We had a late frost here a few nights ago. Did some damage. Wasn't a hard freeze, so damage was rather minimal but still set things back by weeks. There was nothing I could do because I was out of town before it even came up on the forecast.
So, basically all the cucumber vines died off. So did most of the flower seedlings I had recently planted out.
Most of the tomatoes lost their leaves and flowers. I don't think there was any long term damage to most of them, so they should bounce back quickly.
On top of that, any flower plants where the dogs can access have been torn apart by the dogs.
Yesterday, I went to Family Dollar and got a whole bunch of inexpensive flower seeds and planted them directly in the flower beds. Then direct planted a bunch of cucumber seeds right along the drip lines by the trellis.
Lettuce and spinach are still going. Still rather slowly. At least the weather is warming gradually and there are still a few more weeks left at decent temps for them before they're likely to bolt. May still yet have a good crop.
There are still flower seeds coming up, such as marigold and sunflower. Frost was light and short enough that anything directly at ground level wasn't affected much. Flowers that daughter and I planted bulbs for are coming up. That's in a problem area which I worked hard on earlier this year to correct. So it's good news to see things growing there.
Going to go pick daughter up in a couple of hours. Before that, going to plant out some tomatoes getting too large for containers. Maybe some peppers, also. Get some watermelon seeds in the ground. With warm daytime temps and lots of sunlight, the soil temps stay warm enough for many of those things to get started now. They may not thrive just yet but they will sprout and develop good root systems. May is when I really expect to see some botanical progress here.
So, basically all the cucumber vines died off. So did most of the flower seedlings I had recently planted out.
Most of the tomatoes lost their leaves and flowers. I don't think there was any long term damage to most of them, so they should bounce back quickly.
On top of that, any flower plants where the dogs can access have been torn apart by the dogs.
Yesterday, I went to Family Dollar and got a whole bunch of inexpensive flower seeds and planted them directly in the flower beds. Then direct planted a bunch of cucumber seeds right along the drip lines by the trellis.
Lettuce and spinach are still going. Still rather slowly. At least the weather is warming gradually and there are still a few more weeks left at decent temps for them before they're likely to bolt. May still yet have a good crop.
There are still flower seeds coming up, such as marigold and sunflower. Frost was light and short enough that anything directly at ground level wasn't affected much. Flowers that daughter and I planted bulbs for are coming up. That's in a problem area which I worked hard on earlier this year to correct. So it's good news to see things growing there.
Going to go pick daughter up in a couple of hours. Before that, going to plant out some tomatoes getting too large for containers. Maybe some peppers, also. Get some watermelon seeds in the ground. With warm daytime temps and lots of sunlight, the soil temps stay warm enough for many of those things to get started now. They may not thrive just yet but they will sprout and develop good root systems. May is when I really expect to see some botanical progress here.
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