Saturday, April 26 - What a surprise waking up this morning and seeing the heavy frost we got earlier this morning. Even though frost was predicted between 4 and 8am, I did not think we would be hit this hard.
I got home last evening around 1am as I chaperoned a school function. I could not believe how cold it was and found out this morning after checking the weather, the temperature dipped down to 26 degrees.
Looking out my bedroom window around 6:30am, I could see the frost on the garage roof. As I took our dogs outside I walked to look at my garden, hoping there was no damage to the strawberries. Walking to the vegetable garden, I noticed the bird baths had a thin layer of ice.
The lettuce and spinach had frozen water on their leaves. The strawberries also had frozen water on its leaves however the blooms and the formed berries appeared to be ok. Again, there is a concern that with the early warm weather and now the cold nights we have been having; this drastic change, may have an effect on the strawberry crop this May.
Today my wife and I visited two local nurseries. One nursery in particular was hit by the frost. Some of their annuals were hit even though the owner had covered all of her plants.
Even with this cold weather we had early this morning, the good news, is the return of the warm weather beginning Monday. After checking the 10 day forecast, no low temperature is predicted to drop below 45 degrees. With this forecast, I am anticipating planting my vegetables this Monday or Tuesday!!
Tomorrow I hope to post pictures of my vegetable garden and to show its weekly growth. Until then, stay warm and bring on summer !!!!
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