tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post4822418898062935366..comments2023-11-03T06:16:11.862-04:00Comments on insidious truth: I'm going to give up and just cross my fingerslaughinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-84853449787243550072009-04-07T11:50:00.000-04:002009-04-07T11:50:00.000-04:00Well, I don't know if we actually got down below f...Well, I don't know if we actually got down below freezing or not. I've looked at the plants, and all but one pepper plant looks okay, and I don't even think that the pepper plant is going to die. And if it does die it was a very common variety that is easy to replace. So I don't know if the plastic bags help or if it just didn't get that cold. The rest of the week looks to have lows in the high forties and low fifties, and it should not freeze after that. If it does freeze after that it will be a record late freeze.<BR/><BR/>The rest of today should be really nice weather. I guess it is time to finish up with the serious work.laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-72979559994670736462009-04-07T11:05:00.000-04:002009-04-07T11:05:00.000-04:00I so know nothing about gardening. It's pitiful.I so know nothing about gardening. It's pitiful.Diva's Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177643214210147206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-4618916987978356272009-04-07T09:08:00.000-04:002009-04-07T09:08:00.000-04:00Well, I had gone out and bought some clear trash b...Well, I had gone out and bought some clear trash bags that I thought I could also use for another project, but unfortunately I bought the wrong size. And that sucks that I bought the wrong size, cause they cost about seventeen dollars. So most of the plants were covered with these clear trash bags, or overturned planters, or clear trash bags and overturned planters.<BR/><BR/>So some of the area got down to freezing, and some of the area stayed above freezing, and the freeze warning is until 9am. So I will go out in about an hour and take a look.laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-12137869911861480912009-04-07T07:09:00.000-04:002009-04-07T07:09:00.000-04:00Seriously, the pillow cases should help. I am not ...Seriously, the pillow cases should help. I am not sure how big your plant beds are. I happen to live in a spot where, when we get warnings of "just below freezing, frost will kill your plants tonight", the temperature is usually a couple of degrees above the prediction, so it's not as bad.<BR/><BR/>Garbage bags would work too, but they'd tend to blow away easier in the slightest breeze. Sheets and pillow cases should usually stay put.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-79867089934520755122009-04-06T23:22:00.000-04:002009-04-06T23:22:00.000-04:00Wow. Snow at dmark's and freezing plants. I have...Wow. Snow at dmark's and freezing plants. I have had three glorious days of sunshine and 70+ weather. I don't want to go back to the cold. The daffodils opened up today.<BR/><BR/>Once we used regular old garbage bags to cover plants for the night and it seemed to work pretty well. But I don't know if that was dumb luck and it made a difference or not.<BR/><BR/>How exhausting to plant and dig up and plant again. No wonder you are giving up. : )Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-37322713840601857062009-04-06T22:03:00.000-04:002009-04-06T22:03:00.000-04:00All elxe fails, blow on the plants all night.All elxe fails, blow on the plants all night.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-89501866848207639022009-04-06T20:36:00.000-04:002009-04-06T20:36:00.000-04:00I don't think that I have any old sheets.Now that ...I don't think that I have any old sheets.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think about it, I have a few old pillows, but I don't think that I will bother moving the stuff that I already did. It is only supposed to get to 32 or 31. Maybe it will be okay.laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-72725189378982983632009-04-06T20:19:00.000-04:002009-04-06T20:19:00.000-04:00Do you ever just throw old sheets over the plants ...Do you ever just throw old sheets over the plants outside? We do that when we have to, and it can work.<BR/><BR/>We noticed the crocuses today. I hope they don't get covered by the snow that is falling now.<BR/><BR/>We'd be doing real good here to get peas in the ground by Good Friday.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Denny's has another free food thing going:<BR/><BR/>http://www.dennys.com/default.html<BR/><BR/>but you have to buy something to get it.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com