse.  GREAT to see you!!

NICHOLAS, I head Rush talking about this a few weeks ago.  Just like our palm trees your Iguana's have been brought in and I guess mother nature is taking care of your problem. 

CARL & CEIL, Who knows maybe we will come to the Wurstfest Regatta again this fall.  I love your Canyon Lake!  I'm glad to hear it is full again.  IS THIS WINTER EVER GOING TO END!  I will be covering plants again tomorrow.  This is getting old!  I thought about letting them go but then look at the poor ones I did not cover and it motivates me.

GEORGE, Between Hurricane Ike last year and the winter this year our foliage has taken a HUGE HIT!!  We ate outside this evening but it is supposed to sleet on Tuesday.  GOOD GRIEF!!

IRENE, I don't think the palm trees will come back.  I understand when the tops are gone they are gone.  I expect they will all be starting over.

MONIQUE, I think it is probably weather cycles also.  I can remember many a yuck winter when I was young and then mild winters and I guess we are back to YUCK.

DEBRA, It is sad that the trees don't come back.

TREY, I hate losing trees also but I think it is just the cycles of nature also.  Those palm trees are not native to our area.

MELISSA, We did have more snow!  I hope this is it!  I'm ready for Spring.

GAIL, I think there are probably as many scientist that say it has not been supported as there are that say it has.  One of the major scientist in Huntsville Alabama does not think it is for real.  His name is Roy Spenscer. 

CHERYL, We are going to work on cleaning up all our dead plants tomorrow.  I covered many of them but those I didn't are very brown.

KAREN, Spring is on the way!!!!!

JENNIFER, We have so many dead palm trees but I expect we will just bring replacements in.

MARY, I do think we have cycles in nature.  I remember living in Wichita Kansas as a child and seeing snow, snow, snow.  Then for years there was NO SNOW.  Now they are again having snow, snow, snow.  I'm 56 so the snow and no snow and snow again has happened over a fairly long period.

MYRL, We have lived here 14 years and this has been the roughest winter.  I did look back though and found that in the 1940's it got down to 5 degrees.  At least we only got down to the mid 20's.