Dreaming of a white Easter....

**Przemolog** · **Dreaming of a white Easter.... -** 25-03-2008, 01:31

.... and dreams came true

Easter Monday 24.03.2008 09:00 CET - a view from my window (it's a street you can sen on the top of my avatar

).

DRNewcomb · 25-03-2008, 04:28

Nothing so spectacular but I just dragged the norfolk island pine and night blooming cereus back inside because we are expecting 2 C tonight. There's an old saying around here about not planting your tomatoes before Easter. This year that's way to soon.

dg7feq · 25-03-2008, 08:53

yeah... we have more snow now than during the whole winter.... lovely.... was stuck on the highway for hours cause come brains already put summer tires on.

Chris

**andy** · 25-03-2008, 11:32

not many people in the UK have winter tyres

I know someone who visited southern Germany years ago and had snow in the first week of May

In the UK in 1976, one of the hottest summers for a while, a cricket test match had to be stopped in June when a heavy snow shower covered the pitch

**Przemolog** · 25-03-2008, 13:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

There's an old saying around here about not planting your tomatoes before Easter. This year that's way to soon.

Excellent saying. Considering that Easter can occur any day from 22nd March to 25th April (35-days period), performing any agricultural/horticultural activities which depend on its date is a bit crazy

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq

yeah... we have more snow now than during the whole winter.... lovely.... was stuck on the highway for hours cause come brains already put summer tires on.

Chris

Yes, so much snow in the end of March isn't that unusal in central Europe - but it's funny when Easter (in fact very early this year) is much whiter than Christmas

.

PhotoJim · 25-03-2008, 16:44

Here in Saskatchewan, Canada, we don't plant our tomatoes until the Victoria Day weekend (the weekend containing the last Monday in May), and even then it's sometimes too early.

Yesterday it was 10 C. This morning there is snow on the ground and it's going down to -14 tonight, yet it's supposed to be 8 on Thursday again.

petkow · 25-03-2008, 17:31

This all reinforces why I am moving to Spain!

(Better Tomatoes off course!)

bylo · 25-03-2008, 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

Yesterday it was 10 C. This morning there is snow on the ground and it's going down to -14 tonight, yet it's supposed to be 8 on Thursday again.

Hmmm...here in "the tropics" the high yesterday was +4C and it only got down to -6C last night. We've already broken the all-time record for snow this year but there is "up to" 10cm falling now.

Of course it could be a lot worse

petkow · 25-03-2008, 20:19

Resolute!! One place I do not want to be sent though I keep hearing threats! One of my friends ended up in Yellowknife. I guess it gets nippy enough there too. Not quite tomato growing weather!

By the way, I know now you've been doing this a long time, but until now I hadn't really realised you Canadians had gone Centigrade too! I suppose like here in the UK some of the older ones still think Fahrenheit though?

PhotoJim · 25-03-2008, 21:56

We've used Celsius since 1978. Some older people still use Fahrenheit, but not many.

Even in my part of southern Canada it can get down to -40 (which is the same in either scale

) but the summers are quite warm, even hot by British standards. Temperatures in the high 30s are not that unusual in midsummer.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,253 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	25-03-2008, 04:28 Nothing so spectacular but I just dragged the norfolk island pine and night blooming cereus back inside because we are expecting 2 C tonight. There's an old saying around here about not planting your tomatoes before Easter. This year that's way to soon.

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dg7feq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 873 Join Date: 04 Feb 2006 Location: Germany Country:	25-03-2008, 08:53 yeah... we have more snow now than during the whole winter.... lovely.... was stuck on the highway for hours cause come brains already put summer tires on. Chris Germany: o2 Genion, SIMYO, solomo pro, Netzclub (free data flatrate!) Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi), TOT 3G (data) International: airbalticmobile+372, GYMSIM+44 Phones: Samsung C5212 DualSim, Vodafone 845 (Android)

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andy (Offline) Moderator Prepaid President Posts: 1,964 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	25-03-2008, 11:32 not many people in the UK have winter tyres I know someone who visited southern Germany years ago and had snow in the first week of May In the UK in 1976, one of the hottest summers for a while, a cricket test match had to be stopped in June when a heavy snow shower covered the pitch

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 381 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	25-03-2008, 16:44 Here in Saskatchewan, Canada, we don't plant our tomatoes until the Victoria Day weekend (the weekend containing the last Monday in May), and even then it's sometimes too early. Yesterday it was 10 C. This morning there is snow on the ground and it's going down to -14 tonight, yet it's supposed to be 8 on Thursday again. GSM: CA: SaskTel (postpaid voice/data,,postpaid data), Rogers (postpaid data); UK: Orange, 3; CH: Swisscom; AT: tele.ring; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Red Pocket Mobile, Telestial Simple Calling; EE: AirBalticcard CDMA: US: PagePlus Hardware: iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, Nokia E63, Nokia Nuron, Novatel Ovation MC950D & MC998D data sticks, Huawei UG1691 data stick (3G AWS), Motorola RAZR V3, Sony-Ericsson K610i, Sony-Ericsson Z310i, Otech F1 (quad sim) (all unlocked)

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 683 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	25-03-2008, 17:31 This all reinforces why I am moving to Spain! (Better Tomatoes off course!)

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 683 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	25-03-2008, 20:19 Resolute!! One place I do not want to be sent though I keep hearing threats! One of my friends ended up in Yellowknife. I guess it gets nippy enough there too. Not quite tomato growing weather! By the way, I know now you've been doing this a long time, but until now I hadn't really realised you Canadians had gone Centigrade too! I suppose like here in the UK some of the older ones still think Fahrenheit though?

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 381 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	25-03-2008, 21:56 We've used Celsius since 1978. Some older people still use Fahrenheit, but not many. Even in my part of southern Canada it can get down to -40 (which is the same in either scale ) but the summers are quite warm, even hot by British standards. Temperatures in the high 30s are not that unusual in midsummer. GSM: CA: SaskTel (postpaid voice/data,,postpaid data), Rogers (postpaid data); UK: Orange, 3; CH: Swisscom; AT: tele.ring; US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Red Pocket Mobile, Telestial Simple Calling; EE: AirBalticcard CDMA: US: PagePlus Hardware: iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, Nokia E63, Nokia Nuron, Novatel Ovation MC950D & MC998D data sticks, Huawei UG1691 data stick (3G AWS), Motorola RAZR V3, Sony-Ericsson K610i, Sony-Ericsson Z310i, Otech F1 (quad sim) (all unlocked)