First Snow 2008- October 28.

Lovely photo,though I would say that because I just love snow lol

heavy snow there by the looks of things, it started to snow here earlier but its turned to rain now

Dont really get snow just where i am. if it does the salt air melts it dead quick.

Beautiful photo Lori ,we had some snow yesterday,but thankfuly never settled ,still very cold today.

Thanks Ladies! I try to take pictures of the first snow every season...It's pretty early this year!

Looks verrrrrrry cold !!

ah...Hywel, would be lovely to experience a winter without the seriously cold temps... it's my first consideration whenever I see a plant listed on goY...Will it survive the winters? also...not getting any younger myself and find that the cold settles into my bones long about December and with the decreased daylight ...I become like old bruin...I want to sleep a lot! lol.

lol. I think it might be a nice idea sometimes to hibernate.

beautiful shot! It does look heavy and falling fast.

the most damage was done by the remains of the heavy rain we had experienced all day...it froze and the snow on top broke limbs and pulled whole shrubs down to the ground...the arrowood vib. is back to rights and we are having warm temps again...but the highbush cranberry (vib.trilobum) lost some of the top branches... How are you weathering the dark winter, GT?

Oh, very well Lori. Staying around 0F so its been mild so far. Not a cold day yet. And snowing now and then. The dark is starting to set in though, a few more weeks and the sun will be rare.

time sure flies....seems like yesterday I was wringing my hands about my yucky pond and trying to figure a way out of that mess! so with that in mind, I'm sure that the winter months will come and go and all of our precious plants will be ready to do us proud come next spring...(It's only five months away!!) Just imagine what it must be like in Ireland and the UK where the growing season starts in February!!?
I don't know if I could take the period of darkness that you have to contend with... I like the blinding whiteness of a sunny but frigid January day if only there weren't 30 other days potentially just like it!!

I love this phot, It seems the first snow was pretty general over Canada as I had an e.mail from my nephew in Saskatchewan saying they had their first snow same date rather late but it would shorten the winter! That is on the Prairies.Do you mean to say that your roses grow in those Temp. if so I shall have to tell them as they have only been in this farm for 1 yr and she is sad there are no flowers in the garden. I did not think that our roses would survive the winters there?

Ah...T8, she will have wind breaks planted on the farmstead probably...on the prairies it's the wind that can be very drying... and depending where in Sask. it could be extremely cold in their winter too!. The main challenge might be water... Yes my roses survive minus 30-40 degrees centigrade...not for an extended period of time, but all the same we have a "deep freeze" that lasts through most of January and February. I have seen the dog roses growing beautifully in the north...they are a wild flower...escaped from some old settlers garden surely, but they manage to survive and bloom...probably a medicinal plant as the hips are usually large and make a great tea with lots of vit. C for the winter. You might be surprised at the hardiness of some roses... if you wish to suggest varieties to your nephew tell them to google Morden roses... this is a facility in Morden, Manitoba that has a number of roses bred for our climate...suggest the Explorer Series...very hardy and lots of variety in colour and growth habit.