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Retired, housewife, mother of three. Picking up the pieces after God decided the 145 year old farmhouse was no longer the house for us. Praise God for His mercy and love!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

No thanks to you, Mr. Frost

I know we got too early a start, but with all the feed stores, grocery stores and box stores having plants, (as well as hubby getting itchy fingers) we planted. With a predicted freeze, I covered the plants I thought most tender.
But Mr. Frost had other ideas.
We may have lost 3 of 4 tomato plants. The grape plants have had a set back, as have the bell pepper plants.
The broccoli didn't notice the weather.
The potato plants are a little wimpy, but we're pretty sure they'll recover fine.
The apple and pear trees seem none the worse for the cool night.
Oddly, the sunflower plants seem to be doing okay as well.

We found our bed frame and got our bed set up in the house, but we can't sleep in a 40 degree house, so we're still in the trailer.
Monday night might be 60!
So we may try sleeping in our bed Monday night, we'll see.
We did buy a small, electric space heater, so maybe we'll give that a try.

I lost a day or two somewhere.
Trying to get the tax stuff sorted too.
I think that's all I know right now, but that could be wrong, too, haha!

Have a blessed week, everyone!

11 comments:

  1. I crunched my way through feeding this morning. I think your trees will be okay. Broccoli is a cool weather plant. If it wasn't a HARD freeze, most of the plants should come through. Maybe a few black spots, frostbite but...

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    1. Of course, I could be wrong, too. :-)

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  2. Bummer on the frost damage!

    Our trick for sleeping in a 40 deg room (usually ours is closer to 50/55, but we've hit 40).... Every night is a two-dog night. :) With those two heaters in the bed, it's nearly unbearably warm if the temp is over 60 or so. Lol.

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  3. It's way too early here -- usually Mother's Day in May is our planting date. Usually... we'll see.

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  4. Sorry you lost some plants. I haven't planted anything yet. I was just worried about silly thing like my lillies, and they even look nipped. Go figure. And here we are back to the cold weather again tonight and tomorrow night. Stay warm.

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  5. Ohhh pooh! You sound like a true country girl now! ;)

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  6. We use the electric blanket when it gets that cold here. We've had 20* rooms before the heat from the blanket is heavenly!

    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

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  7. Linda - I understand about being in the RV with comfort! It all takes time. I'm with Terry and Linda on the electric blanket saving us during really cold spells. Last year, we went camping on a night when an unexpected drop of temperature hit, putting us at about 42 degrees, without a heat source and it was horrible. That was one night we INVITED the dogs to climb onto our sleeping zone in the tent and I think their warmth kept hypothermia away.

    I bet your gardens will be even more wonderful this year. Can't wait to hear about what might come out of the compost pile!!!

    Lana

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  8. Planting already and worrying about frost..buckets sometimes work if it isn't a real hard freeze! broccoli is a cool weather crop..so it will be fine:)

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