calling any one from missouri

[karenerwin]

We didn't get down to 32°F this morning only made it to 36°F.

Dug out a couple of old blankets to wrap the tomatoes with.
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Put a 100 watt bulb in each one (no clue why I still had a 100w bulb any more)
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Then covered that up with the tarp.
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JT

I hope your tomato plants made it!! All of mine are gone.

 

[karenerwin]

I picked up 4 packages of bees today in Independence. The cold front was roaring in. I was hoping I would make it to our house before it hit here. We got out by the hives, in bee suits, just ready to open the boxes and dump the bees in and the wind just blasts in. I have never installed bees so fast in my life. I could have tried to keep the boxes in the basement until it gets warm again but, I think a good number of them would have died by then.

I'm still waiting to here when my delivery date is. This will be my first time with bees!!

 

[jthornton]

I hope your tomato plants made it!! All of mine are gone.

Yea, mine are still doing fine. On cold nights they get tucked in their blankets with a warming lamp then covered with a tarp. They are out growing the blankets so the cold better end soon.




I have some in the window that are 3' tall and spindly if I don't get them in the ground soon I'll have to cut them in half and start new plants from the tops.


Looks like another cold night tonight, forecast here is 36°F then gradually warming.

12 days till the chicks ship...

JT

 

[Gray Farms]

I ended up with about 5 inches of snow. Less than 20 miles north they reported 10 inches.

 

[jthornton]

Is everyone tucked in for the cold night?

JT

 

[SueT]

Our weatherman says tonight will be our last freeze....

 

[karenerwin]

Is everyone tucked in for the cold night?

JT

I covered my young fruit trees and the green pepper plants and strawberry plants. Hoping they all make it again tonight!

 

[karenerwin]

Our weatherman says tonight will be our last freeze....

I hope he is right!!

 

[jthornton]

I covered my young fruit trees and the green pepper plants and strawberry plants.

I've never covered my strawberries before. The plants on the deck in containers must be 15 years old by now. They probably would do better in the winter if I covered them at night...

JT

 

[SueT]

We got our raspberry plants from Stark Bros yesterday, delivered by Fed Ex. I have a note on the door thanking delivery people, and the Fed Ex person left a reply:

They are bare root plants, soaking before planting

3 red and 3 golden