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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 7:44:44 PM
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Well, I got back from Moscow (ID) at 11pm on Thursday and thought it felt like snow as I was walking in the door. I ignored it because I was so tired from traveling and just went to bed because I had to be at work on Friday. Friday morning, the thermometer said it was 33 degrees and my garden is usually colder than the thermometer. I came home for lunch to check the damage and sure enough, it bit everything. It wasn't a killing frost, but it did some damage. I covered last night and tonight just in case. Unless we get an extended Indian summer, we're pretty much done here. Tomorrow, I'll have to go and cut everything back to what ever fruit is on the vine so the plants concentrate on just what's on the vine and not on more flowers. I hate to say it already, but winter is coming. Then again, it means I'll have more time at the sewing machine!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
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LynnDinKY
Farmgirl in Training
46 Posts
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 7:55:02 PM
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I don't know if I should laugh or cry. It was a beautiful 92* here today in Ky. I planning on cleaning up my garden to get ready for my fall plantings.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 07:42:24 AM
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Oh Lisa
I am so jealous. I love the cool temps, , not so great for the garden I suppose, but doesn't it feel good! Crisp clean air. We here in OH have nostril clogging humidity. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 08:02:27 AM
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I'm with Lisa (in Georgetown), Lisa...I'm jealous! We haven't had a terribly hot summer here, we've actually been blessed but I'm WAY ready for autumn and cooler temps...seems to be when I thrive, and feel alive the most. I love the changes in the garden, and the trees and I'm already washing sweaters up, so maybe that will "push it along"...
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 08:05:04 AM
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Hee Hee Lisa, it is still very nice here. but I do miss the crisp autumn mornings in Idaho city. Can't say I miss all the snow but I do miss the beauty of it all and especially the elk.
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2875 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2875 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 08:12:21 AM
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Jonni
I'm the same way, I get super productive in the fall. Every room in the house has been painted during some fall season, & my house is always a mess in the summer. When it gets past 85, I don't do anything outside either. 65 degrees & below, now that is living.
I notice that some farmgirls still like the heat though; I have several friends that love it as well, just not my thing. Hubby wants to move to North Dakota, & if it wasn't for my family here, I'd be ready in a heartbeat. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 10:32:41 AM
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Oh my gosh Lisa! I am still not recovered from last winter yet! I still remember 12 foot high drifts and roofs caving in from the snow weight! Hopefully this year won't be so bad!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 11:21:09 AM
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The low temperatures must have felt good. Here in Louisiana it is just hot and muggy!
12 foot high drifts... goodness, I guess I'd be crying to go home to LA if I was seeing that! LOL
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 12:23:04 PM
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Oh Lisa- my sympathies to the garden. We have been having cool night temps here and I am having to admit defeat on some things in the garden. My beans have been taken over by mold. My favorite season is fall, but I am just not quite ready for it. Ready or not here it comes!
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 12:29:53 PM
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I'm with you Alee! Last winter curbed my need for snow forever! We still have some home improvements to finish up before snow. I'm just not ready to put my sorels back on.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 7:50:43 PM
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I have to admit, I do like the cooler temps. If I have to put the little electric heater out under the tarp in the garden at night; so be it! I, too, tend to get more done outside when it's cooler. In fact, I've been waiting to build my new strawberry bed until it cooled off. I feel for you all in the hot muggy areas. Yuck!
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
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Nigella
True Blue Farmgirl
386 Posts
Nigella
Chimacum
WA
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 12:28:28 PM
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Wow! Goodbye summer :(
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If the ways is long
Let your heart be strong
Keep right on 'round the bend
Though you're tired and weary
Still journey on to your happy abode
Where all that you love
And are dreaming of
Will be there at the end of the road.
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 2:37:51 PM
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Lisa, Its not snowing here in Nampa, but its cold. I had to waer my polartec bathrobe yesterday and this this am when I let the dogs out. Ddi you get to go to MJ's farm or are you dropping off a kidling at school? My daughter goes to U of I.
Kim
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 5:32:54 PM
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It has cooled off a little here too..and we have had frost the last two nights. The first night I didn't get things covered (got surprized!) and lost a few things..but last night we covered it all and it got sunny today (but not over 80 which was wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I guess we will cover things again tonight..not taking chances with my tomatoes and peppers at this point!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 06:06:40 AM
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We have had frost every morning now since Sunday. In fact, it's 32 degrees as I type this. The little electric heater I put out in the garden under the tarp is working very well. All of a sudden the tomatoes and peppers are going nuts! Our nights this summer were cooler than in past years. Our day temps weren't as hot as past years, either. I'm thinking that's why my tomatoes and peppers are so late. I wish I had thought of putting the heater out there at night before now.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
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neighsayer
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Shirley
Arabi
GA
USA
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Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 10:56:18 AM
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Good Lord! We won't see frost down here in the South until let's see....... January? Today it is about 90 and sunny.
Thank God I live in the country! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 8:26:19 PM
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I have to agree w/you Alee,,,,,I am in no big hurry for Winter to set in yet....still trying to recover from this past one!!!! aacckkk!!!!!!
It is about the mid 40's here at night & low 70's during the day... but looks like we might get into the low 80's this weekend, maybe....
hugz
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 7:37:03 PM
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Well inspite of the News/weather reporters saying to expect an early frost, Hubby & I went and planted about 35 more trees as well as a dozen creeping junipers on the embankment...
One of my Ranier Cherry trees looks like a twig thanx to a local night maradering deer! My Italian Plun isn't looking to great either thanx to that deer or one of his buddies....so not only am I worried about the frost I am worried about the deers using my fruit trees as a late night Smorgasboard!!!!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
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