Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

It's been very rainy.  Constant rain for a week.  I'm concerned the plums and peaches may not pollinate. When I use a small paintb...

Potato Well.  Pontiac Red Potato Well.  White Superior Today the  temperature was in the mid 50s.  It's still early  to plant p...

Raised Bed Garden in Snow Row Cover did not hold up in snow.  We were able to get to Battleground today.  Some road challenges but ...

Ning walking dogs Front view He doesn't like snow on his paws.

Front View 2/6/13 First big snow of the winter.  It's been snowing all day.  We could not make it to Battleground today to check on ...

When I awakened today the weather channel listed 9°F. After today it should warm up a little. Will need to check on pipes at Battleground ...

I wonder if any of the fig trees will survive?  And what else will be effected?  I read this is colder than the record in 1972.

According to the forecast, today's low will be 15 and tomorrow's low will be 12  I would be concerned about the fig trees I nurtur...

After making a big deal about the mild temperatures, it dropped to 32F last night. We'll see what effect that had.

Keeping track of temperature so that NEXT YEAR when I'm wondering "was it this cold/warm last year?" I can look back and see w...

Click on graph for much easier reading. This month had record cold and snow. My workplace was on 'inclement weather' mode for 3.5 d...

Worst blizzards that we have seen in this area, since 1960s. Well, I arrived here in the 80s so it's the worst that I have ever seen her...

Recent weather left me wondering about weather the fruit trees, especially the figs, have survived the same extremes in the past. It's t...

Schlumbergera are blooming profusely. Most are from previous years, but the red/white mix and the pink are new this year. By growing severa...

According to the news, yesterday was the latest that is has EVER snowed here in the Portland area. All day, snow, sleet, heavy rain It'...

One of my plans with this blog was to keep track of weather conditions. I became over-ambitious with collecting data and graphs, leading to...

There were 23 days with at least a few drops of precipitation. Total precipitation for the month was 7.7 inches. Two days had less than 0....

I don't know how it happened - this graph suddenly appeared in my Picassa files - after trying for about an hour to put it there and fa...