This time down to just about 30 degrees. A few weeks ago I was comparing notes on garden developments with people from Springfield, and it seemed to be that they were always ahead of me by a week or so and I was quite frankly a bit jealous. Well, it turns out it might be a good thing to be behind sometimes, because during the previous freeze they sustained more damage than … [Read more...] about Yet another freeze

Well, it looks like we made it through the freeze last week without any major fruit flower damage.  This means we are still on for a good crop of peaches and apples this year, at least for our area.  Checking the the various fruit crop flowers I saw some damage to the pears but still a good crop, we will not have to thin.  Apples looked good also.  My surprize was the peaches.  … [Read more...] about Last week’s freeze

that is what our weatherstation recorded last night. it is a degree lower than the 28 that Marylin discussed, so I guess we will have to wait and see. Freeze damage will not be obvious until a couple of days later, when the dead tissues have turned brown. As I left home this morning, even my tulips were drooping. … [Read more...] about About 27 degrees…..

Well, we are keeping our fingers crossed that the temperature does not drop as low as predicted tonight. Susanne says spring is on hold, but that is a good thing. If it had been very warm the last couple of days, the hazard would be greater. Weather.com predicts a low of 28F tonight. Our peaches are in full bloom with some petal fall. Some apples are blossoming as well, … [Read more...] about Freeze alert