Dave,

We had it much easier on the Peninsula with only 7 or 8 inches of snow and none of the ice. Talked with Dianne of Coenosium on Friday and they were running on generators! Glad to here that you were relatively undamaged.

Bill

Lucky for you! I wonder if keeping the snow on the plants helped in this case?

Typicaly you see more damage with an ice storm (I tracked them for one of my previous jobs).

Fantastic photos. Glad nothing was totally ruined. Dare I say we haven't been hit hard yet.
Cher

whats the big deal???

that is what we call WINTER in MI ... lol ...

it is amazing at their normal resilience ... the bigger problems is when it hangs on for many days or even weeks... consider yourself lucky that it was gone as fast as it was ...

it is also a function of joining the WEIRDER THE BETTER CLUB ... so when you are done pruning.. let me know.. i am the founder.. and a charter member ....

never forget ... mother nature is a cruel mistress ...

you are not as beautiful as i thought .. rotf ... and i am impressed you had the snow gear for what you call an abnormal event ... right behind you on that pic .. whats that totem pole all about ... pruning with whiskey???

and why havent you been posting pix of your plants ... with the rest of us???? ... you show many i never heard of .... nor seen.. here in MI ....

and how come you recognize the foreign guys .... i cant keep track of all these web names ... and reality ...

thx for the pix .... you look like a kid in a candy shop ...

ken

you're a scream, Ken. The totem pole is what remains of a dead eucalyptus - my long over experiment with zonal denial. I left the carcass as wildlife habitat.

as for the euro guys, they were out here a couple of weeks ago. I toured them around my place, then hung with them at Coenosium gardens, watching cut a bushel of scionwood.

More pix from candyland to follow. Can't do too much. I wouldn't want to run out of bandwidth or get banned. LOL

~Dave

I left the carcass as wildlife habitat.

===>>> sure.. !!!! ... i use said justification.. and then post pix of cool mushrooms .. claiming it bio diversity ... free things in the garden .... uhhhh huh ...

be honest.. you just couldnt figure out how to cut it down [w/o spending money on it] .... without killing you or some other treasure .. lol ..

there is a sub-chapter of the WEIRDER CLUB.. its called the I CAN JUSTIFY ANYTHING given enough time ... lol

and i was telling the guys it must be nice to tour the conifer world on a 2 week VACATION ... and he said.. this is work.. not a vacation ... sure it was ... and it was warm out when you came to MI in mid january .... lol

if i could ever have found a job that gave me the passion joy has.. i would have made a million.. or owned a nursery.. lol ...

i wonder why joy hasnt popped in yet.. i hope he didnt take garys head cold back home with him ...

ken

Joy been sleeping. Enjoyed your storm Dave. As Ken says, that's all in a few hours period around here.

Dax

Joy's likely busy grafting. Probably has enough scions to tie him up til March.

Thanks for the pix, Dave. Good to see things came through ok...for the most part.

tj