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


We've been just shy of freezing temps at night. Our neighbor had some
plants in her garden die over night, but my begonias must love the cold
temps because they didn't seem to mind the low temps at all. I took
cuttings off the angel wing begonias to root them. It's cool how they
just keep on going.

Our hot peppers are growing like the begonias, too. We have a bumper
crop of ghost, habaneros, and chili's!

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Maggie