TRR photo by Barbara Yeaman
When this picture was taken on January 18, 2004, an eight-inch thick ice sheet covered the Delaware River below the Big Eddy in Narrowsburg, NY. Route 652 is between the houses and the river.

No ice this year? The winter of 2004-05 has been warmer than usual, and because of that we’ve received enough rain to produce two feet of snow, had the weather been colder. Rainwater has raised river temperatures, too, and kept them as much as five degrees above the freezing point.

On January 18, 2004, eight inches of ice covered Narrowsburg’s Big Eddy. On the same date in 2003, the ice was nine inches thick, and would reach 27 inches before it broke up in mid-March.

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Looking toward spring

Ordering seeds

It’s white out there in the yard although not terribly cold. But I have a feeling the worst is yet to come. There’s no better way to cope with the winter blahs than by thinking about planting next year’s vegetables, herbs and flowers. So I made a list (my favorite activity) of a few of my favorite seed catalogs. They’re free for the asking, so enjoy.

• Thompson & Morgan, the granddaddy (mommy) of all seed catalogs. They have rare and unusual seeds imported from England and France. They’re pricey but offer free seed bargains and other incentives.

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