After eleven inches of new snow last night , and after some back breaking shoveling , we let the pup out for their first walkaway in the snow . Lydia , their ma run around the airstream track that we cleared , but the pup presently were throb and although not eager to return to the house , we take them back into the warmth .
One in the house , they promptly pooped and peed ( suspiration – training puppy in wintertime can be so unmanageable ! ) , and then went to sleep . Fergus , our male Irish Terrier refuses to have anything to do with the pup , but once they are old , he should experience more like play with them .
Today , I expend the rest period of the morning and early good afternoon working on my tally sheet for Project FeederWatch . I decided to take part in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2012 - 2012 Project which helps scientists determine about wintertime bird populations . The independent end of Project FeederWatch is to combine the interests of backyard bird watcher with the needs of ornithologist who examine hoot populations . By making simple similar counts of the shuttle in ones back yards and reporting them to the FeederWatch database , FeederWatchers are bestow directly to the scientific understanding of birdie population . All once needs to do is to show with the Cornell Lab , and then commit two back-to-back twenty-four hour period in any given period to watch ones fowl feeders and tally up the mintage and then report them online . Today , I noted 16 metal money on our feeders and one American Kestrel who was watch birds dine from a nearby Hemlock Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
In the greenhouse , I patched up some drinking glass which had slid , since tonight temperatures are expected to drop to 11º F. Of course , we almost ran out of gas today . I agree the tank this morning , and the meter indicated that only 5 % was pull up stakes . After call our gas company , they want to wait until tomorrow , as it was Sunday , and they felt that I might be capable to make it through the night . I know from experience that I usually need 7 gallons of gas on a cold , January Nox , so I hitch up the electric heaters and turned the thermoregulator down to 38º just in case we escape out .
gratefully , the gas rescue man on duty today was someone who realise our unique position , so when we returned from the market place at 5:00 PM , we caught him scale our 8 foot fencing with the gun hose . He deserves a few Duncan Donut gift cards this New Years Day ! In anticipation of the possibility of running out of gas , I bring in a few treasure from the greenhouse – flora that I felt that I could not mayhap live with losing . It ’s an interesting subject field , adjudicate what plants to possibly save from death , and which 1 to leave . I decide on only a few Modern Vireyas . a couple of Rhododendron maddenii species and two dwarf clivia ’s from China . Now that the gun is full , I will need to refund them in the aurora .
Without Bubblewrap inside the glass of the glasshouse , I will be losing more heat but the low-cal quality will be dependable . These next few week will be the insensate , but by the last week of January it begins to feel like give , at least under glassful as the 24-hour interval become longer , and the sun becomes potent . The plant will all respond . By February 15 the Dominicus will be so hot that I sometimes have to afford the vents for the entire day .
Camellias are part to flower earlier this year too . The anemone form diverseness is called ‘ Lipstick ’ . It ’s one of the more strange camellias . I like its compact habit , which makes it a howling green goddess plant .
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