Comments on: A chill wind http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: elaine http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-7828 elaine Fri, 14 May 2010 19:13:19 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3654#comment-7828 I just checked my yard (in Ashaway). The edges of the leaves on my 'Endless summer' and lace cap hydrangeas are all brown and curled, as are the edges of the flowers on my snowball (?) viburnum. I'm surprised. My thermometer read 30F some time during the past week - which doesn't seem all that cold. Maybe it was a combination of wind/cold/early leaf out. But on a positive note - I just harvested my first batch of lettuce (under a floating row cover)! <em>Elaine, 30F is pretty cold and you might have had a touch of frost if the wind ever died down that night. That would have nipped those tender leaves and flowers... But there's nothing better than spring greens! (I'm envious.) -kris</em> I just checked my yard (in Ashaway). The edges of the leaves on my ‘Endless summer’ and lace cap hydrangeas are all brown and curled, as are the edges of the flowers on my snowball (?) viburnum. I’m surprised. My thermometer read 30F some time during the past week – which doesn’t seem all that cold. Maybe it was a combination of wind/cold/early leaf out. But on a positive note – I just harvested my first batch of lettuce (under a floating row cover)!

Elaine, 30F is pretty cold and you might have had a touch of frost if the wind ever died down that night. That would have nipped those tender leaves and flowers… But there’s nothing better than spring greens! (I’m envious.) -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-7818 Susan Sims Wed, 12 May 2010 14:02:15 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3654#comment-7818 By the way, you should post on how your soil blocking is going. <em>Susan, I'm planning on it! - When is Snafu Day again? Everyday? -kris</em> By the way, you should post on how your soil blocking is going.

Susan, I’m planning on it! – When is Snafu Day again? Everyday? -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 Layanee Tue, 11 May 2010 13:44:00 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3654#comment-7816 I love the new vegetable garden and Fred and Dan are such talents with their imaginative gizmos. I found that calendula worked well in the vegetable garden. Frost here this morning and the tomato plants are still tucked safely in the basement under the lights. Another two weeks before they go into the garden. I too will be waiting for your companion planting data. <em>Layanee, We've got calendula ready and waiting for the ready-set-go planting day! -kris</em> I love the new vegetable garden and Fred and Dan are such talents with their imaginative gizmos. I found that calendula worked well in the vegetable garden. Frost here this morning and the tomato plants are still tucked safely in the basement under the lights. Another two weeks before they go into the garden. I too will be waiting for your companion planting data.

Layanee, We’ve got calendula ready and waiting for the ready-set-go planting day! -kris

]]> By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-7811 Blackswampgirl Kim Tue, 11 May 2010 02:58:41 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3654#comment-7811 I can't wait to see the results of your companion planting experiments! And yes... I've been warning people about these kinds of days at work. Last night there was a hard freeze watch/warning, and I finally had to tell one guy that it didn't matter how many different ways he worded the question, a hard freeze was not the same thing as "a touch of frost," either in severity or in how you deal with it. :) <em>Kim, I had to chuckle... This is just Mother Nature's way of reminding some of us that we're not in control. Not by a long shot. -kris</em> I can’t wait to see the results of your companion planting experiments!

And yes… I’ve been warning people about these kinds of days at work. Last night there was a hard freeze watch/warning, and I finally had to tell one guy that it didn’t matter how many different ways he worded the question, a hard freeze was not the same thing as “a touch of frost,” either in severity or in how you deal with it. :)

Kim, I had to chuckle… This is just Mother Nature’s way of reminding some of us that we’re not in control. Not by a long shot. -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/a-chill-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-7806 Susan Sims Mon, 10 May 2010 18:36:06 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3654#comment-7806 As predicted, the one tomato plant I planted out early got nipped by frost and has been set back, despite row covers. The basil has been fine under cloche protection. Lesson learned. <em>Ugh. I hate learning lessons the hard way, don't you? -kris</em> As predicted, the one tomato plant I planted out early got nipped by frost and has been set back, despite row covers. The basil has been fine under cloche protection.

Lesson learned.

Ugh. I hate learning lessons the hard way, don’t you? -kris

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