RE: First Frost Is Near - Harvesting, Potting, Planting, etc. - A Walk Through The Garden
Lotsa snow eh!? Wow. We do get a little snow some years but it is usually just an inch or two and doesn't last more then a day or two. We don't get very cold here...well not like WA. Cold enough for me to complain but you would be laughing at me coming from WA. haha. We are considered sub-tropical. Our low temp is around upper 20's but often it is only for an hour or two and very seldom through winter. Most often we stay above 32 F (freezing) but now and then we do freeze. I did visit Seattle not long ago and absolutely LOVED it. I actually would have considered moving there had I not already purchased and started my new homestead here so here we stay. Likely the best decision because I don't think I could handle the cold there anyway. ;)
It got really cold when I was living in upstate New York as well. But I was also teaching English in Vietnam for five years. So, I kind of got used to tropical weather.
I grew up in NY, but LI, not upstate. It wasn't as cold. Still cold none the less. I left NY when I was 16 and have been down south ever since. I can 'tolerate' cold, and I can 'tolerate' heat but my sweet spot is between 40 F and 80 F. That is the range I can be most comfortable. I actually hibernate here in the summer. Haha. It got far to hot here with week-long triple-digit heat spells WITH humidity. Ugg. I'll take our winter over our summer anytime. You can always put more layers on but there is only so much you can take off. ;)
I tend to hibernate more when I'm cold. Yeah, you always got to find that sweet spot in life, AKA balance.