I saw frost in shady lawn this a.m., but coleus, cosmos, dahlias all look fine. Just that one spot, I guess.
About Kathy Purdy
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children
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Wait, how can the writer of cold climate gardening be talking about the first frost in November when we hit 16 degrees a month ago? I should change my blog name to uber-super-duper-crazy-cold gardening! I’m glad you get to enjoy your dahlias longer, though.
I wrote the tweet above on September 19, 2009. That’s when we had our first frost. But even though we had our first snow in October, our coldest temp so far has “only” gotten down to 21F. So, yes, you’ve gotten colder. I have to say it’s a contest I don’t mind losing.
There will be more flowers to be seen in the farm because of the cold weather. I am excited.
.-= John @ bigjobsboard´s last blog ..Credit Supervisor, Atlanta, GA to $65K =-.
Twitter: @commonweeder
We had cold weather all last week with nightime temps in the 40s and even down to 38. then we were warned about a killing frost, but it got WARMER. Hooray.
Twitter: @Oakmoss
Got worried Saturday morning when I awoke to see 34F registered on the thermometer here in the Southern Tier of Western New York. There were no frost warnings posted on the previous night. Fortunately, no harm to the garden as the air has been just so dry (last rain was 20+ days ago). Unseasonably warm for the last two weeks during the day and looks to continue for at least the coming week (75 to 80F) . We badly need rain, however. Slight chance in the next couple of days.
Twitter: @kilbournegrove
It was very cold in Owen Sound, Ontario Saturday night, very light frost in a couple of low lying spots. I just started harvesting tomatoes and I hope a hard frost will hold off a bit longer.
.-= Deborah at Kilbourne Grove´s last blog ..The Potting Shed =-.
Picked a bunch of basil and made pesto last night, just in case. But the basil I didn’t get around to picking looked OK this morning. Just a little white grass in the low spots.
.-= Craig @ Ellis Hollow´s last blog ..Picture this: Ornamental grasses =-.
It all depends on location with these light frosts. Some years we never get a light frost, the very first one is a hard frost.
When I hear these comments, I’m glad I’m in Florida! It was 92 degrees, BUT I’d be happier with the steady 70′s though!!
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