Your 2025 Garden

[tripletfeb]

Went to the Home and Garden Show yesterday. Makes me wish for spring even more!

 

[Nomadicus]

With temps now in the 70's to mid 80's by day this week I hope not to much buds out with rumors of an arctic blast returning down here. I'm going to rethink about the best way to build a cold frame style greenhouse after losing two similar buildings last week to snow load.

 

[Sally PB]

How cold on the arctic blast, @Nomadicus?

I brought cherry trees and blueberry bushes in bloom through 3 nights of upper 20s last spring. I covered the bushes with garbage bags and the trees with bed sheets. I used clothes pins to hold them on.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

Hope your cherry trees and blueberry bushes are OK.
We want to add blueberry and strawberries this year.
Love reading about everyone getting ready for Spring and gardening.

 

[NanaK]

arctic blast returning down here

All righty now, we do not want none of dat!

I'll be watching my blueberries for buds. Almost never fails they bud up and I'll have to cover for a cold snap.

 

[Nomadicus]

How cold on the arctic blast, @Nomadicus?

Hopefully not below 32° but in Feb we never now. It could be 15° or 45°. We just have to plan for the worst. Right now our coldest night temp forecast is 45°. Our lowest average temp until spring is 39°.

 

[Nomadicus]

All righty now, we do not want none of dat!

I'll be watching my blueberries for buds. Almost never fails they bud up and I'll have to cover for a cold snap.

I've had the same luck with peaches in TN. Solve that problem I hope down here. I hope to have blueberries this year.

 

[R2elk]

Hopefully not below 32° but in Feb we never now. It could be 15° or 45°. We just have to plan for the worst. Right now our coldest night temp forecast is 45°. Our lowest average temp until spring is 39°.

Currently 14°F. Sub zero temps are not over yet.

 

[R2elk]

I've had the same luck with peaches in TN. Solve that problem I hope down here. I hope to have blueberries this year.

I am trying a couple of new peach varieties that are claimed to be able to not only survive here but also produce fruit here. Don't have any idea how many years it will take before they are capable of blooming.

I kept a Contender peach alive through the winter of '23-'24 but it did not bloom last spring.

 

[Sally PB]

Hope your cherry trees and blueberry bushes are OK.

This was last year. They were fine. I am quite sure I saved them. There was an area on one cherry tree that didn't get covered well enough, and all those flowers were brown. The rest were fine.