Jersey Devil
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Beautiful area
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Jersey Devil
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Not a significant amount. Just as with rain in Summer, last few years we got very little snow in Winter, which is really why the drought is so bad...no reserves. One year we had a 36" storm that shut things down for 3 days. But I don't miss the shoveling at my age. Yeah Annie, New England can get quite a bit of the white stuff. Do you kind people in England ever get any accumulation of snow ?How much are they predicting you'll get ?
When I lived in Jersey I had just moved down there from Massachusetts where we got feet of show in one storm.
I was flabberghasted when they predicted 18" and people in Jersey were describing it as a blizzard !!LMAO !!
Jersey Devil
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yeah, the ice is the WORST, not only for driving but for areas still with power lines coming down
Euphorbia king
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Yeah, we had it back in 2007. The ice crushed and toppled the trees and power lines. We had no power for 6 days. My little 3000 watt generator would only run for 45 minutes per tank full. Stayed up for 3 days keeping it running. Had to keep it running to operate wood stove fan blower going. Blew it up on 3rd day!! Had to make a run to another city today and find a generator! People thought I was crazy when I demanded a generator NOW!! I was a bit out of my head after 3 days no sleep! Came home with a 5500 watt generator with a 13 hour tank on it! Went to sleep immediately!! On the 6th day, we got power!! We now have two generators to power home and greenhouse. Hate ice!! I'll take the snow, not as much damage or power loss.
Scotland very often gets the most snow, so @Sheal will be able to tell you more about that. Here, down in the South East it mostly stays a fraction warmer, although I can remember a few winters that have been extremely bitter for a long time. The winter of 1962/63 in particular, when the sea froze over. There have been other winters too since I moved into the countryside, away from town when I remember digging the sheep out when they were lambing, and I walked a few miles to the shop to get groceries for the elderly in the village - mostly walking on top of frozen hedges, and pulling a sledge to bring the groceries back on. I'll see if I can find an old video we watched just a few days ago of 1962/3
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- Kent, England
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- 9a
This is the midday sun in Kent at the moment 
Anniekay
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It's no wonder your veg stops growing this time of year, your sun is so low in the sky !!
Here's mine at 2:40 in the afternoon:
I almost blinded myself trying to get that picture !!
The sun is very strong 12 miles north of the florida line !!
Jersey Devil
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Do you wish you would get some snow in Winter at least for the ambiance ?
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- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Blimey Annie, I just, very roughly measured the angles, looks like you've got 45 degrees compared to our 25 degrees
When I lived in North Wales, the sun used to rise from behind one mountain at 10.30 am and set behind the other at 2.30 pm
When I say mountain, a lot of it was slate tips This was my house on the left...
When I lived in North Wales, the sun used to rise from behind one mountain at 10.30 am and set behind the other at 2.30 pm
When I say mountain, a lot of it was slate tips
This was my house on the left...
Jersey Devil
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So in the middle of Winter, you get how many hours of usable daylight ? How about Summer ?
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- Kent, England
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- 9a
Sun up about 8.30 and down about 3.30. Most of that is behind trees and hedges as you can see from the pic so not much good for solar panels or vegetables. About 3 weeks either side of the Solstice is the worst, soon be out of the doldrums
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- Kent, England
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- 9a
Oh, summer is much better, 4 am till about 10pm, so it works both ways
Anniekay
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- Quitman, Ga.
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Now, I like that !!Oh, summer is much better, 4 am till about 10pm, so it works both ways
Right now, according to the weather app on my phone, sunset is 5:37 pm, sunrise 6:38 am. 12 hours of sunlight if it's not cloudy.
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- Kent, England
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- 9a
Euphorbia king
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It's no wonder your veg stops growing this time of year, your sun is so low in the sky !!
Here's mine at 2:40 in the afternoon:
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I almost blinded myself trying to get that picture !!
You are very lucky weather wise!!
Oh yes. it's always quite a romantic look, and all the gardens look neat and tidy - pristine in fact
- mind you, it's the only time they do 
Euphorbia king
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Two more months folksSun up about 8.30 and down about 3.30. Most of that is behind trees and hedges as you can see from the pic so not much good for solar panels or vegetables. About 3 weeks either side of the Solstice is the worst, soon be out of the doldrums
Euphorbia king
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I would love to have so. Cal weather again without 18 million people. But, if it's warm, everyone wants to live there.Oh yes. it's always quite a romantic look, and all the gardens look neat and tidy - pristine in fact
Euphorbia king
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A look at some winter Ozarks woods
Euphorbia king
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More winter Ozarks photos.its 4:49 pm
