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Pat Meadows wrote:

Weather forecast:

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Wednesday Night
Becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25 (F).
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Our temperatures run from 5 to 10 degrees lower than the
nearest weather station (which is about 55 miles away and
about 1200 feet lower in altitude than we are).

Sigh. We'll be lugging the big pots full of veggies inside
again Wednesday. The lettuce and Swiss chard would probably
survive (covered), but I'm not sure whether some of the
Chinese veggies would.

Pat (in Pennsylvania's cold Northern Tier)


Yesterday before I left for work, I set a flat of cabbage seedlings and a
couple of tomato plants outside to harden off a bit. The weather was
cloudy and cool, and I put them under a tree to provide a little
protection. The only thing I was concerned about was a squirrel digging up
a few cabbage plants.

The weather turned gusty. My worthless family watched as the wind whipped
the plants to pieces and broke most of the stems. They were home all day
because school was out, they just didn't bother to bring in one flat of
seedlings. Daughter probably didn't notice; Wife probably did notice and
just didn't care or decided that somehow it served me right.

Regards,
Bob