Snow Storm are ya freakin kidding me.

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TONYSAC

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Posted 1360328489	Reply with quote #1

Hello everyone TONYSAC here 25 inches of snow in New York SERIOUSLY ? 5-6 foot drifts up to 40mph winds....Spring where are you ? __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1360328806	Reply with quote #2

Well tony, that sucks man. Bundle up old man winter won't be hanging around to much longer. Make some snow icecream. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1360330027	Reply with quote #3

dang! We ended up with about 4" which was still unexpected. __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360330120	Reply with quote #4

We didn't get it yet that's a stock photo but its coming and I bet its gonna look worse then that. I will be sure to take pics around my house and post as long as I have power etc. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

Tonycm

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Posted 1360334126	Reply with quote #5

Get your flashlights and generators ready and firewood if you got a wood burner. Ya gotta keep your cuttings warm. I'm sure it's not going to be fun. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. GOOD LUCK! __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360335658	Reply with quote #6

Good luck to everyone in the path of this storm im sure if we are all smart about it we will be fine STAY HOME that's all you need to do stay off the roads and stay warm all the rest will fall into place and just like Tonycm said flashlights/generators/firewood etc and charge everything up cell phones auto battery booster packs etc etc etc. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

HarveyC

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Posted 1360337169	Reply with quote #7

Blame Al Gore :P __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

striveforfreedom

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Posted 1360338976	Reply with quote #8

Believe it or not I've been waiting for it all week long as I have a couple dozen cuttings to set up today. :-) __________________ Vince Russo Norwalk, CT Zone 7A Wish list - Any cuttings of the Col de Dames would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Alan1631

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Posted 1360342324	Reply with quote #9

What are you guys talking about????...its 75 degrees with clear skies....oh, yeah...its Florida in the winter..... Seriously, good luck, stay safe and don't venture unless you absolutely have to....I'll be cutting the grass....lol... __________________ Alan _____________________________ Zone 9 - Central Florida Wish List: Panache, Bourjosotte Gris, Raspberry Latte, Petite Negri, Black Maderia, Cajun Honey

eithieus

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Posted 1360342692	Reply with quote #10

love the snow have fun __________________ Eithieus

musillid

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Posted 1360343496	Reply with quote #11

I was hoping for the opportunity to get out the long and skinnies this weekend, but it's raining here. __________________ Dale non compost mentis in Zone 6a

Tonycm

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Posted 1360344599	Reply with quote #12

We're getting a mix today. Rain, freezing rain then snow 1 to 2 inches. I guess we're lucky, could always be worse. __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

JoAnn749

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Posted 1360347756	Reply with quote #13

OK people in the North - YOUR IN THE NORTH!!!! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET SNOW IN WINTER!!! The winters in NY -on LI are not like they used to be! I grew up there and remember we had snow a lot more then they do these days. __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

Dan796

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Posted 1360349388	Reply with quote #14

I agree Joann, When I was a kid in Connecticut, we had to walk 2 miles to school in snow a couple feet or more deep. Deep snow was always the norm back then. After our family moved to a more rural place in the country, A bulldozer would come up the road with the school bus right behind it! They didn't close schools due to snow back then! or we wouldn't ever go in winter! __________________ Dan~ WV zone 5-6 ________________

BronxFigs

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Posted 1360354138	Reply with quote #15

I watched all the weather reports, and all the panicked, blizzard warnings. I dread what's coming. When I saw that NYC might get socked with between 12"-18" of snow, I looked around for a rope and a chair! I HATE the NYC winters. I'm too old to shovel, and don't want to become a statistic....I got figs to grow yet. Look at the first photo. Beautiful, serene...peaceful, and, pristine-white...for about 30 seconds. The next photo would show the virgin snow, stained with yellow dog piss, and include some frozen, NYC vermin. Ah...the "Big Apple".....a, Picasso-in-Barf! That's my city. Just my self-indulgent thoughts. Hey....I'm bored. Frank PS....I HOPE there is "Global Warming"...I could care less. (Relax folks...the whole concept is nothing but a scam, and always was a scam). Al Gore is laughing all the way to the off-shore banks...with our money! Carbon-footprint...my ass! __________________ Bronx, NYC Zone-7

daveturpin

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Posted 1360356380	Reply with quote #16

Just dug 5 neighbours cars out of the snow and pushed a few others that were stuck. Shovelled the driveway three times already today! The pic by Tonysac doesn't actually have enough snow in it. Man we got dumped on today!! Grrrrr..... __________________ Wish List - Cold Hardy like Florea, Lyndhurst White, Malta Black, Sal G strain, Improved Celeste - or others proven to be pretty hardy.

pitangadiego

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Posted 1360358879	Reply with quote #17

