dyzzypyxxy said:I just want to say "please, no more snow in Florida" ! Ann's picture of a few little snow flakes is plenty for me.

At the Publix in Jonesville today, the bag boy said there were flurries between 5 and 10am. I was up at 6 this morning but didn't poke my nose out the door, even when Dixie had to go. So I didn't see nothin'. But that's okay, I grew up in Mich. and saw enough snow to last a lifetime.

And yall know, we do not have a "frostline" in our ground, so it ain't gonna stay. Melts as soon as it hits.

The next few days are gonna be way cold for us. Even though the sun is shining out there now, the solar gain thing isn't working. Was in the 30's this morning and the high is 43. Not a big warming spread. 64 in here and just turned the heat on.
Maybe in a bit I can take my fleece jacket off.

The emergency heat attachment for my heat pump didn't come in with the unit, so with low low temps, the heat pump will frost up, go into defrost then heat again. Defeats the purpose of the 14 Seer unit. The heat tape was supposed to come in yesterday in a separate shipment, but did not arrive. Hoping for Monday. Winter isn't over yet, by any means.

We still haven't made it above 47º here today and the wind is really brutal! My hubby helped me cover plants earlier but the wind keeps blowing the covers; he went hunting in the garage and found a few clamp thingies in his tools ... there just weren't enough to clamp all of the covers.

Got any bulldog clips, Lin? That's what I use - you can get a package of 20 from the office supply store for about $3. The medium size ones are big enough to clip a cover to a plant stem very nicely without crushing the stem.

Alternative is search out some heavy weights or rocks, and just weight down the corners of the cover on the windward side. Clay pots work great!

@plantladylin
"clamp thingies " Love it .. I call all things Thingies LOL It drives my husband NUTS

Thingies, you KNOW....thingies! Thingies are great! I use them all the time. Lots of different kinds of thingies.

Yup Thingies

Then there are thing a ma bobs. And thing a ma jigs. Some people use thingies called Thing a ma whats its. I don't like Thing a ma whats its. I think Thing a ma whats its are over rated.

@flaflwrgrl Thingies Yessssssss!

Does anyone come here anymore?

Doesn't look like it, Sidney, since it's been over a year before your post So how's things in your neck of the woods?? We've been getting some rain off and on here in the panhandle...much needed, but suppose now I must fire up the push mower, weed whacker and garden tractor. What I really need is a herd of helpers for a day or two to get me caught up

I can only imagine what we will find the next time we get to FL. We have someone keep up the lawn but nobody is allowed in my daylily bed, which has really suffered the last couple of years. I'm glad it is finally raining there.

Looks like the Florida chit chat has died off but I don't know where else to post this.
This Saturday and Sunday Leu Gardens annual Spring plant sale.
https://www.leugardens.org/ann...

About the only fl chit chat I have is traffic traffic, traffic. What is going on down here.

Hello EVERYONE!
I can't stop recommending a perfect solar garden light for you! I got a 12 pacs Sunnest solar pathway light on a facebook giveaway. They are really bright as the picture I saw and it fully charged very quick. I just can't image how wonderful it is for a free stuff. Really love it and how luck I was.

@Fibromagn Nice! I knew what they were because my first thought when I saw your picture was "who posted a picture of our daughter's walk?" She sent me almost the exact same picture.

I started a container garden. All I can say is it is really HOT in SWFL & it is still spring. Rainy season about to start. I am grateful for the free water. I love it here in Paradise even more now that my Lanai is surrounded by beautiful flowers. Just purchased some milkweed because as I passed by it at the nursery there were about 15 monarch butterflies. Want them at my house too.

Susan your containers are just beautiful. I have that same canna in a container, still hasn't bloomed, found it on a clearance rack. Rain just starting back here again.