[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by bluedog103

Where did you live in NJ? You must have had some unusual climate.
Where I live in New York State the grass stays mostly green, just like in Boston.
We sometimes get a little snow in November but not usually. The real snow season doesn't hit until December. Then the snow sometimes stays until spring but often we have a January thaw, such as this year. My yard is pretty much clear of snow right now and yes, the grass is green. It's very cold but since the thaw we've had very little snow.
In south Alabama where I grew up the grass also went dormant in the winter. As you say, green was a non-color.

I lived in the northwest corner of NJ - Tri-county area NY/NJ/PA. I was just over the line in Sussex county in the Kittanney mountains. When you went west up the mountain on rt 80 around mile marker 20 it would be rain and when you started down the mountain toward mile marker 19 it was snow. When the snow hit in November we did not see grass until March or April. We saw some great ice storms and ice coated trees. I worked in Roseland which was 35 miles east near Newark and when I could not get out of my driveway because of the snow, the grass was green in Roseland. What can I say. A difference of 35 miles from east to west in NJ meant a lot.