Not a surprise, but the good news is the rest of the forecast above, plus the text only forecast that’s lower on the site’s page I didn’t clip here shows the few nights after what’s in the image until next Wednesday in the mid 40s. So maybe tonight will be the last frosty one this season. Time will tell. Continue reading “Freeze warning for tonight…”
We knew the expected frost date was bearing down on us, but some things just aren’t done growing yet that we want to harvest. As I write this, it’s 43°F, and it’s expected to drop down to 36° in the wee hours before dawn. Continue reading “Frantic defenses against frost…”
Good news was my partner got done very early today, not so good was we had a bit of a race against the rain. All too easy to get snippy then, but fortunately there was very little of that. Broke 70°F today.
Even though my brain knows that the temperatures have hovered mostly around freezing of late, I still found myself surprised when I tried to stick a plastic plant label that had come up back into the ground near the plant it belonged to, and failed. Continue reading “It really is frozen.”
I further updated the 2018 Plantings list, adding some more details.
I planted more flower seeds today in pots indoors, as well as a few more fairytale pumpkin and pencil cob corn indoors just in case the ones that aren’t coming up yet were Acorn Bomber snacks. Continue reading “18th June Plantings and general Garden update”
Bought two plant seeds this week, black eyed susans and bachelor buttons. I did manage to get them in a planter for the time being. I’m still wary of the squirrels, though the susan seeds are so tiny they can’t possibly want to steal those, right? I’m going to try stagger sowing them a bit, though not by much because the start is already pretty darn late this year. (Hullo, June!) So I only did some of each to start. Continue reading “Update on growing bits and seeds — second week of June ’18”
