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felis_lupus) wrote2009-05-18 09:56 pm
felis_lupus) wrote2009-05-18 09:56 pm
Frost/Freeze Warning for Tonight
Anybody who's got a veggie garden or any annual planters outside, get 'em inside or at least covered. Middle of May, and we're getting down to 34 degrees tonight... The last two days have felt a lot more like March or April. Freezing, for me. Hands aren't working right, can't grip things. Ick. Brought allll the annuals, veggies and tender plants inside at work, covered the perennials, and am hoping for the best with the pansies. Aiee. Hopefully the three hummingbirds that were buzzing around the greenhouse roof this afternoon either found their way out and are hunkered down somewhere insulated, or they decided to stay the night inside. It'll be warmer than outside, and it's not like they'd starve. Plenty of flowers and li'l bugs to eat.
I should get boxes, or something, over the strawberries tonight, and bring in the herbs, probably, and bring in the hummingbird feeder so it doesn't freeze solid. Got my big planters inside so I don't lose my awesome geranium (or anything else), the peony will be fine, I think. It's never seen the inside of a greenhouse in its life. Can't help but be paranoid, though. I've got 6 potential flowers, and I don't want to lose a single one... Maybe a big bag, just to keep the dew off... put some bottles of water in the pot, to keep it from freezing... poor cold babies.
In other news, my brother found this somewhere... (where, and how, I don't know... random internet search?) Anybody got about 1.6 million they'd like to lend? http://www.weichert.com/18046722/?cityid=31826&ldview=ldsummary Or there's a smaller portion, only 40 acres, for just under $500K. http://www.weichert.com/18035346/?cityid=31826 Could get back to my roots, for real. I don't think the original house is still there, but it's the old homestead... the farm where my dad spent the first 13 or so years of his life. Was a dairy farm, I think, but looks like it's gone over to horses now... It's beautiful... but I'm really not a farmer... Never a morning person, don't like eggs, and can't drink "real" milk. And pigs just don't appeal to me at all... Goats, on the other hand...
There are apparently 5 Cashmere goat kids just up the road. I should go visit. There's fiber, and already-made yarn, and all sorts of good things. Not even 10 minutes from home. mmm... fiber. And baby goats! Eee! Nothing cuter than a baby goat.
Edit, 10:45 PM: Covered the more delicate herbs with a plastic tub, brought the strawberry pot & peony in... it's COLD out there. Couldn't bear the thought of losing them. A lot of the leaves and a few buds on the Bartzella have turned half red. Hopefully they'll be OK.
I should get boxes, or something, over the strawberries tonight, and bring in the herbs, probably, and bring in the hummingbird feeder so it doesn't freeze solid. Got my big planters inside so I don't lose my awesome geranium (or anything else), the peony will be fine, I think. It's never seen the inside of a greenhouse in its life. Can't help but be paranoid, though. I've got 6 potential flowers, and I don't want to lose a single one... Maybe a big bag, just to keep the dew off... put some bottles of water in the pot, to keep it from freezing... poor cold babies.
In other news, my brother found this somewhere... (where, and how, I don't know... random internet search?) Anybody got about 1.6 million they'd like to lend? http://www.weichert.com/18046722/?cityid=31826&ldview=ldsummary Or there's a smaller portion, only 40 acres, for just under $500K. http://www.weichert.com/18035346/?cityid=31826 Could get back to my roots, for real. I don't think the original house is still there, but it's the old homestead... the farm where my dad spent the first 13 or so years of his life. Was a dairy farm, I think, but looks like it's gone over to horses now... It's beautiful... but I'm really not a farmer... Never a morning person, don't like eggs, and can't drink "real" milk. And pigs just don't appeal to me at all... Goats, on the other hand...
There are apparently 5 Cashmere goat kids just up the road. I should go visit. There's fiber, and already-made yarn, and all sorts of good things. Not even 10 minutes from home. mmm... fiber. And baby goats! Eee! Nothing cuter than a baby goat.
Edit, 10:45 PM: Covered the more delicate herbs with a plastic tub, brought the strawberry pot & peony in... it's COLD out there. Couldn't bear the thought of losing them. A lot of the leaves and a few buds on the Bartzella have turned half red. Hopefully they'll be OK.