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Jean B. · 20-05-2009, 02:07 PM posted to rec.gardens

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 5/18/09 9:19 PM, in article , "Jean B."
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 5/17/09 7:55 PM, in article , "Jean B."
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
To save my self aggravation and to support local farms and nurseries, I
went
to my favorite farm stand yesterday and got my starts. Sweet Gold, black
and
green cherry tomatoes and a grape tomato and 4 cucumber plants. And Ginger
Ale Huechera (yellow green flowers)....

Hopefully today will give be some time to get them in the ground. Depends
on
the errands and the weather. This year I'm going to cluster them near the
top of the hill in the perennial bed so watering is easier.

The daffodils have about gone their course and the hostas all seem to have
survived the winter.

Cheryl

IIRC, I am south of you, and I see it is predicted to be 34F
Monday night. Therefore, I am just as happy that I haven't
planted my tomatoes yet. I will need to cart everything into the
garage, just in case it is a teeny bit colder than that.

Good luck with your babies.

Saw the severe weather alert when I loaded the local station's home page.
So, I'll be out covering up the plants tonight. I have plenty of old
blankets. My neighbor is in worse shape. She got many more plants.

Stay warm!

Cheryl

Sigh. I hope your plants survive, Cheryl. I brought my numerous
pots in and decided NOT to get my other tomato plants today. My
rhubarb is out though.

The current forecast is up 1 degree to 35F here, but my specific
location tends to be colder, and I want to play it safe.
Can't say I blame you. It got to 34 here, no visible frost when I got up on
anything and I've taken the blankets off the plants. Everything looks great.

It's supposed to finally warm up here now. It's been very chilly for May.

Cheryl

I dunno what it was here, because we had a late start that day.
It was 37 when I looked, but the temperature was rising rapidly at
that point.

Yesterday, I picked up my last 2 (out of a mere 3) tomato plants
being optimistic that the temperature won't be so low again. (I
need to be more diligent about saving seeds from them.) Indeed,
tomorrow will be in the 90s. Yuck.

--
Jean B.