Tony, must be a local phenomenon. My fig trees are breaking bud and showing leaves. There will be blossoms on the mulberries by Monday or Tuesday. Had to hurry up and finish pruning. Hope the ground hog was right, for your sake. __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

sammy

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Posted 1360358903	Reply with quote #18

It was a beautiful sunny day here today. I'm lovin it. Dan, did you have to walk uphill to school too? __________________ Sam zone 4 Thessalon Ontario, Canada.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360359516	Reply with quote #19

I truly am soooo sick of this NY weather I really want to move near my future in laws in florida maybe not right next door but near by. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

newnandawg

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Posted 1360360350	Reply with quote #20

Hey Anthony, I was in NYC yesterday and it was beautiful. Hang in there

Alan1631

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Posted 1360371366	Reply with quote #21

Tony, come on down....just bring all your money you spend on snow shovels, blankets, boots, coats, fuel oil, etc, etc and leave it at the boarder. What part of Florida are the future in-laws? __________________ Alan _____________________________ Zone 9 - Central Florida Wish List: Panache, Bourjosotte Gris, Raspberry Latte, Petite Negri, Black Maderia, Cajun Honey

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360372783	Reply with quote #22

Hollywood dania beach US1 and Sheridan __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

Alan1631

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Posted 1360373291	Reply with quote #23

Lower east coast...you won't even have to worry about frost down there....Fishing is great down there....I am on the west coast, east of Tampa....weather was great today. __________________ Alan _____________________________ Zone 9 - Central Florida Wish List: Panache, Bourjosotte Gris, Raspberry Latte, Petite Negri, Black Maderia, Cajun Honey

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360373465	Reply with quote #24

Nope no frost just rain but that's Florida __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

Bass

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Posted 1360374439	Reply with quote #25

Snow is great for protecting fig trees from the cold weather. I hope the snow stays for at least a week. We're getting a cold snap close to the single digits. I have many unprotected fig trees. __________________ Pennsylvania http://www.treesofjoy.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trees-of-Joy/110193909021138

Nichole

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Posted 1360376714	Reply with quote #26

Stay warm and safe! We aren't expecting any more snow this season. We only got a dusting once, at night, and it was gone by 8am :P __________________ Seattle area - Zone 8b http://www.niroha.com Fig Inventory https://sites.google.com/site/nicholesgardeninventory/fig-trees Wish list: Barbillone, Black Triana, Brooklyn Dark, Brooklyn White, Figo Branco, Figo Preto, Grantham Royal, Grisse de St Jean, Honey Jumbo, LSU Gold, LSU Scott's Yellow, Matta, Noire De Caromb, Panevino Dark, Roja, Syrian Long, Uncle Corky's Honey Delight

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1360377048	Reply with quote #27

Yeah, Snow!!! I'm here in the path of this storm too, and I'm loving it! We've had such a crazy WARM January, I'm hoping this batch of snow stays for at least the rest of the month of February! Mike central NY state, zone 5 p.s. Sorry Tony... I don't really mean to be unsympathetic, but this is snow country. Might as well learn to love it if you're going to live in its path. Though I know, it's different in the city from out here in the hills. __________________ Pauca sed matura.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360381167	Reply with quote #28

Mike I don't mind the snow so much when I'm home but I work in it outdoors on the front of a drill rig it doesn't matter what's going on outside I'm in it all year and it sucks. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360385711	Reply with quote #29

PS mike this is what I do at work that's me taking the video on the front of the drill rig that's a record breaking 270ft hole there 15ft sections of 9inch outer casing and 15ft 5inch inner rod that I have to sling up and install on the front of the rig with the upper winch at the top of the rig and the driller rotating screwing them together just like when you see people drilling for oil its the same thing just no oil we actually use all there leftover pipe and down hole hammers etc thats why I hate winters its so much fun when im cracking the ice off of my face and the casing because the straps slip and could kill me. PS pause the video at 7 secs and look at the fig tree growing out of the crack between the brick wall and the blacktop on the bottom right of the video I had mentioned this and one other tree in another post on this sight I didn't realize I had it on video. ENJOY!!! __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1360386004	Reply with quote #30

Yep, I can see why you wouldn't like lots of snow, if you spend your days doing that kind of work! Mike __________________ Pauca sed matura.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360386030	Reply with quote #31

Here is the other tree on the same sight it looks like a brunswick but the fingers are really long so I dunno and I never got any cuttings. Attached Images IMG00002-20101119-1030.jpg (892.15 KB, 37 views) __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

OttawanZ5

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Posted 1360388584	Reply with quote #32

Yes, there is a lot of snow up north. But the worry-some part of it is the announcement by the City Hall that the city snow removal budget has already been exhausted and it is projected that there will be a property tax surcharge. That may cut into hobby expenses. __________________ Ottawan-Z5a, Canada

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360390657	Reply with quote #33

