Melting snow for watering is a fabulous idea!!! I guess you'd have to make sure it wasn't too cold for your indoor plants. Oh, that's super interesting about global cooling, and I guess you'll be even more susceptible to it where you are. If that happens, perhaps I can finally talk J. into making me a high tunnel - we don't need it here and even less this winter as it was really mild. Yes, we can grow food all year round - winter is brassicas, greens, root crops and this happens again in Spring, so long as they are watered, and in Summer from Dec to about May we have zucchini, corn, tomatoes, cucumber, pumpkins, lettuce etc. Most herbs and our lettuce grow year round. We're pretty lucky!!
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Wow! Gardening seems so much easier there as long as you don't have drought. I think of how excited I am that I now have my lettuce growing all year long because I dug it up and brought it inside and will start seeds to replenish those plants when they get past their prime. Oh it's so much better when you can leave things up to Mother Nature in the great outdoors (with a little help with the watering)! It's funny how you adapt to your conditions and no matter where you are there is always a joy to gardening! Here's hoping for rain for you and South Africa! Yes, I do make sure the water is warmed up from the melting snow and also from our well water for it is very cold too and will shock the plants.