tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699604597414325417.post5504876173284224132..comments2023-05-17T08:40:35.001-05:00Comments on GARDENISTA: Reporting inTexasDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699604597414325417.post-84857186290005854982011-11-07T18:35:48.464-06:002011-11-07T18:35:48.464-06:00Linda, thanks for dropping in. I am constantly re...Linda, thanks for dropping in. I am constantly reminded that weather forecasts aside, it is important to know how our microclimate will behave within the general parameters called for. We still have tomatoes ripening on the vine. <br /><br />Fingers crossed they can finish up before the night time lows stay down consistently enough to stop them in their tracks.TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699604597414325417.post-10852311979317929392011-11-06T11:33:12.371-06:002011-11-06T11:33:12.371-06:00We've had two freezes here. The last one was ...We've had two freezes here. The last one was 24 degrees.<br />I'm thinking we must be in the coldest spot around. A friend who lives a short distance away hasn't had the cold we have.<br /><br />The cold comes in, zaps things, and moves on. I now have tons of mushy things clear out. It always feels good to get things cleaned up, though.Linda/patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699604597414325417.post-89790185160092413732011-11-06T06:40:55.169-06:002011-11-06T06:40:55.169-06:00Jrose! Good to have you in the neighborhood. Tha...Jrose! Good to have you in the neighborhood. Thanks for your kind words. Getting that bed back into shape feels double delightful after a year of having to let everything slide while I watched through the windows.<br /><br />Our house is up on a bit of a ridge and that makes just enough of a difference in these early short lived cold snaps that most of my plants are still producing. My poke plants are berry free already as well but I like the pop of color the trunks and berry bracts provide so I'm keeping them until the leaves go.TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699604597414325417.post-88270697734378290992011-11-05T17:04:27.518-05:002011-11-05T17:04:27.518-05:00Good job on the clean up-Don't you feel good! ...Good job on the clean up-Don't you feel good! I happened to be in Rollingwood on Friday and asked if they had a freeze. You must be really sheltered there to have your produce survive. My peppers look OK but all the leaves are gone. I picked the last big tomato and will wait for it to ripen. You keep the pokeweed? I let mine grow all summer and then got at it with a saw. Pulling the last bit out I did the usual trick of falling backwards. Always catches me out. It will be back, I'm sure. All the berries were gone, the mockingbird has moved on to pomegranates.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.com