We're supposed to get our first frost tonight, and go immediately into deep freeze (20°F).
So I covered the peas, hope it's enough:
I placed my taller tomato trellis over the pea trellises, then placed frost row covers over it all. They were a little short, so I placed doubled over shade...
We're getting close to first frost, which is usually at the end of October. I'm thinking of covering all the peas, turnips, and collards with light row covers. The collards don't care if it's freezing, but peas generally do well only until very heavy frost. It couldn't hurt to try to extend the...
I harvested three purple top turnips, cooked them and their greens, ate some.
I chopped up the bigger ribs and some of the greens, fed them to the flock. They weren't sure about eating the bits, but the Dominiques decided to try them again.
We finally got rain, not a downpour but steady, with occasional drizzling. Overnight everything turned green, which I will consider a blessing.
The propane delivery man ran the hose over and through my irises. I found the white fence sections almost flat when I got home from work. So, I decided...
When we moved to South Carolina from Connecticut we experienced red clay compacted soil for the first time. The front tine tiller we borrowed literally bounced off the ground, and my dh referred to the clay as "adobe brick". A friend of ours had a rear tine Troybilt "Pony" model tiller, let us...
Could be squirrels. I have golf ball sized holes in my yard, but we don't have skunks here. We have squirrels, voles, moles, mice, snakes, opossums, and raccoons.