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It was about 20cm covered over the lot.
The beds drop down year by year so this is just topping it up
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It was about 20cm covered over the lot.
The beds drop down year by year so this is just topping it up
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Well, we're in for a stretch of below 0 weather for the next few days.
My garlic is up and I'm 1/2 tempted to go out and toss some light mulch over it for some protection, but I try to be as lazy as possible in my garden, so I think I'll be seeing how hardy it is!
My garlic is up and I'm 1/2 tempted to go out and toss some light mulch over it for some protection, but I try to be as lazy as possible in my garden, so I think I'll be seeing how hardy it is!
Dress for it. And burn wood. The stuff is plentiful, like it grows on trees.
And only go out if you must.
It'll be 11 F (-11 C) tomorrow in Atlanta, very unusual.
I took your advice and mulched the garlic and shallots (they will do fine), and really covered up the parsley in the hope it might survive.
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Haha, I didn't. Guess I'm going to find out how hardy the garlic is.
Right now it's 4° F with 50mph winds!
Temp still dropping.
Wind chill is -20°
Geez, it's gonna be colder in Alabama than it is in Virginia. We're projecting 5F for tonight. After last night's excursion, I'm inclined to think that estimate may be a little conservative. I went to pick up my daughter from work last night at 8 PM. It was 63F and raining. I got up this morning to 15F with ice oozing out of the soil. I forgot to turn off the waterline to the shed last night, but I don't think it froze inside. I could still turn the ball-valve. I also turned off the supply line where it tees off from the house supply below ground. It was still quite warm down in the hole. The hose bib on the outside of the shed certainly is frozen, though.
I didn't think to check our greens while I was looking for burst pipes, but I'm thinking this may have damaged our broccoli and sprouts. I'll go have a look in a bit. High today is gonna be 29F. Yesterday, it was 70F. I think I'd call that a winter surge. We've got about 6 nights of sub-freezing weather projected. If we didn't lose the greens last night, they're on their own. We've got some kale and a few root vegetables in the raised planters, but those will likely freeze solid tonight. We finally get some stuff growing at a time when the bugs don't destroy it, and then we get a killer freeze. I tell ya, it's a conspiracy!
Y'all are funny. Who would expect a freeze in the winter?
The bugs control the weather. Don't get me started on how they are responsible for climate change. Surely you've heard of the butterfly effect?
We rarely get such a hard freeze. Sure, we get frost and occasional temps in the 20's, but rarely below that. Most anything in the mustard family (kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, turnips) will typically grow through the winter here with little or no protection from freezing. Even our lettuce made it through a 22 degree night. But it's looking like we lost everything now.
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Well, my garlic made it through the winter so far, the new green tops are about 2" tall.
Our garlic is doing quite well, along with fennel, and even our spinach has survived multiple frosty nights/ mornings. They will all get another freeze test the next few nights, as we drop into the 20’s with snow in the forecast. For now, it is a spectacular day, I’m out without a coat for the first time in many weeks.
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We had 50° and sunny today!
Same here.
We had ONE onion cluster and 3 collard plants survive our hard freeze back in January. It's been so wet I haven't had a chance to do anything with the ground level bed, but the missus done put in some lettuce, curly kale, radishes, beets, leeks and who knows what else in the raised beds. Radish, beets and cabbage are up about 2 inches tall now.
Our 3 raised beds will soon be joined by a fourth. We planted red clover as a cover crop in 2 of them, which has been turned under. The third bed, planted with fennel, garlic and spinach last autumn is mostly thriving, though the spinach looks a little weary after several snow storms and light freezes. My wife has big plans for our garden, including carrots, potatoes and onions to start, along with leaf lettuces, peppers and tomatoes. Our apple trees’ buds are bursting, and we have 5 blueberry bushes starting to come to life. We’re looking forward to some production.
