A tree aloe with a frozen flower stem.

I knew it was coming. Everyone who owns a greenhouse in a cold weather area experiences this.
It was inevitable, but finally happened. I awoke Friday morning to outside temperatures at 16 degrees F, and as I fumbled in the dark kitchen for the coffee pot, I glanced, as I always do, with one eye open, through the porch window across towards the greenhouse just to see if the unthinkable happened. I usually see a puff of steam coming from the exhaust of the furnace near the roof, and even through the whole glass structure is frosted over, the corner near the furnace is always clear and melted near the peak. But not today. The entire house was silent and frosted over, and I knew what had happened. . . .

reBlogged to weather greenhouse

Posted by Matt Reblogged by Old Roses to greenhouse, weather on 2007-12-11, 00:25:37

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