I figured I would brave the fearsome cold for some night time snow
pictures. Enjoy. I'm absolutely NOT going out there again LOL.

==>>>> its seven right now while im typing.. whats too cold for you???

ken

jinks with nichols... lol ...

60 degrees is cold, but I can work in it. 40 and below is too cold. I still may go out this morning and take a few more pics because I need to knock the snow off of the palm fronds again so they don't break.

Here is the temp now. I hate winter.

Plastic is an extremely poor insulator. Best to use an old sheet or similar, covered all the way to the ground.

Logan, More info on the Palm please! Don't wimp out on us here, i';ve had 7F and 17F here in Pa. I know you can show us you have the balls to give us the details here. Really we are, (at least I am freezing my giblets off here in Pa)

What info about the palm specifically? It is a needle palm and it will grow in your zone 6 without winter protection.

I am happy you let me know it's a Needle palm. I'm not so sure about the" no protection" Part Logan, especially with my yard getting 7F and 17F in the daytime as a "High" temp. Thanks for telling me about the palm, you are damn Lucky you can grow it where you are Logan. I know I will need to have a good bit of protection for it.

I have about 4-5 palms, I THINK they may be Needle palms, but, they are in pots and I am keeping them indoors in winter, they are super tiny now, but, I really want to create a type of heated and lighted protection shelter before I ever plan on keeping them out in the ground in winter. Logan, maybe after many years, I can grow my Needle Palms outdoors if I come up with a good protection system. I will need to have a heat system if we have a year like this one where we go down to 7F or even less. Even 17F is horrible. I think even though the plants will be older before I ever try to plant them in the ground with protection, I am not sure how I can ever heat them enough, I guess that there may be some units like a big tent-like unit that I can put more than 1 plant in. I guess I'll just try and put the plants out when it's 40F out.

60 degrees is cold, but I can work in it. 40 and below is too cold.

==>>> man up dude ..

60 is when i move from a T shirt to a long sleeve shirt ...

50... add a sweatshirt ....

40 a light jacket .. usually removed if .... i do any real work out there

30 a winter jacket ... of course by which time.. no real gardening to do ... just snow shoveling ..

below 20.. it starts being cold ... so i add gloves ...

rotflmbo ...

ken

ps: a few days in single digits.. and i will probably be outside.. IF i had any reason to go out there.. in a the light coat .. lol ... EVERYTHING else fells warm ... its a layering thing ....