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Old 29-10-2017, 04:29 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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On 10/29/2017 9:28 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 10/29/2017 8:21 AM, George Shirley wrote:
Went out at daylight and found frost on the grass but not on the
raised bed gardens. Looks like we might get a freeze before to long
but I hope not.

The born again pears (first crop came on in early January and then
were hit twice with a hard freeze. Then they came back blooming and
putting on fruit and that fruit is turning a russet color toward
ripeness and are being hunted by another freeze. Naturally the fruit
are about the size of a golf ball so there's not going to be much
fruit to eat or preserve. Maybe next season, aka January 2018, we
won't have a double down freeze again.

Not only all that above but the tree is blooming again, I'm afraid
there's going to be another hard freeze before spring. I'm thinking of
throwing a tarp over the tree just to save the blooms for next year.
Have some old two by fours about sixteen feet long that might just
hold up a tarp and might even confuse the folks driving by. G

George


Â* It was like 18° this morning at 7:25 when I went out to warm up the
car for my wife . Frosty ! The garden is finished , stuff was turning
black yesterday after an overnight low in the high 20's . Methinks
Winter has made an appearance here ...

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Â* Snag

My wife has to start a cold car, she was raised in Maryland, it gets
cold there. G