Isn't it a new budget every year ??? how the hell are we over budget already %$#^@$#% I hate the man. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

DesertDance

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Posted 1360423412	Reply with quote #34

Been MIA with a bad cold, and meeting with contractors in a really cold house (heater not working). So I feel for you guys. It NEVER snows in Southern California, but yesterday it did! It didn't stick, but it sure was pretty quietly coming down. Huge flakes. Something is weird. Whatever is bringing drought to the midwest is also bringing weird weather elsewhere. I hope you, your families and figs are safe! Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1360426190	Reply with quote #35

Looks like our friends in New England took a pretty good pounding from this one. Some places got a record-setting snowfall, but only a few. For most places, it's just another notable Atlantic blizzard. Maybe quite a bit more hyped in the "Entertainment-News" industry than most though. Mike << edit -- P.S. Don't take my remark as any indicator that I don't think climate change is real. I do think it is real. It's just that I think other evidence is much more compelling than any couple-of-years worth of unusual storms. More extreme variations (unusual patterns) is consistent with the models for climate change, but broader measures are more compelling than any specific decade's worth of storms. >> __________________ Pauca sed matura.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360459810	Reply with quote #36

4 1/2 hours and a snowblower and a shovel I'm all cleaned up I ran snowblower and my hunnie followed behind with shovel . Both driveways and the whole corner is done I also went up and down my whole block two passes to help out the neighbors . IM DONE!!! __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

omotm

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Posted 1360460138	Reply with quote #37

Spring was in Houston last week. Saw two yards with daffodils blooming. __________________ Steve Houston, TX Zone 8b Wish List: Zingarella

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360460679	Reply with quote #38

Rub it in rub it in..... __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

james

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Posted 1360471232	Reply with quote #39

I plowed today, but not snow. I finally got the chisel plow on the back of the tractor and worked the field. I planted several pomegranate trees, as well. The in ground and containerized pomegranates have leafed out. The Asian Pears, stone fruits and containerized fig trees have bud swelling. I'm going to try to get 15 fig trees planted tomorrow and Monday. It is spring in Central Texas. __________________ In containers - Littleton, CO (zone 5b) In ground - N.E of Austin, TX (zone 8b) 2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr, Viōlette Dāuphine. Iranian figs are always welcome.

Grasa

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Posted 1360471930	Reply with quote #40

I wanted to meet snow so badly when I arrived in this country.. now I like to see in pictures ONLY. I feel bad for people who are burried in that much snow. that is awful. __________________ Grasa Seattle, WA

ejp3

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Posted 1360472168	Reply with quote #41

2 1/2 feet of snow here but like bass said it insulates the figs from the 10 degree weather that is due tomorrow __________________ Ed NY zone 7 Wish list CDD Blanca/Negra

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360477503	Reply with quote #42

I feel for you out in suffolk Ed my uncles out in melville and he got hammered still buried they had to call someone to come clean them up and my other friend is out at 62 and my other uncle at 64 there all buried in still but yes its a good insulator when I get ice on my pants while working on the rig it stops the wind from getting to the skin on my legs but its still cold but believe it or not it helps. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

hungryjack

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Posted 1360512020	Reply with quote #43

Quote: Originally Posted by TONYSAC this is what I do at work that's me taking the video on the front of the drill rig that's a record breaking 270ft hole Pretty cool video, thanks. I need a well dug in Staten Island, got fig cuttings to trade ;-) Really do need a well, you service this area ? We got a foot of snow on Staten Island, no big deal, most roads were cleared right away. After the major beating we took from Sandy, this didn't help, but was not a problem for this area. North and East is another story. Lots of drying wind this year, outdoor unprotected fig trees are going to see some dieback. __________________ Big Apple/Fig, New York 6B

TONYSAC

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Posted 1360518786	Reply with quote #44

Not wells HJ mini piles for construction that hole was so deep because there was no bedrock __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

hungryjack

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Posted 1360523289	Reply with quote #45

Had no sound when I watched the vid, not sure if you had mentioned that. I like the rig, can get into tight places. __________________ Big Apple/Fig, New York 6B

Pattee

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Posted 1360523571	Reply with quote #46

I feel for all of you in the north east. Last year my DH and I came back to Long Island from FL a month too soon and got hit with a snow storm on the way back ! This year awaiting the birth of our 5th grandchild - we'll be in FL longer. Gotta tell ya - we don't miss the snow and cold ! I really thought I would , but no. Be safe shoveling , please ! __________________ 7a & 9b ►I assume all my figs carry FMV ◄ Seeking : Italian 376,395 , Galicia Negra, Negretta,UNK Pastilliere ,Pananas Purple, Malta Blk+purple/red, Italian + Calabrian UNK's , Catanzaro, Malone, Sucrette(Baud) "We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?" - Gandhi

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