dont get any snow and not much rain 70 all year long the tortise will go and hibernate in a few more weeks until march. right now dirt is digging everywhere, right in the middle of my tank battle layout out back! so we stick to the concrete for now...being so new to this hobby tryhing to get as much scale info as possible. always had an interest in WW II and with the winds lkicking up its been hard flying my helicopters!