On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:40:26 -0500, The Cook
wrote:

Anyone else getting kicked by the unseasonable cold weather right now.
My broccoli and other cool weather plants were set out a week or so
ago. Tonight's low is predicted to be in the mid to low 20s. The
kiwi plants are already look done for this season. Hope that some of
the fruit trees survive.

Let me know. Misery loves company.


To follow up on my post.
The worst of the cold seems to be over. Almost everything survived.
The worst hit were the strawberries. They were already full of blooms
and had set some fruit. The ones that got covered the first night are
probably ok. The other berries are brown dried up little things. We
put flower pots over most of the broccoli and cabbage. We took them
off Saturday and could not really tell the difference between them and
the ones that were not covered. The kiwi fruit plants look like they
have had it. The fruit trees look OK but it will take a week or so to
see how they fared. Muscadines look ok, but they only have a few
leaves.

My tomatoes and herbs are still in the greenhouse. The peppers are in
the family room for germination.

Such is life for the farmer and gardener.

--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)