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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
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 Posted - Aug 30 2011 : 8:29:45 PM
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I just came in from covering my garden. In August. Again. sigh....
I have 35 tomato plants out there with about 300 lbs of tomatoes on them. I am not letting them go without a fight. I closed up my cold frame, and covered my hoop houses and put frost cloths down on my uncovered raised beds (well most of them--didn't bother for the root crops and the brassicas) It seems so early for this! I am so not ready for winter!
HearthCricket Farm. Where the door is always open, and the coffee is always on. |
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2011 : 8:38:31 PM
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Groan. Thats a preview for the rest of us. August? Here I was being jealous of Florida's growing season!
Protect those tomatoes!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3324 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3324 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2011 : 8:44:03 PM
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Ugggggghhhhhh...I still have squash blossoms on some of my plants! Too soon! Too soon!!!
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 01:09:28 AM
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Kristi...Frost...it is too soon!!! I am praying for an Indian Summer so I can keep harvesting my squash and tomatoes that are just
coming on. You are too close to me too! It might be a sign to come that we are going to have a harsh winer. I hope not!
Blessings,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5260 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5260 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 08:54:15 AM
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wow! Frost! it is 98 degrees here! I'm longing for frost!!
Imagine....#3392 |
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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 09:17:45 AM
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If it froze last night it wasn't hard enough to do much damage. I have a couple of hanging baskets of petunias that may have been lightly nipped, but everything on the ground was all right. Supposed to be colder tonight though. THAT is why I plant the really tender stuff in hoop houses. Makes covering SO much faster and easier. Last night though, things did not go according to plan. I think when we made the newest hoop house, we must have gotten a defective roll of 6 mill plastic. As I went out and attempted to roll it down over my tomatoes, it just disintegrated! No protection whatsoever. I panicked for a minute, and then ran up to Wally World and bought a large tarp, which I then rolled over the house and staked down with tent stakes. Gonna have to recover that house! I think I will research material a bit and see if I can find something that will let the light through, but be more durable. What do you think of tent canvas? The older hoophouses were still functional, but I can see cracks starting in those ones too. (though the plastic on them is MUCH older and might just be normal wear and tear).
My brother called me while I was covering the house and asked me what I was doing. "I am engaging in hand to hand combat with mother nature for my tomatoes--if that old biddy (insert other "B" word here) wants them, she is going to have to fight me for them". He says I am a Guerilla Gardener! :-) ROFL!
HearthCricket Farm. Where the door is always open, and the coffee is always on. |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 11:44:59 AM
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Frost already. And here I am jealous. I just planted my fall garden. We usually do not have frost here until January or February. Every once in a great moon we will have some near christmas. I love the cold weather!!! Menophausal LOL......
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 12:53:27 PM
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Oh dear, it is supposed to be 100 degrees here tomorrow!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
A Beehive is the ultimate Home Sweet Home
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 4:00:44 PM
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I saw on the news this morning that a Winter Weather Advisory had been posted for Glacier National Park. Several inches of snow was predicted! I am so not ready, seems like summer just got here!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
806 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 4:29:20 PM
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| Hi Kristi, First off my friend and I stayed in Redmond when we went to the Sisters Quilt show. Beautiful area. Is this typical for you to have a frost this early. Redmond is considered high desert isn't it. I have learned so much since moving from the flatland to areas with different elevations. Where I live it's about 2400 feet and I'm 8 miles to the center of town. During the winter months it could be snowing here, freezing rain half way to town ( I have a very winding steep hill to go down) and raining in town. We learned fairly quickly that hoop houses are the way to go.JoAnn |
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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2011 : 5:32:12 PM
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Hi Mountaingirl. We can have frost any month of the year here. More often than not, there is no frost in August, but it does happen often enough that we have a plan for it--the hoophouses. Almost always though, it is freezing fairly regularly by the end of September. This year we had frost in June, July, and now August. Sigh.....
HearthCricket Farm. Where the door is always open, and the coffee is always on. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
6740 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2011 : 12:11:40 AM
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Kristi...hear you are going to be into the 20's in the morning. YIKES Girl. That is just too early even for your area!
blessings,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be joyous, to be passionate, and to Be His! |
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mydakota
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
kristi
redmond
oregon
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2011 : 1:49:14 PM
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Covered everything like crazy. No substantial damage! A few random leaves sticking out from under the cloth got bit, but all systems go!
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