10-12 inches!

They say that it is the 4th largest snow in history in the Portland area. It started after dark last night and quickly started accumulating. I went out around 10pm and started shaking my plants that were being weighted down. We had around 4 inches by 11pm. I was reading and watching TV and about to get ready for bed when the power flickered three times and then went out for good. It was out for about 3 hours (we estimate).

This morning we woke up to at least 10 inches (probably more) and light snow continued to fall until noon. I was terribly worried about my plants but fortunately, most are still very small. My biggest concern was the big dogwood out back that was heavily loaded down with snow (see the photo below). When I ventured out this morning, I saw that two large limbs had broken. I got most of the heavy snow off and hope that it will be okay.

We have dry weather predicted for the next several days. It is going to get cold again at night, in the 20s, but at least the tender plants are under a thick blanket of protection.

 

The dogwood tree

 

The  big apple tree. I did a lot of pruning on it last year.

 

Looking down our street from the entrance to our driveway

The Colorada Blue Spruce (Picea pungens 'Globosa') was completely buried. It is about 2 feet tall.

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy