First Freeze
Rarely do really hard freezes hit our area. If they do, the citrus growers scramble with smudge pots and gardeners cover up delicate plants. A few years ago, it was easy to see which plants came from tropical places -- black, slimy heaps marked what had been Datura and other softies.
Not until the dogs and I rounded the shady side of the dog park at 7:00 this morning did I realize that we were in for cold weather. Of course, I hadn't taken cuttings from the Padron pepper as I'd planned to. Fortunately, upon inspection it looked okay.
The strawberries should know that blooming in December is a bad idea. Maybe this will convince them?
Everything else looked pretty okay, and today marked the first time I used warm bath water to water the seedling beds. It's so much easier on my hands than pumping cold rainwater from the barrels. Because of the hole in the pipe, I'm going to be doing some hand watering until I get my act together to fix the irrigation!
Not until the dogs and I rounded the shady side of the dog park at 7:00 this morning did I realize that we were in for cold weather. Of course, I hadn't taken cuttings from the Padron pepper as I'd planned to. Fortunately, upon inspection it looked okay.
The strawberries should know that blooming in December is a bad idea. Maybe this will convince them?
Hardy parseley, kale, and the other cole crops just looked pretty but not overly put-upon. Garden stalwarts.
Everything else looked pretty okay, and today marked the first time I used warm bath water to water the seedling beds. It's so much easier on my hands than pumping cold rainwater from the barrels. Because of the hole in the pipe, I'm going to be doing some hand watering until I get my act together to fix the irrigation!
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