Today's Weather in Your Garden - 18

The full moon is on May 19th, that's just about right! It's true, it really makes sense! I have to look up more of this stuff, the farmers almanac website has a lot of info on this! Yippee!! ☺

The full moon of May can be anytime in the month! One little fact that moon gardeners overlook is that the effect of the full moon on the earth is the exact same as the new moon, yet they attribute all kinds of different things to them.

I figure that most plants know when it is usually safe to emerge or they would be goners in the evolutionary chart. So I figure if my hosta or anything else that is leafing out now that, most likely, they will recover nicely from any minor frost. However epic storms, freezes, floods, hail, fire, ice and snow just make the whole world of gardening a little more exciting and rewarding when our gardens flourish despite our human foibles and the vicissitudes in nature. But, I wish for no more cold weather this spring, Thank you, Dear Mother Nature and please be kind to all on this thread too. Patti

Only covered my budded peonies. Here goes.

Good point, Patti, though that would be even more true for natives.

I heard on the news that the date of the average last frost in the Boston area is May 9....that is feeling close! I don't put annuals out until Memorial Day, which is what everyone tells me is the safest thing to do.

I did go out and cover up the hosta....feeling a little silly about it, but I did it, just in case. :)


My hydrangea is bundled up really well...hopefully there won't be too many more nights where I will have to do that.

I'm just taking in my houseplants.

I'm putting my kids and cat outside - more heat for me.

There really is a market out there for plant protectors if the industry would wake up and seize the opportunity.

The mob will protect anything/one for the right price.

Hee, he. Even your cat and kids?

I'll bet Victor just takes off his orange suit and tosses it over his hosta and retires to his computer in the buff while watching his family frolic in the frost outside. Such a vision.

I would probably only protect things in the veggie garden, if I had anything planted there yet. I figure if I plant enough ornamentals, something is bound to survive if I get a rude frost. But I am way warmer than many of you this week. We aren't suppose to go below 39 in the next week. That is funny because we are normally cooler here in the spring.

I have to laugh at the notion of Boojum covering her peonies. I think she has many ! She took a picture of DH and me on our first visit to her garden a few years ago in front of a glorious (luscious) red one. I hope it survives nicely as I do hope every one's plantings do well. Patti

I never put my annuals or tenders out before Memorial Day, lost too many trying to hurry Mother Nature. 'She' rules and 'she' has let me know on several occasions...now I do it 'her' way.

The last sentence sums up my marriage.

Patti, I only covered 4. Scarlett O'Hara's on her own. Let us pray! Not sure what will happen to the budded SDBs (iris) though.

Temp 45.8°, wind N 0.0 mph. ☺

- From zone 6b: I love 'the island'... the ocean moderates our temps!

Kathy, you have Scarlett O'Haras MGs? I'm trying them for the first time. Did I read you can do cuttings of MGs? They were blooming in with the orchids this winter.

Patti, we were thirty eight in Atlanta last night, so I'm sure cooler in the foothills.. Everything looks fine up here including the pepper seedlings.

Anyone got a recipe for two that calls for one grape tomato?

L

Victor, you have got it right!

Noreaster, try this site:

http://www.victoryseeds.com/frost/

Don't do tender things before Memorial day was the ruling in WI when I was a kid. But they didn't move MD around then.

Currently at 34, which was our low for the night. WC - me, too!

There are a few days ahead with showers or rain in the forecast.

Sun is coming up and it is pretty cold out there, 24 degrees but there doesn't seem to be any frost that I can see, wind is calm and it should warm to the low 60s today. Probably below freezing for only a few hours so things should be fine, I hope.

Temp got down to 27 last night here!! I am scared to go outside. I am hoping I didn't lose everything. I thought about covering my plants with sheets but I have so many plants and large gardens that I don't have enough sheets. I was praying that the temp stayed around 32 but alas it didn't. Hoping the perennials are tough enough to take it. Will let you know when they thaw out.